Thoughts on NAPA Synthetic Oil?

Mar 1st, 2019 9:30 am

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p10x [OP]: Member; Jun 14, 2008; 231 posts; 85 upvotes; tdot

Mar 1st, 2019 9:30 am

This is perhaps the cheapest oil I've seen in the market (ATM) in comparison to CT's oil selection.
I'm looking to use this for '05 Corolla (Beige, of course) under 180k, looking to change the oil after 6-8km?

Any thoughts?

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Mar 1st, 2019 9:39 am

#2

KorruptioN: Deal Guru; Sep 3, 2003; 12916 posts; 2052 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 1st, 2019 9:39 am

Probably more than fine. Stay on top of your changes and enjoy the infinite reliability of your beige Corolla.

Deal with it.

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Mar 1st, 2019 9:55 am

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CocoJambo: Deal Addict; Mar 16, 2015; 1850 posts; 328 upvotes

Mar 1st, 2019 9:55 am

I would treat the legendary beige corolla with something better. If you can keep track of sales that often come on CT, you can get top of the line Mobile 1 or PP for just $10 more.
For a 8000 kms oci, $10 extra is not bad. This car can do million miles easily
Cheers

Mar 1st, 2019 10:02 am

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derass: Deal Addict; Sep 8, 2017; 4650 posts; 4912 upvotes; GTA

Mar 1st, 2019 10:02 am

The absolute most basic form of maintenance a person can do on a car is change the oil. Do the car a favor and use something a bit better.

Cheap oil is for cars you hate and aren't keeping.

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Mar 1st, 2019 10:35 am

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drtmrcht: Sr. Member; Jul 19, 2010; 780 posts; 430 upvotes; Calgary

Mar 1st, 2019 10:35 am

its rebadged Valvoline oil.. so it's go for it.

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Mar 1st, 2019 10:38 am

#6

p10x [OP]: Member; Jun 14, 2008; 231 posts; 85 upvotes; tdot

Mar 1st, 2019 10:38 am

True! I should do better.

Any thoughts on when the best time of the year to stock pile synthetic oil? I have been keeping track of CT's, especially their pennzoil ultra platinum (intriguing to see how my engine will run with it).

Cheers,

Mar 1st, 2019 10:45 am

#7

vkizzle: Deal Expert; Aug 22, 2011; 38901 posts; 25493 upvotes; Center of Universe

Mar 1st, 2019 10:45 am

p10x wrote: ↑ True! I should do better.

Any thoughts on when the best time of the year to stock pile synthetic oil? I have been keeping track of CT's, especially their pennzoil ultra platinum (intriguing to see how my engine will run with it).

Cheers,

The best oil brand, are the ones that goes on sale.
I've used them all except for Royal Purple.

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Mar 1st, 2019 11:02 am

#8

derass: Deal Addict; Sep 8, 2017; 4650 posts; 4912 upvotes; GTA

Mar 1st, 2019 11:02 am

I buy a few jugs of Mobil 1 synthetic, and a few Fram Ultra filters when they go on sale at Canadian Tire. They're both on sale a few times per year. The filters right now, in fact.

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Mar 1st, 2019 11:17 am

#9

Anikiri: Deal Guru; May 1, 2012; 10487 posts; 11243 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 1st, 2019 11:17 am

This oil is too good for 8k OCI. But I guess we can just throw around dino juice.

Mar 1st, 2019 11:22 am

#10

Swerny: Deal Expert; Oct 5, 2008; 17337 posts; 12917 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 1st, 2019 11:22 am

Castrol Edge was $27.99 for 5L at CT last week

Mobil 1 synthetic filters were $13.99

Then there is the $10 off $40 coupon floating around, so I got them both for $31.98 + tax.

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Mar 1st, 2019 11:32 am

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derass: Deal Addict; Sep 8, 2017; 4650 posts; 4912 upvotes; GTA

Mar 1st, 2019 11:32 am

Thanks for the heads-up! Just found the coupon for the GTA:

https://mlse-cdntire-18.azurewebsites.n ... upon_1.pdf

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Mar 1st, 2019 12:54 pm

#12

macrossr: Member; May 24, 2008; 301 posts; 235 upvotes; Mississauga

Mar 1st, 2019 12:54 pm

i got pennsoil 0w-20 ultra platinum when its on sale for around $35 for 5L, sometime they also have rebate of $10 on top of that as well. I used Castrol Edge before but the Pennsoil feels better and slightly better mileage.

Mar 1st, 2019 1:22 pm

#13

Swerny: Deal Expert; Oct 5, 2008; 17337 posts; 12917 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 1st, 2019 1:22 pm

macrossr wrote: ↑ i got pennsoil 0w-20 ultra platinum when its on sale for around $35 for 5L, sometime they also have rebate of $10 on top of that as well. I used Castrol Edge before but the Pennsoil feels better and slightly better mileage.

extremely doubtful

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Mar 1st, 2019 1:34 pm

#14

er34er34: Deal Fanatic; May 4, 2014; 5200 posts; 7055 upvotes; Toronto, ON

Mar 1st, 2019 1:34 pm

The Formula Shell conventional in the front page is also a great oil, but maybe not at that price. My local Walmart cleared those out last year for $8.

It's got the highest moly content of any conventional oil.

If your car doesn't specifically call for synthetic, this wouldn't be a bad choice.

Mar 1st, 2019 3:05 pm

#15

wing0: Deal Addict; Mar 20, 2004; 4726 posts; 1708 upvotes; Mississauga

Mar 1st, 2019 3:05 pm

p10x wrote: ↑ This is perhaps the cheapest oil I've seen in the market (ATM) in comparison to CT's oil selection.
I'm looking to use this for '05 Corolla (Beige, of course) under 180k, looking to change the oil after 6-8km?

Any thoughts?

6-8k oil change interval doesn't exactly warrant synthetic oil.
Conventional oil nowadays are very good and some are synthetic blended to comply with rating requirement.
Unless you drive a lot in stop and go traffic. You should just go with conventional oil and use the saved up money for a decent oil filter(OEM) or Fram Ultra(change it every other oil change).

Mar 1st, 2019 3:36 pm

#16

Swerny: Deal Expert; Oct 5, 2008; 17337 posts; 12917 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 1st, 2019 3:36 pm

OP, is this your first time using synthetic at 180K?

I would stick with conventional if it is.

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Mar 1st, 2019 5:55 pm

#17

george__: Deal Expert; Jul 22, 2006; 22399 posts; 3028 upvotes

Mar 1st, 2019 5:55 pm

Swerny wrote: ↑ OP, is this your first time using synthetic at 180K?

I would stick with conventional if it is.

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Mar 1st, 2019 7:30 pm

#18

p10x [OP]: Member; Jun 14, 2008; 231 posts; 85 upvotes; tdot

Mar 1st, 2019 7:30 pm

Swerny wrote: ↑ OP, is this your first time using synthetic at 180K?

I would stick with conventional if it is.

Unfortunately, when I bought the car last month (this is a beater car), the dealer used synthetic oil (Castrol Oil).
I was considering of switching and start using Conventional Oil if I was to do OCI under 8-9km- there's no harm in doing that since this is a Corolla engine (as long as I maintain the maintenance interval).
For the oil filters, will certainly be using Wix (basic model).

Mar 1st, 2019 8:21 pm

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hightech: Deal Expert; Dec 23, 2003; 17174 posts; 5913 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 1st, 2019 8:21 pm

Even Toyota's own 0w20 oil is about the same price. Why not just use that? For daily drivers, Mobil 1, Amsoil, Castrol, Pennzoil, etc. are really all the same unless you are racing it or have an exotic car.

I used to stockpile Quaker, Mobil, etc and just find it a waste of time. Toyota Synthetic 0W20 works just fine and BITOG has enough info from Oil Analysis that says it is perfectly fine for 8K and 16K Oil change intervals.

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Mar 1st, 2019 8:51 pm

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Lolvtec: Member; May 27, 2017; 363 posts; 567 upvotes

Mar 1st, 2019 8:51 pm

hightech wrote: ↑ Even Toyota's own 0w20 oil is about the same price. Why not just use that? For daily drivers, Mobil 1, Amsoil, Castrol, Pennzoil, etc. are really all the same unless you are racing it or have an exotic car.

I used to stockpile Quaker, Mobil, etc and just find it a waste of time. Toyota Synthetic 0W20 works just fine and BITOG has enough info from Oil Analysis that says it is perfectly fine for 8K and 16K Oil change intervals.

Where do you get Toyota oil from? How much? Any deals on oil filters?

Thoughts on NAPA Synthetic Oil?

Thoughts on NAPA Synthetic Oil?

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