Does anyone use SPECTRUM OIL from Sears/Kmart???

[Hootbro]

Originally Posted By: xtell
In the early 80's the landscaper that I worked for used Spectrum oil in his Chevy work trucks. He changed it out at 3,000-4,000 miles. All three trucks developed excessive cam wear after 60,000+ miles. I used it in my 1974 Monty Carlo as well and it had excessive cam wear. I later read that some Chevy 350 engines were built with faulty cams which lead to the wear, but I never went back to the Spectrum oil.


Well, that is almost 30 years ago and even many of so called "name brands" were putting out sub-par oil.

 

[addyguy]

I don't think I've ever seen a bottle of Sears Spectrum oil up here. Years ago, Sears Canada sold all it's automotice centers to another company (Active Green & Ross) to run.

I'm sure in the 1960's to 1990's, lots of people up here used Spectrum oil from Sears Centers, but that name is long gone around here....

 

[Norm Olt]

Originally Posted By: HWEaton
It's all good, man.

Me too....


Me Three! I have 5 quarts of SEARS Spectrum 5w30 in the SC400 as we speak (so to speak), just running it to a point where I can begin a longer OCI using all the synthetic 5w30 oils I've picked up on sale + rebates...

SynPower, Pennzoil UM, NAPA, etc.

With 6K OCI's I'm probably good for the next decade, and NO, I'm not afraid to use oil that is 2 years old in a car that's soon going to be old enough to vote, either.

For gas motors, SM is SM, BTW.

Cheers!