walmart house oil?

hello to all .
does anyone know who makes it ? i heard castrol does.
also i can rember helping grandpa as a kid and all he did was change the
filter and add a quart. lol my how times have changed.waite does anyone
still do this ? SKU

 

I consider Castrol to be a good lubricant, but there's no telling what
crap they'd manufacture for Wal-Mart (or anybody else) if the Castrol
name's not going to be on it.

My cars doen't burn enough oil that there'd be room to add a quart.

Perce

 

It's made in China, out of the fat rendered off political prisoners and
6-year-old factory workers.

 

If there were a Wal-mart restaurant I wouldn't drink the "house" wine,
so I wouldn't use the "house" oil in my car either!


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So you'd just leave out the quart that is inside the old filter when you
take it off and throw it away, or did you miss the fact that this is the
reason for adding the quart?

FWIW, I suspect more people are doing this today than a few years ago
because more people are running extended oil change intervals. It
doesn't hurt to change the filter and add a quart halfway through an
extended oil change interval with synthetic oils (order of 9000 mile
drain intervals) just to get a new filter in there, plus a dose of fresh
oil and additives to boot. But that's assuming you do a COMPLETE oil and
filter change at the end of the interval.

 

Steve wrote

<So you'd just leave out the quart that is inside the old filter when
you
<take it off and throw it away, or did you miss the fact that this is
the
<reason for adding the quart?

I haven't seen a filter in several years that would hold a quart. Most
are closer to a cup these days. A quart used to be "normal," though.

<FWIW, I suspect more people are doing this today than a few years ago
<because more people are running extended oil change intervals. It
<doesn't hurt to change the filter and add a quart halfway through an
<extended oil change interval with synthetic oils (order of 9000 mile
<drain intervals) just to get a new filter in there, plus a dose of
fresh
<oil and additives to boot.

I suspect you are right. Most cars/drivers today, though, still fall
in the "severe use" or whatever similar category the manufacturers use.
They should not be using the "extended" intervals suggested by the
owner's manuals and car salespeople. Most probably do, though.

As for Wal-Mart, they have nothing that you can't buy somewhere else. I
refuse to shop there.

 

They still sell the AC PF2 / Motorcraft FL-1A / Wix 1515 / Purolator
L3001 size (quart) filter. AND it fits on a lot of engines that come
equipped with those rinky-dink teacup size filters too, and a lot of
people (including me) use it on every vehicle they own.

People who do oil analyses are finding that name brand(*) synthetic (and
group-III base non-synthetic) oil is barely even showing any degradation
at 9k miles, even in extremely severe use. The old "3000 mile" oil
change is ridiculous with high quality modern oils. There's a lot of
good information that suggests that some engine/oil combinations could
easily run 20,000 miles between changes. You won't catch me going past
about 9000, though, which I've been doing for a long time. One engine
with 400k miles and two others with over 250k say it works just fine.


* obviously this disqualifies "house brand" oils. Not because they
necessarily aren't excellent today, but because tomorrow you won't have
a clue who's making it when the current contract expires.

 

Steve wrote
<They still sell the AC PF2 / Motorcraft FL-1A / Wix 1515 / Purolator
<L3001 size (quart) filter. AND it fits on a lot of engines that come
<equipped with those rinky-dink teacup size filters too, and a lot of
<people (including me) use it on every vehicle they own.

Yes, they do. The point was that most factory filters don't hold a
quart anymore. Most owners probably don't use the quart size filter
even if they could (me included). Many surely do. Regardless of
capacity, you are correct that changing the filter 'only' requires one
to replace the lost oil.

<People who do oil analyses are finding that name brand(*) synthetic
(and
<group-III base non-synthetic) oil is barely even showing any
degradation
<at 9k miles, even in extremely severe use. The old "3000 mile" oil
<change is ridiculous with high quality modern oils. There's a lot of
<good information that suggests that some engine/oil combinations could

<easily run 20,000 miles between changes. You won't catch me going
past
<about 9000, though, which I've been doing for a long time. One engine
<with 400k miles and two others with over 250k say it works just fine.

Oil analysis is practiced regularly at my employer...we don't change
oil there unless analysis says it's time. There's no doubt that good
quality oils will go much farther than 3000 today under most any
circumstances. One guy who works for me tells of a GM lubrication
school he attended in the late 60's (as a GM employee) that debunked
the 3000 mile theory. They espoused 9000-12000 for most users. He
claims that the oil companies kept GM from making that public
knowledge. I believe the first parts of that, but not sure about the
last . I personally use the rediculous 3000 mile rule for several
reasons....it's easy to remember, it can't hurt, I'm old and used to
it, my kids remember it and bring their cars by, and I have a million
miles of positive experience. Priceless, to me, even if it does cost an
extra hundred bucks a year. Couldn't pay me to use the "house brand"
stuff tho, even if it's exactly the same.

 

I use that rule also for my 1940 Chrysler Royal and my 2005 PT Cruiser
Convertible!

 

Documentation??? s.v.p. ;-)

 

What is your point? There is NO restaurant licensed at any USA Wal-Mart
Your comment makes absolutely no sense. Correct my impression of your
statement - IF you can. Are you saying you don't change any oil in your
"non-existant" vehicle?

 

Humm, I gues you don't understand the original poster's use of
allegory?

In any event, Walmart does have lunch counter/restaurants in all the
stores around me, but then that's hardly the point.

Doug

 

Reminds me of the comedian I heard recently that said that 7-11's are
now selling fine wines, and he was having trouble deciding whether he
should get a red or a white to go with his burrito.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

It does not matter who "makes it." It is what is in it that counts. Once a
large home improvement chain in NYS sold a house brand they got from Mobil.
It was base oil, but marked as SE 10W-40. It contained no viscosity
improvers, pour or anti-friction additives. Even with the truth disclosed it
took some effort to get them to pull the cans and not merely ship them out
of state, but who knows, I'm sure Mobil did not want that crap back.

Richard.

 

Then that is Mobil's fault, not the home improvement store! The oil supplier
is responsible for the contents and labeling, so this scenario doesn't
happen! Sounds like a far fetched story.

 

I think there was sarcasm used by all posters involved ;-)

Me, I'd pull out my favorite Southern dining recommendation. "Don't
order shrimp at the Waffle House." If you want oil, buy it branded
by a company that MAKES oil.

 

wow
getting a answer is like getting your teeth pulled by a bunch of clowns!!!
thanks!! just asking question, not asking for a toung lashing

 

Yeah...wow, eh?

Giving "a" answer is all in a day's work, ma'am.

You're welcome.

And omitting singular indefinite articles...

Not asking for a *which*, now?

What are you, eight? Nine?

 

But it doesen't cost an extra hundred bucks a year. The US average is
14,000
miles per driver per car per yer. Going from 9000 to 3000 mile means maybe
4 oil changes a year vs 2 oil changes per year. That is only 2 extra
changes per
year. Are you really paying $50 per oil change? I see them advertised for
$19.95 all the time. I do my own and I often buy name brand oil on sale for
$1 a quart. A good filter is about $6 so I figure at most $10-12 per
change.

Most cars burn a little oil, very few burn a quart in 3000 miles though.
And even
if they do, so what? Engines are fine running a quart low, that's only to
the bottom
of the hash marks on the dipstick. But if you wait 9000 you may save a few
bucks
on oil but lose a lot of money on the engine, because the oil gets too low.

Ted

 

If I recall, Ashland Oil bottles the Wally World Motor oil.