Pennzoil with TC-3

[jlwelding]

Just got back from walmart with a gal of Supertech 2 stroke 24.00 a gal. Went on line and ordered Pennzoil with TC 3 17.47 a gal. Im not sure but I read somewhere supertech was made by Pennzoil. Anyone know for sure?
Moderators not sure were this should go, thanks.

[Doubletrouble]

 Not sure who makes the supertech for Walmart but I did the same thing. I saw the super tech price and went online at Walmart and found the pennzoil for $18 on Amazon. It should be here today. Lol

[jlwelding]

Mine came in yesterday and looks the same course that doesnt mean anything, but as long as its TC-3 thats what counts.

 

[Doubletrouble]

 Right, that's what I thought as well. Things are getting to be ridiculously expensive anymore.

[IBMobile]

3 hours ago, Doubletrouble said:

Not sure who makes the supertech for Walmart

There are three suppliers of oil for Walmart's Supertech oil: Warren Oil Company, Pennzoil, and ExxonMobil.

• Warren Oil Company bottles have a rectangle on the front or back of the bottle and may or may not have a capital C with a star in it on the bottom at the same time.
• Pennzoil bottles have a capital C with a star in it on its bottom only.
• ExxonMobil bottle will have a larger cap similar to a Mobile1 bottle with no other markings.  

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by IBMobile

[Mopar1973Man]

This is one reason why I don't worry about store brand oils typically. Like for example NAPA oils come from a name brand source if I'm not mistaken Valvoline. All lubricants are required to meet the quality standards of the API seal on the bottles. Same with all lubricants or fluids there is a standard it must meet before it can be sold. Kind of like a old member here @dorkweed he ran 84k miles on a single oil change and was using a bypass filter. Only thing he would do is change filters, capture a sample and sent it off to blackstone for test and top off and run another 7k miles. No damage or issue with running 84,000 miles on Walmart Super Tech 15w-40 engine oil. 

[Doubletrouble]

4 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

No damage or issue with running 84,000 miles on Walmart Super Tech 15w-40 engine oil. 

 Wow! I'd be scared to death! Lol

[JAG1]

I read about several guys on the landscapers forum using regular motor oil to mix with the gas instead of TCW 3 or 2 stroke oil. Not one reported any problems with numerous gas powered two stroke motors on their equipment.

[Mopar1973Man]

Other than the spark plug will most likely grow with ash build up like our injectors would. That will never go away with trying to burn engine oil. This is why 2 cycle oil is ASHLESS.

 

[jlwelding]

Or how bout the guy that ran 50/50 trans oil and diesel. Filled the concave of the piston and the eng ran away with him and blew.

[Mopar1973Man]

Again ATF is high ash lubricant. Then the friction modifiers, and the anti-scorching compounds that retard burning. ATF today is not like what was available back 1970s.

[VMac822]

How much two-stroke oil are you guys adding to a tank?

 

I’m guilty of running quite a true gallons of used motor oil through my current truck. Not a lot, maybe 50 gallons over 50,000 miles.  When I had to head off there was a little bit of light deposit on the valve faces but very insignificant. There was some on the injector tips too.

 

 some caveats: best to do it during warm weather, and long trips. I would generally limit to 2 gallons per tank.  Doing it in cold weather and short trips is asking for trouble. And shy away from synthetics and ATF.

 

I run very little used motor oil anymore. 

Edited October 29, 2022 by VMac822

[Doubletrouble]

 2 stroke oil, most of us run 1oz per gallon of fuel.

[Mopar1973Man]

2 hours ago, VMac822 said:

And shy away from synthetics and ATF.

Exactly correct...

 

2 hours ago, VMac822 said:

When I had to head off there was a little bit of light deposit on the valve faces but very insignificant. There was some on the injector tips too.

Yeah it can build up and mess up the spray pattern of the injectors. 

 

 

This is why I did all the study and work for you all to educate you to better ways of keeping your truck running at its best. 

 

[VMac822]

I haven’t done 2-stroke oil to speak of, I think I’ll give it a try. Do you use it in winter as well even with frigid temperatures?

[Mopar1973Man]

Snowmobile 2 Cycle Oil typically has a pour point of -50°F will hold gelling back too. I don't use any cetane boosters, or anti-gel products at all.

[jlwelding]

I still like the way you or somebody explained it a few years ago, you ever see a snowmobile gel up?  

 

[Mopar1973Man]

Kind of like looking at water it will freeze solid at 32°F but now if you add salt to the water the freeze point will fall depending on the amount of salt. Same with diesel fuel what I get is roughly around -20°F so if your adding 2 cycle oil with a pour point of -50°F it should start to pull the pour point down depending on the mixture ratio your using.

[Doubletrouble]

 I have used it year round with no antigel additives with no problem. Maybe in a much colder climate I would but in ohio our winters aren't as bad as say north Dakota or somewhere like that.

 We don't normally see below zero much anymore.

[Mopar1973Man]

I've seen down to as low as -30*F here in Idaho during the last 5 years of MoparMom life while I was doing the dialysis runs back in forth in the winters. No issues with running or starting. Typically the coldest spot is New Meadows, ID.