Selection of 5W20s increasing in Canada

[Audioquest]

I was just out shopping for a 5W20 oil and I was pretty amazed to see how many brands are now available in Canada. A couple years back, we had almost zero selection. Here's what 5W20s I found today at Canadian Tire and Walmart:

Castrol GTX
Castrol Syntec
Pennzoil
Pennzoil Synth
Quaker State
Valvoline
Tech 2000
Motomaster Formula 1
Motomaster Formula 1 Synthetic

By the way, Walmart sells its motor oils at a much cheaper price than Canadian Tire. Most 5W20 1 litre bottles at CT were $3.99, while at Walmart they were $3.29.

 

[Big O Dave]

I'm not surprised... as you know, it's COLD up there!

 

[JTK]

Car parts stores or wally are about the only places to find viscosity ranges OTHER than 5w and 10w30 in the Buffalo NY area

. Talk about a non-BITOG town!

G/luck
Joel

 

[JTK]

 

[adal148]

I bought some Motorcraft 5W-20 oil from my local Ford dealership @ $2.95/L about 3 months ago but they were rated API SL/GF-3.
Stopped by there again two weeks ago and the MC 5W-20 was still sale priced @ $2.95 but the new stock now shows latest API SM/GF-4 specs.

 

[the_oil_dealer]

is the SM better? Thats a great price for oil, i should check a local dealer

 

[ruking77]

I would not find that too surprising in that Canadians buy a lot of Honda's. Honda as you probably know has been specifying 5w20 for a few years now. Ford has also been specifying 5w20 for a few years now also.

 

[yohan]

Dont forget esso protec extra in 5w20...good stuff made in Canada for canadian conditions...