Mobil 1 synthetic oil @ Target for $3.39 ymmv

[CanisEstInVia]

As with all Target deals practically, its ymmv. The regular is $4.49 I think. This is their new SuperSyn technology oil. I haven't read much about it, so whoevers reading this, please comment.

This is their new SuperSyn technology oil. I haven't read much about it, so whoevers reading this, please comment.

Well I did some searching and found a great motor oil forum.
homepage http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/
forums http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php

Here is a quote I found made by an admin (Patman) of these forums, so I'm satisfied with what he had to say (even though I have no idea what "moly" is:

When the SuperSyn formula first arrived on the shelves, Mobil for some reason didn't add moly to the mix. Bob tested an early batch on the Timken machine and it performed terribly. So for a while on here, many of us were thinking the latest formula of Mobil 1 was a step backwards, and it really was not good until they added the moly back into it. I don't know why early batches didn't have it, since they were supposedly putting it in the SL formula TriSynthetic. Word spread pretty quickly on the internet when Mobil 1 also made a mistake by listing their oil as a semi synthetic on their webpage. This led many people to believe it was now using a group 3 basestock. It was only on their site like this for one day, but the repurcussions lasted a very long time.

one final edit: since targets often don't follow the same price cuts, I'll go ahead and mention that I got this at the Sugar Land one off 59 and hwy 6. atleast houstonians/sugarlandians can get in on this.

 

[Stifko]

thats a great price, what weights were available?

is that good oil?

 

[Shrooms420]

Synthectic oil is better than regular oil so it should be good oil. or better than regular oil at least. im gonna go check it out right now. will post the outcome.

 

[T2T III]

$3.39 seems like a great price. Also, Wal-Mart runs a special from time-to-time on a 5 quart container for about $18.00. They don't always have the 5 qt. containers - only about every three months or so do they appear within the stores.

 

[snowairg]

Awesome oil at an awesome price. Knowing my Target, they won't have it for so low.

Good luck to all... Time to stock up. That's cheaper than Wally World's lowest ever (sale) prices, and it beats Costco, too!

 

[TourGuide]

Here's a story for all you who've gotta run out and spend top $ for oil.

My wife and I bought a 93 Dodge Caravan brand new after she had some drunk total out her convertible. After the 300 mile mandatory breakin period I was a guy who was going to take damn good care of this vehicle, so I went out and bought moblil 1 and changed the oil at 300 miles using the $3.50/quart oil. I then changed it FAITHFULLY myself every 3000 miles or sooner using the same Mobil 1 EACH AND EVERY TIME, until at 72,000 mile the engine died and needed to be replaced. It had developed a bearing problem, somthing that oil was supposed to be there to prevent.

At that point I stopped changing my own oil and started going to those speedy change places. The oil you put in your vehicle is there to get dirty and be changed, nothing more. In addition, Consumer Reports did extensive testing on several motor oils, including Mobil 1 and found them to all be essentially the same in their ability to prevent wear and maintain your engine.

Moral of the story - Buy it if you have to, but understand it will not give you 2X the protection of the oil that costs one third the price. The truth is, that it's probably more like a fraction of a percent better in terms of REAL benefit.

 

[Windogg]

My M5 drinks synthetic 5W-30 like fratboys on 2 for 1 beer at the local bar.

Cool.

Windogg

 

[Pothead]

Worth it for High Performance engines

Don't use synthetic oil until after 7k-10k miles have been driven on the car. Synthetic is not good and not beneficial for the 1st 7k miles or so.

 

[PandaBear]

Sorry to hear about your lost but come on, it is not Mobil1's fault that your engine die. An engine should break in with dino oil for at least a few k miles before start using synthetic. Otherwise, the piston ring is not going to sit well and you have tons of blow by that will pollute the oil very early.

Beside, a badly designed engine will still be a badly designed engine no matter what oil you use. Ask any 92 FORD Taurus owner and you will know what I mean.

I am using M1, it is not the best out there (compare to more expensive oil like Redline or Amsoil that are mail ordered only) but when you compare M1 to other retail synthetic, it is the only remaining real synthetic that uses PAO (group 4) than hydro-cracked dino oil (group 3, like Castrol Vavoline, Penzoil, Quaker States) at the same cost and only 1/2 as good.

By the way, I change my M1 every 10000 miles, much longer than manufacture recommended 3k or 7.5k, and I have done analysis and they say it is still good for continue usage.

The only beneift I believe for using M1 is to extend the drain interval. If you are changing oil frequently then any oil will be fine, just get the dino oil on sale will be good enough for any car for 3000 miles.

 

[CanisEstInVia]

bump for some info I found regarding mobil 1's new supersyn technology

 

[TourGuide]

I have no doubt that Mobil 1 is BETTER oil than the standard group 3 stocks out there. That is not the issue.

The real issue is what you GET for trippling (or quadrupling at regular price) your cost per quart. If it prevented wear at a rate 3 times greater than conventional oils - you'd be hearing about it. For that matter, if it gave a say, 15% better wear reduction THAT would be noteworthy but again, that is not noted ANYWHERE, nor is anything like that being claimed.

Do you know how much Amsoil costs, shipped to your door? $5.85 PER QUART!! Lord almighty!! That is NUTS!! It's just FREAKING OIL!! It get's dirty and has to be thrown AWAY! Even if you did change that oil every 10,000 miles (which doesn't sound like a really good idea to me) you still ought to be driving 11,700 miles in order to make it cost competitive with standard group 3 oils.

Again, no question that it is better oil. It's just not THAT much better.



Now, that being said - If I had to have this oil in my vehicle - I'd be glad to know I could get it for $1.00 less per quart. Thanks for the tip CanisEstInVia.

 

[CanisEstInVia]

Yeh Amsoil is pretty crazy stuff. How I justify spending extra money with the Mobil 1 is that I feel more comfortable running it longer, plus the fact that I may be keeping this car for a while. I also haven't had to buy Mobil 1 for anything more than $3.39 a quart (I caught a sale at target a year or so ago for 2.29 and stocked up). It's also no big deal if dino oil is put in my car. When I take it for my car's major maintanence services, I don't mind them putting in the regular stuff. It's all good either way you go.

 

[boggsie]

I say this with tongue firmly planted in cheek, but this is almost 'bran and moan' as my local target (3 of them) NEVER have this item and the local WalMart (5 of them) never has the gallon jug, either!:disgust:

Thanks for remind me that I always miss out on this!

 

[yodayoda]

Originally posted by: Windogg
My M5 drinks synthetic 5W-30 like fratboys on 2 for 1 beer at the local bar.

Cool.

Windogg

your M5?! we're not worthy, we're not worthy!

btw boggsie, 5 qt = 1.25 ga... 1 gallon is actually 4 quarts =)

 

[Ns1]

eh

i get it for like 22/6 @price club

or osmething liek that

 

[Sesopedalian]

I am with you, TourGuide, but you read a few of these motor oil threads and you will quickly see that it's not in the engine, it's in the MIND. However, I live in a climate with very cold winters, and that is where synthetic shines. So I expect that my use of synthetic will allow my vehicle to run 175,000 miles instead of the 174,500 miles I would have achieved with regular motor oil.

 

[Braxus]

Hmm supposedly Mobil 1 has released 0W-20 oil sypersyn oil... Haven't been able to find it tho.

Sounds pretty good tho. OEM 0W-20 costs me 3.75 here and it's not even syth!

 

[roncarter]

I heard that once you start changing you oil with synthetic oil, you can never go back to changing it with regualr oil again or you car will get messed up. IS this true guys?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: roncarter
I heard that once you start changing you oil with synthetic oil, you can never go back to changing it with regualr oil again or you car will get messed up. IS this true guys?

no.

 

[night]

amsoil is good stuff. cheap for full syn compared to some.
try some of those racing oils like redline for 9 bucks a quart :Q
royal purple is good to.
but like he said, its really isnt that big a deal.
we tell ppl to change oil every 3k like usual, but every 5k for full syn.

but, personally, i am building an 11 sec all-motor car, so will buy whatever i think is the best.
which, once its broke in, will most likely be amsoil.

and as a honda junky, and most use mobil, ive heard several times that mobil changed their formulation and the synthetic is no longer full synthetic.
no idea of the truth to that though.

tour, what do you expect man. its a dodge. no oil could have saved it (i dont even know who makes dodge)


(oh, and sometimes it seems like there is rather large number of ppl from houston on these boards. im in the SE )

 

[Geotext]

Originally posted by: Pothead
Worth it for High Performance engines

Don't use synthetic oil until after 7k-10k miles have been driven on the car. Synthetic is not good and not beneficial for the 1st 7k miles or so.

???? Not entirely true. Why do you suppose Porsche ships its cars with synthetic in them?

 

[boggsie]

Originally posted by: yodayoda

Originally posted by: Windogg
btw boggsie, 5 qt = 1.25 ga... 1 gallon is actually 4 quarts =)

I was testing to see if you guys were paying attention. You PASSED!

 

[db]

Syn oil in the engine does 2 things, and neither of these may be important to you:
1. Easier starts in very cold weather;
2. Slightly higher gas milage.

Syn oils in trans, diffs, xfr cases, etc, is also a good thing in some applications.

 

[Syclone]

Originally posted by: Geotext

Originally posted by: Pothead
Worth it for High Performance engines

Don't use synthetic oil until after 7k-10k miles have been driven on the car. Synthetic is not good and not beneficial for the 1st 7k miles or so.

???? Not entirely true. Why do you suppose Porsche ships its cars with synthetic in them?

And Corvettes, and Mercedes AMGs, and Aston Martins....

The ring seat thing is a myth. I've changed all of my last few vehicles over at the first oil change, and none of them burn oil. One of them, the GMC Syclone, required synthetic for warranty coverage.

 

[CanisEstInVia]

Originally posted by: night
and as a honda junky, and most use mobil, ive heard several times that mobil changed their formulation and the synthetic is no longer full synthetic.
no idea of the truth to that though.

check my first post about this. I got my info from an oil forum where those dudes are hardcore about this stuff. Anandtech: computers, TheOilDrip:: motor oil.