walmart house oil?

Yes, probably the only thing dumber would be to count the words and post
that...


Matt

 

Most products from "low end" Walmart are manufactured to sell at a low
price point, not necessarily at a quality level.
Using any generic product is not in my program,
whether it is car oil or food.

Buyer beware!

 

I have been using generic oil since the 70's and specifically Walmart
for the past 10 years or so. It is good stuff. It meets all the
government standards. Call me stupid but I trust our government for
some things. Oil is one of them.It does not matter what company makes
the oil, it matters what spec the oil is made to. The spec is
controlled by Walmart and it is made to government specs. I had two
cars go over 200K. No major problems.

 

I didn't realize that either API or SAE were government organizations.
When did this happen?

Matt

 

A few years ago I bought two pairs of Walmart's high end men's shorts.
The government must not have inspected them, as they shrunk very
quickly. <

 

API is not really part of the government.

 

Not is SAE for viscosity, so I guess we should call him stupid as he
requested.


Matt

 

The government isn't even aware that motor oil exists, at least not
beyond requiring manufacturers to have MSD sheets for it and making sure
that it doesn't get dumped in groundwater. The performance standards and
verification measurements for lubricants are set by professional
organizations including the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and
the American Petroleum Institute (API). The API does derive some of its
requirements indirectly from government, but usually that's in a
negative sense. For example, the latest API standard for gasoline engine
lubricants sets a MAXIMUM for certain additives because although oil
performs better with more of these additives, they damage pollution
control devices such as O2 sensors and catalytic convertors over time as
the engine consumes small amounts of oil. So indirectly, the EPA
emissions requirements do affect the API standards. But not in the way
you seem to think.