Super Tech Box-O-Oil Experience

[Vegoose]

Buy one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ETVOP2/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_7I9AFbS6768S5

 

[danez_yoda]

Y'all have never had cheap wine that comes in a box?

Its even more fun putting the "used" wine back in the box for recycle.

 

[Bryanccfshr]

the Havoline 6 quart box is perhaps the easiest change I have done. But I have vehicles with a 6 .2-6.4 qt capacity.
pour the entire contents of oil into the engine, and the box holds the entire contents of the drained sump. it was as easy to pour into the boxedcotained as a jug. Now you get to those bigger jugs the logistics get more difficult.

Purchased a 3 gallon/12 quart box of synthetic 5W-30 some months ago for $20 during a rollback/clearance. Last weekend I changed the oil in 3 vehicles that use 5W-30. Bottom line is dealing with that box, for me, was a PITA coming and going and certainly extended the time it takes for an oil change. Primarily decanting and measuring the oil into an already empty 5 quart oil jug (thank goodness for the clear view quart markings on the side) and then the tortured process for getting the used oil back into the bag. Buying a SN Plus/dexos1 GEN2 oil for $1.67/qt. is nice but I'm a jug man for now on.

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[rob1715]

I like the idea of the box thing. It's just my 2019 Sorento takes 5 qrts. on the nose so it's much easier to buy a 5 qrt. jug of PP or Castrol Mag and be done with it.

 

[Hootbro]

I am not racing to do a 15 minute quickie oil change like the lube places. So the extra time in dealing with a box measuring out or having to transfer to another container to pour does not bother me.

My only concern is buying boxed/bagged oil and having it on hand for long term storage stash. Not sold on the idea yet of keeping it on the shelf long and not leaking.

 

[DirectRejection]

Y'all have never had cheap wine that comes in a box?

SuperTech is the "Two Buck Chuck" of motor oil.

 

[JackOfAllBlades]

I’ve used boxed oil a couple of times and always found it to be more trouble than it’s worth.

5 quart jug, 5 gallon bucket, or 55 gallon drum are the only containers that make sense to me.

42 Gallon Wooden Pennsylvania Oil Barrel is the way to go

 

[CarLuver]

do the bags all use the same cap size? if they do, it seems pretty easy to buy a spout and lay the thing on a rack and dispense the oil into another container. even maybe dispense it into a old 1 quart bottle.

 

[Black Thunder]

from what I understand is the 12 quart boxes of Supertech have a spigot already on it so no spout is required.

my plan when i eventually use the Supertech box oil that I have, I'm simply going to drain it into a 5 quart jug from a previous oil change to measure it etc. not really that hard to figure out.

All my waste oil goes into 2.5 gallon jugs that I reuse, or a 5 gallon bucket that still has the lid on it which i reuse as well just for drain oil.


the 6 quarts Havoline boxes have just a plain cap

 

[DGXR]

Maybe someone already mentioned this: why not get 3 regular 5-qt oil jugs and fill them up with the 3-gallon box? Should be pretty quick & easy, and an obvious solution. Are you giving away all your jugs when recycling the used oil?

 

[zzyzzx]

The only way I see it working well is if you set the box on a rack, and pour it into a measured oil pouring device, then pour that into the car.

Waste oil would need to go into a cat litter bucket, there would be no way I would get it back in that bag.

Exactly what I did. No big deal to me.

 

[jhs914]

I've never used the boxed oil but for disposing used oil, I use an empty kitty litter pail to store used oil. When full the lid snaps tight and I take it to Walmart for disposal.

 

[pbm]

Y'all have never had cheap wine that comes in a box?

I buy boxed wine all the time...'Black Box', 'Bota Box' etc....very good quality to value proposition.

PS: I think trying to pour used oil back into the bag in the box would be like trying to pee into the bag in the wine box after drinking it......I'd use a gallon milk jug or two instead...

 

[demarpaint]

I'll stick with jugs. I don't care for the box, and the oil I am currently using isn't offered in a box.

 

[SteveG4]

I like the idea of the box thing. It's just my 2019 Sorento takes 5 qrts. on the nose so it's much easier to buy a 5 qrt. jug of PP or Castrol Mag and be done with it.

My truck takes EXACTLY six quarts. Boxes would be perfectly fine with me.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Dunno, the 5 quart jugs are so easy....
If I ran a shop, buying 10 at a time might make sense.

What I don't like is single quart containers.

 

[Red Crow]

I guess I'm a weirdo. I've always preferred quart bottles out of a 12 quart case. I wash my bottles so they can be recycled.

 

[F150]

I think if is no problem, you either plan for it or you don't.

 

[joekingcorvette]

I am going to try it and form an opinion. Cost savings is nice but so is convenience.

 

[RooflessVW]

I am going to try it and form an opinion. Cost savings is nice but so is convenience.

Get a cheap pitcher from the same store.