Has anyone ever used this oil?

15W40 Synthetic Blend Diesel Engine Oil - 5Gal Pail Bucket ? BuySinopec.com


even though the price of crude has come down considerably, oil in the store seems to keep getting more expensive. have only been able to find a few reviews, and they are all good- but we all know about internet reviews.....

does anyone have any experience with this oil? we can get a really good deal on it and are considering using it. we have used rotella dino for years, but it is pushing $18/gallon these days.

talked with our buddy at oh-rye-lees, and he can let us have a 5 gallon bucket of their brand 15w-40 for ~$40 so we are contemplating between that or this sinpoec.

 

Are you talking just your truck, or a fleet? Myself, I'd stick to the tried and true. That's not to say something new and really good can't happen, BUT.

 

Thays what I use on the fleet, for the past 2year. Works great, except is not a syn blend just plain old dino.
Give it a try and do a black stone analysis.

 

no, just for dad's truck and old green.

 

Like mentioned,lab reports will tell the story.

 

yeah, but was hoping someone here may have some experience and can give personal feedback

 

In the link provided was some lab testing and a comparison chart. Overall it is slightly lower viscosity than the major brand dino oils, and within spec for all the ratings it carries. Kind of a rigged comparison, synthetic blend vs straight dinos, but that's sale literature for ya. A little lighter would be helpful in cold weather fwiw. I'd give it a whirl. My truck sure wishes I would, I'm overdue for an oil change.

On the other hand given the name and coloring my spidey-senses tell me it's from China, just FYI.

 

Its from Signapore.

 

Looks like a fine garden variety API CJ-4 motor oil... nothing special but nothing too bad. Where do you live? How cold does it get? Looks comparable to any of the big oil brands.

 

it's the dead of winter and we hit 93* yesterday....


well, between this and the store brand dino, we might just have to give this whirl.

 

93 in the winter... ugh shoot me. Yeah that stuff should work just fine.

 

cool. it's worth a shot for the price we can get. the price of rotella dino just seems nuts these days.

we only have 2 types of weather here: hot and hotter......

 

No, Sinopec is a subsidiary of the Chinese government, with its corporate headquarters in Beijing. I'm sure it's fine oil though.

 

Yes sir...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinopec

Not a very original name...

 

I'm not ready to run Chinese motor oil - given what they have put in their baby food in the past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

I would get Rotella at Walmart (cheaper than any chain place) and run it longer, according to what Blackstone tells you.