Recent content by J_ODIE

FWIW I drained the transmission and filled with some Motul Gear 300 this time. No issues observed during the fill.

http://imgur.com/a/JwjDbxU

Motyl Gear 75W90 with a Date and Batch of: 25:09:18/449023M1. So maybe be wary of anything made on the 25th of September 2018.

Was this decently aged or supposedly fresh? Stored in any extreme conditions?

I had every intention to drain and have. The manufacturer advised the same. What you are saying would point to a manufacturing defect (incorrect mixture). Its curious why the company did not want me to ship the lot back after I told them the supplier was not going to pay shipping to take it...

The purpose of this post is to ask the oil experts of the internets if you have ever come across and how you think this may have happened. I found this interesting and would like to talk about how this may have happened. I wont be mentioning the brand of oil so as not to call out the...

Price is back up to 34.00 at Wal-Mart.

Just an update. I am at 3K miles on this oil and will be changing soon with my other 5Qt jug. Some observations. Oil got very dark starting at 1500 miles. My previous oil, Valvoline 5w40 MST stayed very clean looking. I run 3k OCIs. No oil consumption on this oil but I didn't have to add...

Going to pick up another 5 Quart jug soon. Can't find many UOAs on here though. The Search feature seems finicky at best.

Valvoline is giving 15 dollars back on 5 Quart jugs of this stuff (limit 2 per household) till November 2018. Walmart has this for 34.74 right now making 5 Quarts of Valvoline Modern Engine less than 20 bucks right now. Auto zone has it listed for 44.99 in the store but they ended up price...