I've searched to see if this was asked earlier...just wondering if it's OK to use?
Their synthetic is about the same price as the best standard oils or blends. Just suspicious why the price is so low?

 

I heard good things about this brand of oil. Is this for a newer Ford engine?
IF so Walmart carries Motorcraft oil and filters.

I use, on my newer trucks, Motorcraft synblend oils.(since Walmart carries the recommended type for these trucks).

My older trucks 95/96/99 I use Castrol highmileage (proper recommended weight)

and my beater I use any cheap oil - I AM SWITCHING TO SUPERTECH FROM WALMART on this truck so I can make it one stop shopping.

SO if your truck is newer, stick with Motorcraft (warranty protection/if under warranty).

Like I said earlier, I have heard good things about this oil. I heard that this comes off the same line as another "name brand" oil.

AS far as the low price, WALMART TELLS THE MANUFACTURER (ALL SUPPLIERS), what they (Walmart) are willing pay for a product's wholesale price, or else Walmart will not sell the product. ECONOMICS.

 

From what I have read, it is a decent oil. I wouldn't really feel comfortable running it past 5000 miles. For a little more scratch, you could use Pennzoil Platinum which is a fine product!

 

I have used SuperTech syn, and mineral oil for years with no problems. I run 10k oil changes. It helped with an oil useage problem in one of my vehicles. jd

 

The following fact needs to be repeated every few months. It has been a while, so the time has come again.

Buy the cheapest oil with the engine manufacturer's API rating and weight that you can find. It is all "good enough" to get your gas engine to 150k-200k or beyond.

Don't think too hard about your oil. It isn't rocket science. All the testing has already been done for you. Keep It Simple Stupid!

The current highest API designation is SM. That is all that you need to know. It is easy as 1-2-3:

1. Buy the cheapest SM-rated oil that you can find in your recommended viscosity range;

2. Change your oil according to the engine manufacturer's recommended interval; and

3. Drive the friggin' car!

 

The Super Tech oil at Walmart is actually really good stuff. It meets all of the API specs, but also meets the European ACEA A3/B3 spec (at least in the full synthetic 10W30 weight that I run in my Jeep Wrangler, I haven't looked at any other weights yet). That is better than Mobil 1 (which meets ACEA A1/A5) for that application. Many of the name brand oils don't meet any ACEA specifications, because the testing is too rigorous.

I don't know if they even have a 5W20 though, and if they do, what certifications it might have...

 

Wal-mart doesn't make their own oil. You can bet its produced by a major oil manufactuer. Its probably just some other brand oil in a different bottle.

 

Super Tech is packaged by Quaker State. I checked in to this about 4 years ago & as far as I know that is still true. I find one of the cheapest oils out there is NAPA OIL. I buy it for $1.89/qt it is Valvoline Oil. I use Napa Filters (made by Wix) or Motorcraft for my 460 & AC Delco for my Chevys. I have used Super Tech filters also with no problems. Can't beat their price.
As said earlier it is no rocket science.

 

I think that it was true 4 years ago, but more recently it has been made by Warren Oil out of Omaha (not the Warren Oil that recently bought Coastal).

Look on the bottom of the bottle. There will be a little "WPP" stamped or imprinted on the bottom. That tells you that it is Warren.

Mixing oil is not rocket science. The additive companies like Oronite come up with various additive "packages" that they qualify with API. They then sell the additive package to a blender who can piggyback on Oronite's API license.

Like baking a cake, take 1 gallon base oil, mix in 1 lb. additive package, stir and "presto" an API-certified SM 5-30 oil.

And guess what? The cake tastes pretty good.

 

jschira,
I have never heard of Warren oils. But that isn't surprising there are a lot of things today I haven't hear of. But I believe you & I are in agreement about oil in the fact that most all of todays oils are just fine, run the cheapest and change it regularly. when I was a kid in the 60s we ran drain oil that we would strain through an old shop rag. Because we didn't have money to buy new oil. The only problem we ever had was running out of oil. As long as we had oil in the engine we didn't loose and engine because of the TYPE, but because we ran it too low of oil. I believe people make way TOO BIG OF DEAL out of what is the BEST OIL. Unless I misunderstand your posts we seem to agree on that fact.
Craig

 

I looked into this a few months back and came to the conclusion SuperTech was produced by Pennzoil. If you look at the product lines they have the same weights offered and corresponding products are in the same color bottles.

 

[QUOTE=cartmanea;6084546]I looked into this a few months back and came to the conclusion SuperTech was produced by Pennzoil. If you look at the product lines they have the same weights offered and corresponding products are in the same color bottles.
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Same color bottles? Are you simply joking here? The oil manufacturers probably order their bottles / jugs from a plastic manufacturer.

Based on your reasoning then, both Valvoline and Castrol should be the same oils since they both come in white plastic quart containers?

Havoline and Trop Artic 66 also the same (black color)

I look for the starburst symbol on an oil I'm not familier with. If it has that certification, you're good to go, and by law, the oil will satisfy any warranty requirements. You don't have to use a motorcraft oil in a new Ford engine, ect. The correct viscosity especially, Ford will not warranty an engine using 60 wt racing oil if there was an issue.

 

Try looking at something before you make comments on it. Their entire lines aren't in the same color. What I mean is, for instance, both Pennzoil and SuperTech synthetics are in the exact same silver color container, both brands high mileage 10w40 is in the same color red container. There are several other varieties of each in the same color containers. Anyway, that's not what I was making the connection with. When I was searching to find what manufacturer produced SuperTech I found several discussions online, as well as a few reviews which stated it was produced by Pennzoil.

 

Look at the bottle of the Walmart bottle. If there is a "WPP" stamped in it, it is Warren Oil.

Pennzoil/QS/Shell used to bottle Wally oil. Wally is always looking for the cheapest supplier, so there could have been a switch, or it might be a regional thing.

 

There's 2 or 3 manufacturers that supply their batteries, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was the same with their oil.