Originally Posted By: SirTanon
Originally Posted By: Jooksing
Thats what I don't understand, it was was varnish or something I would have smelled it. The stuff looked like oil going in. I use a long funnel to do the oil on this car so I would have to hold and slowly pour.
New vegetable oil looks and pours very similar to new lightweight engine oil, so just by visual observation, I think it would be hard, although not impossible, to tell the two apart. This, of course, also depends on the additive package, as some are darker than others. Valvoline Next-Gen 5w20, for example, is almost exactly the same color as virgin canola oil.
Originally Posted By: Jooksing
Anything thing at that volume would cost more to put back- a gallon of vegetable oil is prob around $15-20.
$6.18 for a gallon of GV vegetable oil
Also, anyone who cooks a lot of deep-fried foods would likely go through a LOT of leftover used cooking oil. If they were so inclined, they could easily save it and pour THAT into the oil jug. Net cost to them is effectively zero for the used cooking oil.
Also, when used long enough, cooking oil gets pretty dark, and - more importantly - goes through a noticeable chemical change due to the food and water that it comes into contact with. Among other things, it develops types of organic
SOAPS, etc.. This, to me, is far more likely the underlying cause for whatever was in the jug going all gel-y.
Originally Posted By: Jooksing
Blackstone did say it was oil or oil based (that they were able to run their test)
Makes sense.. My gut says it's SOME kind of oil.. just not motor oil. My money is on some cheap vegetable-based oil.
I think you may be on to something,because anyone who's ever "overheated" or scorched vegetable oil while cooking,it will leave a thick gel-like residue on the pan.