Here's a hot one...... lots of my fellow drivers insist their oil comes from a jug at change. They pay more for this too. Ok fine........and I took the challenge. Bought my brand in bulk and monitored temps and pressures under diff. situations and then went jug with same tests at next change.
#### if I didn't see a marked improvement in pressure and engine temp. Jug oil also looks much better deep into the change interval...........ok so I'm a jug man from now on......
But WTF? I called the mfg. and he assured me it's the same stuff. Said it would cost him out the yang to have 2 formulas of the same stuff on the loose.......and was at a loss to explain test results.
So is oil change guy selling out like 1 drum of good stuff then refilling drum with garbage to increase bottom line? Wouldn't be the first time someone tried this........
Whatcha think drivers?
Engine oil: Jug or drum.......
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by chalupa, Dec 13, 2012.
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One more reason for doing my own OC. I know what went back into it.
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Several years ago, I worked for an Exxon oil distributor. We got jug oil from a packaging plant. But we did our own bulk in 5 gal and 55 gal drums. Where the quality of the product dropped is on the first container of the product being filled, particularly when the operator didn't purge the hose properly when switching products. The owner would label these containers as "first" and were sold to customers who insisted on deep discounts. There were protocol on what products to run after a product to reduce the risk of cross contamination of ATF , power steering fluids and other "light" oils. When the fill plant operator hit the doobie, there was no telling what that first container had in it.
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