Dollar store oil?

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While picking up a few things for a get together later this week, I noticed something. Motor oil. (Don't laugh too much, I don't look..but being a BITOGer now..)


Bottle said City Star brand 10w 30 only.

Does anybody buy this stuff?
 
i wonder if it is like that SH-rated stuff I saw not too long ago at dollar tree. personally, i wouldn't trust it.
 
The City Star oil at the BP gas station near me is API-SA rated. Not fit for your lawnmower.
Check the back of the bottle.
 
Originally Posted By: hal
SA? [censored]! is that even legal to sell?


Yes it is perfectly legal. It's used in classic (circa WWII and prior) engines of collector cars.
 
Originally Posted By: 94MaxGXE
The City Star oil at the BP gas station near me is API-SA rated. Not fit for your lawnmower.
Check the back of the bottle.



That's pretty much what I thought...


For dying beaters, I guess....
 
Some small engines like air compressors ask for non-detergent oil. So it does have uses. Your car engine is not one of them though, not even if it's a dying beater.

If it happens to be SL/SM rated, though... should be fine. Check the label.
 
It wouldn't be on the shelf if nobody was buying it. My guess is that most of it does go in dying beaters.

I shop Dollar General, and I am sure some car collectors do too. I doubt they buy their oil there. I don't.

Non-detergent in small engines? Is it better for them, or just that you can get away with it?
 
Originally Posted By: labman
It wouldn't be on the shelf if nobody was buying it. My guess is that most of it does go in dying beaters.




I suspect a lot of non-detergent oil goes in present day cars. I used to live in the big city and sometimes frequented the 7-11 type of convenience stores. I used to see women who go into the store and buy a quart of this sh*t for their cars. I really felt sorry for their car engines.
Like already posted. If it didn't sell, it wouldn't be on the shelf.
 
Originally Posted By: Kruse


I suspect a lot of non-detergent oil goes in present day cars. I used to live in the big city and sometimes frequented the 7-11 type of convenience stores. I used to see women who go into the store and buy a quart of this sh*t for their cars. I really felt sorry for their car engines.
Like already posted. If it didn't sell, it wouldn't be on the shelf.


Well I guess better that than no oil at all.
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i wouldnt use recycled oil if you gave it to me.they still have a long way to go with recycled before i would trust it.
 
Originally Posted By: lexus114
i wouldnt use recycled oil if you gave it to me.they still have a long way to go with recycled before i would trust it.


but what is any of this based on?
 
i`ll tell you what max,you can use it in your car.how is that?? i`ll stick to what i`m using thanx.
 
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well, yeah obviously. i just was trying to get an update on the stigma surrounding re-refined oil.
just a heads up, re-refined feedstock is already refined motor oil and a percentage of synthetic (say what!?). that's right!
virgin crude feedstock is at least a percentage asphalt, wax, tar and sulphur. just some food for thought!
 
Originally Posted By: Kruse
Originally Posted By: labman
It wouldn't be on the shelf if nobody was buying it. My guess is that most of it does go in dying beaters.




I suspect a lot of non-detergent oil goes in present day cars. I used to live in the big city and sometimes frequented the 7-11 type of convenience stores. I used to see women who go into the store and buy a quart of this sh*t for their cars. I really felt sorry for their car engines.
Like already posted. If it didn't sell, it wouldn't be on the shelf.



Very true...
 
Originally Posted By: daves87rs
Originally Posted By: Kruse
Originally Posted By: labman
It wouldn't be on the shelf if nobody was buying it. My guess is that most of it does go in dying beaters.




I suspect a lot of non-detergent oil goes in present day cars. I used to live in the big city and sometimes frequented the 7-11 type of convenience stores. I used to see women who go into the store and buy a quart of this sh*t for their cars. I really felt sorry for their car engines.
Like already posted. If it didn't sell, it wouldn't be on the shelf.



Very true...


ok dave,and kruse, to satisfy my friend max wander,why wouldnt you use it?? i never did answer his question re: this recycled [censored].but the reason i wouldnt use it is because i have had friends try it,with bad results.no personal experience only my one friend said he would never use it again.so yes,it is simply here-say(word of mouth)for me.
 
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Originally Posted By: lexus114
ok dave,and kruse, to satisfy my friend max wander,why wouldnt you use it?? i never did answer his question re: this recycled [censored
.but the reason i wouldnt use it is because i have had friends try it,with bad results.no personal experience only my one friend said he would never use it again.so yes,it is simply here-say(word of mouth)for me.


This seems to have split into two different subjects. Re-refined oil and non-detergent oil.
I'm not going to comment on the re-refined oil. I suppose if they got all the contaminants out, and put the right additives back in, it might be fine.
I will comment on the non-detergent oil that I have seen on the shelves of so many convenience stores; oil that is targeted to the people (especially uninformed women) who only buy a quart of oil when the oil light came on. I believe Caterpillar started to demand detergent oil way back in the '30s and the oil standards have only increased since then.
Would any informed BITOGer put non-detergent oil in their present day car?
 
I'd use non-detergent oil if I were in the middle of East B**%$K Egypt and I really needed some engine oil in an emergency. In this case, detergent vs. non-detergent oil would be the least of my worries because there are bigger issues going on.

I look on non-detergent oil like those space-saver spare tires. It's there to get you out of an otherwise tough situation.
 
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