Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil 5qt jug - $18.88 at Wal-Mart

[Tiembo]

The last time I've seen 5qt jugs on the shelf was about 2-3 years ago. Picked up two jugs of 10W-30, should last me a good part of a year.

A real bargain, since synthetic oils are almost never on sale, and usually go around $5 per quart.

 

[PandaBear]

They always sell it around $18 to $19 at Wal-Mart. That is when they carried them.

Usually in San Francisco Bay Area the Mobil 1 are around $4.50 per quart but when onsale they will be around $3.90, but never lower.

 

[Tiembo]

Originally posted by: PandaBear
They always sell it around $18 to $19 at Wal-Mart. That is when they carried them.

Usually in San Francisco Bay Area the Mobil 1 are around $4.50 per quart but when onsale they will be around $3.90, but never lower.

Texas isn't as lucky

 

[OS]

If you guys like individual containers, costco sells 6 quart cases for ~23 dollars.

 

[snowairg]

Originally posted by: Tiembo
Picked up two jugs of 10W-30, should last me a good part of a year.

I wish ten quarts lasted me a whole year.

Originally posted by: OS
If you guys like individual containers, costco sells 6 quart cases for ~23 dollars.

Yup that's where I get mine. I like the seperate containers better, too, because it's much easier to measure out the number of quarts.

 

[ROADMASTER]

 

[ROADMASTER]

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: snowairg

Originally posted by: Tiembo
Picked up two jugs of 10W-30, should last me a good part of a year.

I wish ten quarts lasted me a whole year.

Originally posted by: OS
If you guys like individual containers, costco sells 6 quart cases for ~23 dollars.

Yup that's where I get mine. I like the seperate containers better, too, because it's much easier to measure out the number of quarts.

I like the 5 quart jugs...my car takes exactly 4 quarts, so I dump one quart into an empty quart bottle and toss it in my trunk and then just dump the rest in my engine. Then I use the empty jug for used oil

 

[ROADMASTER]

Thank's for the post. I've got something (993 C2) that eat this stuff up, 11 Quart at a time. Great post.

 

[Pothead]

Originally posted by: PandaBear
They always sell it around $18 to $19 at Wal-Mart. That is when they carried them.

Usually in San Francisco Bay Area the Mobil 1 are around $4.50 per quart but when onsale they will be around $3.90, but never lower.

The Mobil 1 Synthetic are now normal items instead of being in stock only certain times during the year

 

[Tiembo]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
I like the 5 quart jugs...my car takes exactly 4 quarts, so I dump one quart into an empty quart bottle and toss it in my trunk and then just dump the rest in my engine. Then I use the empty jug for used oil

My car takes 5qts with filter change, so this is quite the no-brainer

 

[cookj]

I picked up a jug a couple of weeks ago(after doing some research on what oil is best),my PU uses 5 quart per change

 

[prontospyder]

This Friday, I noticed that my local Wal-Mart carried it and I picked one up. Good deal.

 

[tinkakat]

Great oil been using it in my 89 pickup for 13 years now. Love it. I get it at k-mart for $4 a qt. when it goes on sale.

 

[gigajoule]

Originally posted by: snowairg
I wish ten quarts lasted me a whole year.

If your using the right filter, 10 quarts of synthetic should easily last a year in a 5 quart gasoline engine unless you put 40-50k+ miles on a year. There's quite a bit of research data available online indicating extended interval changes compared to traditional petroleum oils. Research indicates 20k+ on interval changes on vehicles that tend to put significant miles on per year.

 

[snowairg]

Originally posted by: gigajoule

Originally posted by: snowairg
I wish ten quarts lasted me a whole year.

If your using the right filter, 10 quarts of synthetic should easily last a year in a 5 quart gasoline engine unless you put 40-50k+ miles on a year. There's quite a bit of research data available online indicating extended interval changes compared to traditional petroleum oils. Research indicates 20k+ on interval changes on vehicles that tend to put significant miles on per year.

Call me stupid then, but there's no way I'm letting my car go 20k+ miles w/o an oil change. Please provide some links to this info; I'd like to read it.

No matter what research says, though, I baby my babies and change their oil every 5k miles or so. It may cost me more money, but it sure doesn't hurt. Plus it's a piece of mind.

And for all you nice and easy 5 quart changers, lucky you! Mine's 4.5 quarts...

 

[oddjob303]

To bad my brothers prelude eats up 6 and mine on book does 6 but I dont know that yet

 

[Crucial]

My Walmart's everyday price is $3.90. They did just get the 5quart jugs in stock again though. Good deal

 

[Tiembo]

Originally posted by: snowairg

Call me stupid then, but there's no way I'm letting my car go 20k+ miles w/o an oil change. Please provide some links to this info; I'd like to read it.

No matter what research says, though, I baby my babies and change their oil every 5k miles or so. It may cost me more money, but it sure doesn't hurt. Plus it's a piece of mind.

Same here. I drive just slightly over 10k miles a year, only some of which under boost. But if I had a car that's stock, I'd stick to dino oil and the 3k/3mo regimen.

I don't think oil and engine technologies are advanced enough to go 20k miles without changing; that's just asking for a sludged motor. I've read in some new car manuals that the oil change intervals can be as long as 7500 miles, though.

 

[Tullphan]

If one switches brands of motor oil after using a particular brand for awhile, should one flush out their engine somehow or what?
I've heard it isn't good on a car to switch brands of oil. True?

 

[sil0nt]

I have no research or scientific proof to back anything up, but I change my oil and oil filter every 3000 miles (works out to about every 8 weeks). I use Mobil 1, and every time it drains out of my car, its dirty. Thats good enough for me. I don't want dirty oil cooling and lubricating my engine.

I do believe, however, one of the reasons it is *ok* to let it go longer (5k and beyond), is due to the unique properties it has regarding burn off. Dino oil will break down and leave deposits (sludge) whereas synthetic actually remains in its current state without leaving any contaminants behind. Therefore, you can run old, burned off synthetic oil in your engine and not risk the 'sludging' effect. You might have dirty oil, which is less effective, but it shouldn't actually damage your engine.. at least not from sludging.

 

[topnotcher]

I believe a better deal is the Wal-Mart brand FULL Synthetic 5W-30 @ 2.97/qt.

Originally posted by: Tiembo
The last time I've seen 5qt jugs on the shelf was about 2-3 years ago. Picked up two jugs of 10W-30, should last me a good part of a year.

A real bargain, since synthetic oils are almost never on sale, and usually go around $5 per quart.

 

[adsouthpaw]

I've always used Penzoil in my car, but I noticed last time I was at Walmart, they now have a "high mileage formula." I was thinking of switching to this since my car now has over 145k miles. I also noticed that every other brand has some sort of "high mileage" oil. Are these oils marketing spin, or would it really be worth my extra $ to get it. Or would it be better to maybe switch to a synthetic such as the oil in this thread. Would that be too much of a change for my little 1.6L engine that could?

 

[AlTruistic]

I found this interesting:

http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oil-life.html

It is a 13,000 mile test of Mobile 1, with analysis from an independant tester every 1,000 miles.

 

[topnotcher]

Nice study. I am a third generation synthetic motor oil user. My grandfather and father and myself have never had any engine problems or failures since we started using synthetic. My old man just had a Saturn go over 300K on synthetic!

I, like this study, only replace the filter and top off when needed, I have been doing that for years now. I do replace the filter every 3000.

One user was considering changing to high mileage oil. I believe this only adds viscosity to help slow oil leaks. Oil leaks are somewhat normal and in the northeast beneficial because you get a free oil undercoating with every drive!

-topnotcher.

Originally posted by: AlTruistic
I found this interesting:

http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oil-life.html

It is a 13,000 mile test of Mobile 1, with analysis from an independant tester every 1,000 miles.

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