It's definitely not Esso. Esso bottles have 5 star symbols on the bottom. That's how you can tell president's choice oil is made by esso...just look at the bottom.
Most "motomaster" Canadian Tire oil is made/bottled by Shell. I'm going to check out the bottoms of those bottles. The bottle manufacturers mold their brand into the bottom. I'm interested to see if they look the same. I'm guessing either shell or petro can.
I suppose one of us could call wal-mart canada headquarters and see if they'll tell us who makes their synthetic oils.
You're right Ron about the "duron". I was a little lazy on the names. The duron is definitely the XD-3 style oil. The petro-canada 5w-30 and 10w-30 synthetics I looked at weren't durons.
One other clue, I believe the Tech 2000 synthetic bottles (maybe in the 5w-30 or 10w-30) listed a JASO spec in addition to the API certifications. I didn't see this on either the 5w-30 or 10w-30 petro can synthetics.
I don't think it was castrol based on Wal-mart's labelling scheme. It's possible Wal-mart's buying petro-canada mfg'd oil from shell. I think the shell bottles and the Tech 2000 bottles may be made by the same Mfg'r...I'll check it out when I get the chance.
Most "motomaster" Canadian Tire oil is made/bottled by Shell. I'm going to check out the bottoms of those bottles. The bottle manufacturers mold their brand into the bottom. I'm interested to see if they look the same. I'm guessing either shell or petro can.
I suppose one of us could call wal-mart canada headquarters and see if they'll tell us who makes their synthetic oils.
You're right Ron about the "duron". I was a little lazy on the names. The duron is definitely the XD-3 style oil. The petro-canada 5w-30 and 10w-30 synthetics I looked at weren't durons.
One other clue, I believe the Tech 2000 synthetic bottles (maybe in the 5w-30 or 10w-30) listed a JASO spec in addition to the API certifications. I didn't see this on either the 5w-30 or 10w-30 petro can synthetics.
I don't think it was castrol based on Wal-mart's labelling scheme. It's possible Wal-mart's buying petro-canada mfg'd oil from shell. I think the shell bottles and the Tech 2000 bottles may be made by the same Mfg'r...I'll check it out when I get the chance.