Hey everyone. I just want to let you know you can get Shell Oil for $1.44 per quart. It was actually their DIY oil change special for $9.99, which includes a Proline oil filter (up to $2.79) and 5 quarts of Shell Oil. I thought it was a good price so I got a filter for my Jeep and 10w-40 for the '97 GS.
I've not heard anything bad about the quality of Shell Oil but I figure it can't be any worse then Walmart brand Supertech so I'll give it a try.
-Porkchop
As much as I really don't like Walmart, their auto-parts section is generally really high quality. I know their batteries and oil filters are some of the best, not sure about the oil.
The walmart oil is alright, I ran it in my GS500, all my EX500's and my old CB550K, with no problems. I wont run it in my 42k mile CBR but I'm anal about how this baby is treated too, and she's all synthetics baby.
The walmart oil filters for bikes actually are pretty good. the Purolator I had sucked in comparison..
Got 795,000 miles out of a VW Fox running Wal Mart oil and filters. When I junked it the engine was still just fine and compression was within spec. However, the unibody was getting very rough. Damn calcium and salt they put on the roads...
Quote from: GeeP on November 22, 2008, 05:22:51 PM
Got 795,000 miles out of a VW Fox running Wal Mart oil and filters. When I junked it the engine was still just fine and compression was within spec. However, the unibody was getting very rough. Damn calcium and salt they put on the roads...
ya man. more important to keep it IN the noise box and changed proper than what brand of crap is in there ;)
wonder how many engines die for lack of oil vs 'poor quality' of oil. prolly close to 1,000,000:1
Quote from: ohgood on November 22, 2008, 06:11:08 PM
Quote from: GeeP on November 22, 2008, 05:22:51 PM
Got 795,000 miles out of a VW Fox running Wal Mart oil and filters. When I junked it the engine was still just fine and compression was within spec. However, the unibody was getting very rough. Damn calcium and salt they put on the roads...
ya man. more important to keep it IN the noise box and changed proper than what brand of crap is in there ;)
wonder how many engines die for lack of oil vs 'poor quality' of oil. prolly close to 1,000,000:1
Yuppers!
I find it funny that the guys who buy the really expensive fluids like *cough* Amsoil *cough* are the guys who don't keep the bike/car more than a year or so. :laugh:
I read an artical in Machinery Lubrication a few years ago on oil change intervals. Clearance-sized particulates are the main problem in mobile power equipment. Yet, mobile power equipment oil filters often aren't capable of filtering 100% of particulates that size. So even if the oil will last 10,000 miles, it is best to swap it out sooner to remove the particulates.
Funny, completely unrelated story:
I was reading a book on Caterpillar a few years ago. Down in Georgia back in the 30's, a road construction company bought a new Caterpillar Diesel 60 crawler tractor. A few years went by, and the company owner called to say it wasn't running very well, especially on cold mornings, and to send out a service guy.
The service guy shows up on a scorching hot day, confirms that the tractor is running very poorly, and proceeds to pull the jugs. What he finds is the precombustion chambers are full of sulphur, so much sulphur that the injectors are blocked. He takes a chisel and cleans them out.
On the way to lunch, he notices a huge pile of old asphalt and a screen on a stand. Below the screen are a couple of big horse troughs full of oil. The service guy asks the owner why he is putting used asphalt on the screen to reclaim the oil. The owner responds:
"To run that tractor you're working on!"
Sure enough, the fuel tank was full of road tar! :laugh: