Triple_Se7en
$50 Site Donor 2024
Originally Posted By: mrdctaylor
Like many of you on here, I normally buy my motor oil in 5 quart jugs. However, with the recent sale of my Hyundai Santa Fe, now all 4 of the cars I maintain (see below) have sumps larger than the 5 quarts you get in a jug. My cars take 5.7, 6.0, 6.4 and 7 quarts respectively. I think that's great, honestly. It should help the oil last longer. However, it is also a bit irritating that a single 5 quart jug won't do an oil change on any of my vehicles, which sometimes means mixing in a little different oil to bring it up to the right level (or buying a single quart of the same oil at an inflated price).
I guess my questions for this group are:
1) Are bigger sumps a trend? Or is this just me? I only have a sample size of 4.
2) Do you think it might be time for manufacturers to go to a 6 quart jug? Or would that be too heavy/unwieldy?
I'd be happy buying in quarts again if the price was the same, but I don't see that happening very often.
I still buy in five quart containers. My sump is six quarts. So my very first purchase was (2) five quart jugs. Leftovers in that jug are good for years.
Both new and partially used jugs are all part of our oil stash. I have a partial jug for our Malibu, which uses Maxlife and another partial jug (SOPUS) for my Colorado P/U.
If I need 32oz from it, I keep a plastic measuring cup that holds anywhere from 1-32 ounces. Pour from the five quart container into the measuring cup as needed. No big deal. Then put a plastic funnel on-top of the measuring cup for storage, that keeps dust from entering it, for it still has under an ounce of oil remaining. The leftover-oil covering the wall of the measuring cup are what remains.
That always stays in the cup.
Like many of you on here, I normally buy my motor oil in 5 quart jugs. However, with the recent sale of my Hyundai Santa Fe, now all 4 of the cars I maintain (see below) have sumps larger than the 5 quarts you get in a jug. My cars take 5.7, 6.0, 6.4 and 7 quarts respectively. I think that's great, honestly. It should help the oil last longer. However, it is also a bit irritating that a single 5 quart jug won't do an oil change on any of my vehicles, which sometimes means mixing in a little different oil to bring it up to the right level (or buying a single quart of the same oil at an inflated price).
I guess my questions for this group are:
1) Are bigger sumps a trend? Or is this just me? I only have a sample size of 4.
2) Do you think it might be time for manufacturers to go to a 6 quart jug? Or would that be too heavy/unwieldy?
I'd be happy buying in quarts again if the price was the same, but I don't see that happening very often.
I still buy in five quart containers. My sump is six quarts. So my very first purchase was (2) five quart jugs. Leftovers in that jug are good for years.
Both new and partially used jugs are all part of our oil stash. I have a partial jug for our Malibu, which uses Maxlife and another partial jug (SOPUS) for my Colorado P/U.
If I need 32oz from it, I keep a plastic measuring cup that holds anywhere from 1-32 ounces. Pour from the five quart container into the measuring cup as needed. No big deal. Then put a plastic funnel on-top of the measuring cup for storage, that keeps dust from entering it, for it still has under an ounce of oil remaining. The leftover-oil covering the wall of the measuring cup are what remains.
That always stays in the cup.