Crap, no more Mobil 1 15W-50 at Walmart

[ULEWZ]

I have gone to Walmart the last 2 weeks looking for my beloved 15W-50 Mobil 1 silver cap and it wasn't there. I talked to the Walmart expert (ya, I use that term loosely), and he said they no longer carry it. Crap, now what to use as that was a great oil and cheap in the big container.

I bought Castrol GTX 20W-50 for my FZ1 (it burns less oil with GTX than with synthetics) and Rotella T6 synthetic 5W-40 for my dirtbikes (I have used Rotella T before, but didn't like the dark color to tell how dirty the oil is when changing).

Oh well, just a heads up.

[shrubitup]

Runnin` either SuperTech or Rotella dino in my bikes. YZ250 and a Ducati 620.

Engines work fine. ?

[reconranger]

Back in the day, Mobil 1 was Group IV PAO based. It has now gone cheapo Group III.

[MrBlahh]

most of the mobile 1 fans switched to the synthetic rotella way back when mobile 1 switched formula's

[nathanpa01]

Better yet, don't shop at Walmart, buy from your local parts store. Keep your money in your neighborhood.

[MrBlahh]

Better yet, don't shop at Walmart, buy from your local parts store. Keep your money in your neighborhood.

yeah, because autozone & pep boys are not big chains like walmart ?

[shrubitup]

My local selection includes Rite-Aid (yes, they have oil), Ace Hardware, and NAPA (who left). Next closest is O'Reiley's and then Wal-Mart. Stop the evil chain stores now!

I suppose some dude might be selling ScamSoil from his garage locally but I'm not interested. ?

[Santan9]

+1 for supertech.

[nathanpa01]

You don't have a local parts store other than chains? Not hard to believe, but we have a few independent owned shops left.

[MrBlahh]

You don't have a local parts store other than chains? Not hard to believe, but we have a few independent owned shops left.

I've lived in 5 states and I've never seen a independent parts store

[Greg Y]

if you are hard set on synthetic oil, rotella t is as good as you will find without going to euro oils.

[gwillie]

if you will read up on walmart you will never shop there again they are very shady. if you spend a few more dollars at pep boys or auto zone though they are not local your money stays in your local economy

[shrubitup]

if you will read up on walmart you will never shop there again they are very shady. if you spend a few more dollars at pep boys or auto zone though they are not local your money stays in your local economy

?

How exactly would my money stay local if both Pep Boys and Autozone aren't local?

Lots of colloquial hate against WalMart out there. That company has responded to a need and the worldwide consumer rewards them. If they didn't provide a need, nobody would shop there.

[pookiebear]

napa stores in most areas are owned by a local-ish franchisee. I almost bought one a few years back.

Autozone, pep and advance auto are not.

I order my 2 stroke oil online (Ipone is hard to find in a store)

I have yamalube semi-synth I get in the gallon sizes from the local moto dealer for all my bikes. Napa had some moto oil that was priced DOUBLE what the moto dealer had it for.

[shrubitup]

Napa had some moto oil that was priced DOUBLE what the moto dealer had it for.

? You should've paid the double price. That keeps local businesses from leaving you know.

[JJStunts816]

Just curious why you run such a thick oil?? Is that what the manufacturer recommends or is that what you just decide to run?

Also I'm not 100% sure, but I read before on rotellas web site, that synthetic rotella was only around 5-10% synthetic, rest dino oil...

I still run rotella, supertech, or mobile clean 5000 in all my vehicles lol... Lately been running super tech a lot, $9.50 for 5 quart jug can't beat it! lol

if you will read up on walmart you will never shop there again they are very shady. if you spend a few more dollars at pep boys or auto zone though they are not local your money stays in your local economy

hehe I'll still shop there no matter what I read.. Too easy/cheap to go pickup 3 rolls of paper towels for $1.60, 5 quarts of oil for $9.50, and oil filter (sport bike/car) for $2.50 lol

[shrubitup]

Ya, and the funny thing is that SuperTech don't kill no motor either. I've used it since day one on our Mazda MPV mini van bought in the year 2000. It has 100K now and zero problems.

[MrBlahh]

there's a few different types of shell rotella

I use the shell rotella T6 full synthetic 5w40, it's a blend of Group III and PAO.

[natosuperman]

I didn't know you could run automotive oil in a wet clutch motorcycle set up. I thought there were extra friction modifiers in the 4 stroke wet clutch oil? fill me in, I hate paying for oil at the motorcycle dealer price.

[MrBlahh]

I didn't know you could run automotive oil in a wet clutch motorcycle set up. I thought there were extra friction modifiers in the 4 stroke wet clutch oil? fill me in, I hate paying for oil at the motorcycle dealer price.

it's the oposite kinda, you cant run friction modifiers like too much molly or zinc? or your clutch will slip, most of those "increased mileage" oils are not wet clutch safe

the shell rotella syn t6 now carry's the motorcycle wet clutch spec, same as the old oil, but now it has the spec on the label and they did change the sheering blend a little