No affiliation, etc... knocks the price down of Valvoline VR1 20W50 to $2.49 Qt. in my area . No Limit

In my humble opinion, a very decent dino oil with plenty of ZDDP.

 

I am currently running this in the C4. Haven't had an analysis done on it yet, but I will post the results when I get them.

Had been running Brad Penn 20W-50

Cheers

 

Is this a covert attempt to start another oil thread?

"Well played, Mr. Bond"

 

 

First read about this discount on Pelican. Almost half price on the dino oil !

I purchased 41 qts. which cleaned out three stores.

 

41 quarts - Damn!

 

Campo, it is the same as when your wife brings home four pairs of shoes because they were on sale

 

That's an excellent point!

Going shopping tomorrow!

 

wasn't trying to start a "which oil is best" thread, rather a $40 oil change thread The stuff is decent enough and at $2.50 a qt, you could do 3 oil changes for the price of some. I have two cases stockpiled in case this whole middle east thing goes down, but it looks like the national strategic reserve of 20W50 is in Omaha NE.

 

Avoiding a long dialogue about motor oil - but, do you run the risk of gasket deterioration with swapping between synthetic and mineral based motor oil?

 

there is more of a chance of synthetic oils being thinner (for the same weight) and having better detergents to eat away the (conventional) gunk holding the gaskets together. Was more of a problem when synthetics were first introduced 20 years ago. Have never heard of issues going synthetic to conventional.

 

So, is This valvoline one of the "approved" high ZDDP oils?

 

I don't know if it is 'approved' by any formal body. It does have 1400ppm Zinc and 1300ppm Phosphorus which is plenty.

 

Last deal I got on Oil was Mobil1 full synth at walmart for 20.50 a gallon...that was 7 or eight months ago...probably never see that price again... and I really appreciate the heads up on this, I always felt that the 15/50 was too thin for summer use and will be doing next few oil changes with my new strategic reserve of Valvoline, picked up 4 cases and frankly, I think I will get a few more as soon as I stash what I have...it sure isnt going to get any cheaper!



"See The Head-Turning Chevy Corvette & Take Your 360-Degree Tour Now!' Umm...No thanks ....I have a Porsche!!

 

Laker,

Thanks for sharing the info. Just picked up a case @ $2.49/quart.

Offer ends Monday 4th April ....