German Castrol EMERGENCY!
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From: Mississauga, Ontario
Originally Posted by blacktransam
umm i work in the auto parts industry.. heres somehting for you guys buying a **** ton of this stuff.. OIL HAS A SHELF LIFE... its about a year .. yeah thats a long time.. BUT u guys have enought for 50k miles.. why do you think they say change ur oil every 3k miles or 6 months.. it breaks down
Mike
Mike
Oil does not break down if it's just sitting there.
Id now consider this an 'emergency'. I checked all auto zones and none have it. I actually ended up talking to a manager at an Autozone in Omaha and he said that a castrol rep came and rearranged all of their motor oil section, and added / removed different types.
It was removed from a few Autozones here. However every time I buy some from my local autozone they have restocked it every time I go back so I'm no longer stocking up at home.
I got the last 6 quarts of German Castrol at my local Autozone, they had about 8 bottles of yellow label and I got 6 qtrs of M04 Red label stuff... hopefully this oil lasts til when the OIL CHANGE light comes on...
This is the first time I've tried this stuff... I'm currently running M1 10W-30 in the beautiful SoCal spring weather...
This is the first time I've tried this stuff... I'm currently running M1 10W-30 in the beautiful SoCal spring weather...
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This all seems a little fanatical to me, but to each his/her own...
Since everybody here is interested in oil (especially if you've read all the way to here) I have a couple of sites you might like to see. I have already posted them elsewhere, but perhaps you've never seen them:
Z28 Oil Life Study - http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/s.../oil-life.html
Oil FIlter Study - http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/
Happy Reading.
Since everybody here is interested in oil (especially if you've read all the way to here) I have a couple of sites you might like to see. I have already posted them elsewhere, but perhaps you've never seen them:
Z28 Oil Life Study - http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/s.../oil-life.html
Oil FIlter Study - http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/
Happy Reading.
Last edited by Mr Incredible; Apr 21, 2005 at 07:54 AM.
Sorry guys, I went out and bought 6 qts of M04 GC today... I thought it would be a good idea to pick some up for my oil collection. I'll probably give GC a shot after I'm done with Amsoil and analyze it too. If money wasn't so tight I would have bought the other 6 or so qts they had left 
I spotted the 5W-40 Syntec that's made in Belgium "BC". I really didn't find much on BITOG forum. It's probably comparable to the 0W-40 many people like, but I haven't heard much about it...
I spotted the 5W-40 Syntec that's made in Belgium "BC". I really didn't find much on BITOG forum. It's probably comparable to the 0W-40 many people like, but I haven't heard much about it...
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From: oklahoma
I went to my autozone and found 4 quarts of it.
One of the employees was trying to act all omnicient with me saying "that is definately not what the manufacturer recommends"
I was like "I know, It sounded wierd to me too the first time I heard of using 0-30"
employee- "It's really gonna break down your engine, especially on start ups. I would
never put that stuff in my truck"
me-(without hesitation)" German Castrol is not a thin oil. It is 12.2 cst at 100*C. In other words, it is almost a 40wt oil" He was dumbfounded.
He then told me that it is green because it is recycled oil and that castrol just buys the oil from other manufacturers and markets it as there own. I had no hard evidence to argue that so if you guys could give me some I would love to go own him again.
One of the employees was trying to act all omnicient with me saying "that is definately not what the manufacturer recommends"
I was like "I know, It sounded wierd to me too the first time I heard of using 0-30"
employee- "It's really gonna break down your engine, especially on start ups. I would
never put that stuff in my truck"
me-(without hesitation)" German Castrol is not a thin oil. It is 12.2 cst at 100*C. In other words, it is almost a 40wt oil" He was dumbfounded.
He then told me that it is green because it is recycled oil and that castrol just buys the oil from other manufacturers and markets it as there own. I had no hard evidence to argue that so if you guys could give me some I would love to go own him again.
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Originally Posted by jammon46
castrol just buys the oil from other manufacturers and markets it as there own. I had no hard evidence to argue that so if you guys could give me some I would love to go own him again.
Originally Posted by jammon46
I went to my autozone and found 4 quarts of it.
One of the employees was trying to act all omnicient with me saying "that is definately not what the manufacturer recommends"
employee- "It's really gonna break down your engine, especially on start ups. I would
never put that stuff in my truck"
One of the employees was trying to act all omnicient with me saying "that is definately not what the manufacturer recommends"
employee- "It's really gonna break down your engine, especially on start ups. I would
never put that stuff in my truck"
Thats the exactly the same conversation I had the first time I got GC. He swore up and down I was going to ruin my motor and M1 was the best oil there is.
I went back a month later for some stuff I was like hey I don't have any more piston slap in the morning, no oil consumption ect. He was extremley confused.
The guy at autozone didn't know why I wanted the red label vs. the yellow label stuff. I had originally bought the yellow stuff thinking it was GC, but I was able to do an even exchange...
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Originally Posted by FBDYLVR
Well my morning piston slap has gone away with the German Castrol! But what is this 5W-40 made in Belgium deal??? That needs to be looked into!
I think it is an excellent alternative to GC 0w30 if you cannot find it.
