The Truth About Buying Cheap Engine Oil

The Truth About Buying Cheap Engine Oil

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[chuckblythe]

Scottie’s neighbor’s yard is filled with empty containers and plastic engine covers

[craigfin]

Nowadays you can actually get full synthetic cheaper than conventional. Supertech full synthetic is cheaper than most other brands conventional oil. Testing has shown that even the cheapest synthetic will outperform the best conventional oil.

[joeshmoe]

That Valvoline Restore & Protect is on another level, good stuff.

[jasonbusch]

Clean oil is more important than brand. Same with oil filters, that $4 Supertech filter from Walmart works excellent. I have run every vehicle I have owned on cheap oil and filters and have over 800, 000 miles combined over 25 years and have never had an engine problem or an engine that used oil.

[anthony-juqo]

I tried the Supertech Synthetic oil from Walmart.. After 500 miles, My engine was tapping like Sammy Davis Jr. Then bought Valvoline Synthetic and it was smooth as Muhammad Ali. So for " A Few dollars More"- you won't have Clint Eastwood hunting you down.

[mkat]

I watch some oil videos on here of them testing all the oils. There is a difference in additive packages that do more for the engine. I know the amsoil helps engines not wear as much and leaves a thin film on parts for later starts. If the higher amount of detergents keep the sludge build up in check it is worth it. You get what you pay for.

[davidfrancis]

Like many things in life, there's actually a handful of factories bottling oil. Putting it in different bottles for whoever is buying it that day. Research it on the web for who makes O'Reilly oil. Same with antifreeze and batteries and so on...

[FloydKibbe]

Scotty it comes out of same plant, they just change the run of bottles

[CharlesRobbins-fubz]

They all have different additive packages which can help with fuel economy and engine longevity. Brand matters

[HR-wdcw]

For the most part I agree. Although I did have a Honda Civic that was burning oil pretty bad but when I used Valvoline MaxLife (with their additivites) that helped slow down the burning and consumption of oil, not by a huge amount but I went from burning about 1/2 a quart per month to about 1/2 quart over 3 months, so I saved about 1 quart, so in the end, maybe a wash but I didn't have to refill it as often. But MaxLife is slightly thicker because of the additives (this was conventional oil too, but at the time, it was only about $2 more than regular conventional). The most important thing is you have the correct viscosity/weight, the correct type, and that it's clean (change it ever 5, 000 miles or sooner, and that it's topped off and full).

[LA_Commander]

Scotty, you've said before that Castrol was your favorite brand. Now you just toss it to the curb. LOL!!!

[derrickrayclemons]

If the ratings are similar would purchase the cheaper oil option. I normally buy synthetic oil it handles better in the cold 🥶 weather.

[Kingjvy_]

" An Oil change with cheap oil is better than no oil change at all"

[gttone]

One thing to consider is not switching your oil every other time. Pick one and stick with it

[joesorrenti]

The little court ones are about $8 a piece or more and it's cheaper to buy five quarts than it is to buy one

[fullthrottlekid]

For light duty everyday cheep oil 👍 never had a problem but I had bad experience with using gas pickup for commercial use pulling heavy running 12 hours nonstop 5 days a week. Was using a good oil but it was breaking down, causing low oil pressure and sludging! Burned up a gas engine had to put re-manufactured one in and within 3 weeks had the same problem lost oil pressure and the oil was just sludgy! We switch to amsoil and the problem went away

[juneachilders]

I used to have a '95 Chevy Prizm. 5 speed manual with Toyota 1.8 liter engine. Pretty much a Toyota Corolla. Ran Walmart SuperTech oil in the car the whole time I owned the car for about 12 years. Changed the oil, and filter every 3000 miles as recommended. Never had a day's trouble out of the car.

[richw]

I had a 90s ramcharger, tried to use Pennzoil regular oil in it not synthetic. It ran like crap. Use the regular motor oil that was a little thicker same viscosity and it ran better. In my Honda I just use Amsoil it seems to run phenomenal, mobile one is in bed too but Amsoil top-notch a little pricier but in the long run it seems to run way better a person that owns the vehicle will notice from trial and errors. And it's easy to know if you know your vehicle how it runs and it performs and it sounds in the long run.

[RobertTate-qynk]

The detergents and additives in the high end oil can make your engine last longer and have less sludge build up. The certifications don't test for everything.

[JuanPrado]

What about the new valvoline restore and protect, what's your intake on that oil?