Noticeable difference with Mobil 1 Oil choices?

[Mudsport96]

I think Im pretty much done overpaying for Mobil1. I am currently running the walmart brand oil ($18/5qts) and the truck seems to like it fine. After that its the delco stuff until I am out of that.

Back in the early 2000s, i worked in a Walmart TLE. We had a guy that was a traveling mechanic for travel trailers ( think axle bearing roadside replacements, brakes, etc) that was a regular.
He had a maroon Astro van with the 4.3 with a documented 500k on it and a purple and white 96 f150 with the 302 with 400k on it. Both ran SuperTech oil and Wix filters. He changed oil religiously at 2500 miles, because he hated going over 3000. And as he would say, " 500 miles? I did that yesterday so better safe than sorry ".
So, it is my experience that post 1980s oil doesn't vary brand to brand as much as companies like to make it seem. Now...there are exceptions and maybe if i can find time, ill post up the site that does independent testing and tells you what brands to avoid. I.E. DG, certain no name gas station oils.

 

[George B]

Back in the early 2000s, i worked in a Walmart TLE. We had a guy that was a traveling mechanic for travel trailers ( think axle bearing roadside replacements, brakes, etc) that was a regular.
He had a maroon Astro van with the 4.3 with a documented 500k on it and a purple and white 96 f150 with the 302 with 400k on it. Both ran SuperTech oil and Wix filters. He changed oil religiously at 2500 miles, because he hated going over 3000. And as he would say, " 500 miles? I did that yesterday so better safe than sorry ".
So, it is my experience that post 1980s oil doesn't vary brand to brand as much as companies like to make it seem. Now...there are exceptions and maybe if i can find time, ill post up the site that does independent testing and tells you what brands to avoid. I.E. DG, certain no name gas station oils.

I based my decision on this article from Blackstone labs.

Which Oil to Use? | Blackstone Laboratories

www.blackstone-labs.com

 

[Stbentoak]

Best bargain in oil going today that is fully synthetic and high-quality? Costco Kirkland oil. Made in the same factory that brand names are, every bit as good and the price cannot be matched….
have used it in all my gasoline engines for years…

 

[MassHoe04]

I forgot about Costco Kirkland brand! $46.99 for a full case of 12 1 qt. bottles. That works out to $23.50 each for two oil changes. That's $3.92 per quart.

For comparing to 5 qt. jug prices... 5 qts. at Costco equals $19.58.

They do carry Mobil 1. Not sure what the price is on that for comparison. Might be equal to, or slightly less if on sale, compared to Walmart.

 

[Stbentoak]

I forgot about Costco Kirkland brand! $46.99 for a full case of 12 1 qt. bottles. That works out to $23.50 each for two oil changes. That's $3.92 per quart.

For comparing to 5 qt. jug prices... 5 qts. at Costco equals $19.58.

They do carry Mobil 1. Not sure what the price is on that for comparison. Might be equal to, or slightly less if on sale, compared to Walmart.

Within the last few months they used to sell two 5 quart jugs for 25.99. I see they don’t offer those anymore primarily because they probably can’t keep up with demand. Sometimes locally stores will still have these in stock… it works out to about $2.60 a quart for very high quality synthetic oil. Worth looking for.

 

[S1W99]

I think Im pretty much done overpaying for Mobil1. I am currently running the walmart brand oil ($18/5qts) and the truck seems to like it fine. After that its the delco stuff until I am out of that.

All I use now in both my cars is Walmart's full synthetic. It's as good as anything else out there and much cheaper.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Wondering about the noticeable differences with standard Mobil 1 10w-30 and Mobil 1 Extended Performance 10w-30 and Mobil 1 High Mileage? Any thoughts and/or stories of gains/losses?

Getting back to the original question......

The differences between these 3 varieties of Mobil1 oil, I do know the High Mileage contains extra additives and zinc to help condition seals and prevent oil consumption.

I'm not sure how the Extended Performance product is different than regular full synthetic except that it says it's good for like 15k miles or something and costs twice as much. I've never used it.

 

[OR VietVet]

The Extended Performance brand says 20k miles but I will never go that far with it. I stated earlier that the Extended was just $2 more than the regular Mobil 1 at Amazon. The high mileage was $11 more than regular Mobil 1.

 

[Mudsport96]

Ok here is a pic i took a couple years ago in my local store.
Asked the store manager what was up, and his exact words were. "Mobil makes our oil, so since we are out we can mark down the mobil and sell it as our brand".

 

[gooffeyguy]

What gets me is that a month or so ago when I was looking for the Valvoline Maxlife ATF for all makes, everywhere had it for $30-35 (Advance, O'Reillys, Summit, etc) for the gallon jug but the local Walmarts have it for $17 and still do. Same stuff, half the price.