PYB or Castrol GTX

[Seguino]

Canadian Wal Marts have these oils on sale this week for a cheap ( for Canada )
$8.88 / 4 litre jug. Any preferences among the cognoscente for using in a Subaru non turbo 4 cyl? Canadian PYB is Shell, don't know about Castrol.

 

[Johnny]

PYB in Canada is PYB. Pennzoil is owned by Shell but the brands of oil are different. But back to your original question, I would use the PYB.

 

[simple_gifts]

Quote:

I would use the PYB.


Which one? The Shell or PYB, PYB? 8)

 

[Johnny]

Now I'm confused.

I would use Pennzoil in the yellow bottle before I would Castrol GTX in the white bottle.

What I probably did a poor job of saying was is Pennzoil in the yellow bottle is not the same product as Shell in the Shell bottle. Made by the same company but two completely different oils.

 

[BovineScapegoat]

I've always been a castrol man but since joining this board I really like Pennzoil. Use either, both are good.

 

[calvinnnnnnnnn]

castrol gtx

never liked pyb, caused my engine to bronze up despite 4k oci

i've seen tons of engines with over 200/300k when using gtx. there was a civic with over 900k miles running just castrol gtx. i have a picture of it too but cant find it

 

[Johnny]

How do you remember how many n's are in that name when logging in?

 

[DeeAgeaux]

PYB not shell bottle.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
How do you remember how many n's are in that name when logging in?


+1 I was wondering that a week or so ago.

 

[chet2]

my bro used pyb in his malibu over years and even after 8k oil was still full on DS

 

[beast3300]

PYB +1

 

[Nick R]

Probably PYB but if I was to go back to Dino, I would seriously consider both of them.

 

[Seguino]

Thanks for all the input. When I went to WM they had 4.4 litres ( about the same as a 5qt in US) of PP for $19.00 so I splurged. It says on the bottle "distributed by SOPUS products, Houston TX" so I assume our Canadian PP is the same as US. I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. Cheers!

 

[dsmith41]

Either will serve you fine, but I'd use the yellow bottle.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Seguino
Thanks for all the input. When I went to WM they had 4.4 litres ( about the same as a 5qt in US) of PP for $19.00 so I splurged. It says on the bottle "distributed by SOPUS products, Houston TX" so I assume our Canadian PP is the same as US. I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. Cheers!


Great choice.

 

[calvinnnnnnnnn]

calvinnnnnnnn is just a nickname on the forum, the login is different!

 

[mechtech2]

If the price is really good, get them both.

 

[MatrixMulisha]

Just an interesting thing I noticed...at my local walmart they only had 2 cases of PYB left but about 3 skids worth of GTX.

I wonder which one is more popular??

 

[JCM35]

Gtx is without a doubt more popular in my neck of the woods.

 

[mechanicx]

I don't doubt that GTX is good oil but I don't really doubt that Valvoline is too and Mobil 5000 for that matter. I don't want an oil with sodium additive and I don't care for the bottles Castrol uses without a clear graduation. There's other things I don't like about castrol that's not really about the oil itself. I like PYB and Castrol would be my last choice, so I'd go with PYB even if Castrol was cheaper.