A gift, or a headache?

"Quadradeuce" (quadradeuce) 06/22/2018 at 15:27 • Filed to: OIL!

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For many years, I used to rent a portion of my warehouse to long haul truckers so they could do maintenance on their rigs while they were in town. Due to most truckers being annoying as hell, I eventually broke ties with all but one. Eventually he decided to retire, sold his trailer and rig, and started cleaning out the warehouse. But then he died from a stroke, possibly brought on by chain smoking for 50+ years. He didn’t quite have all of this stuff cleaned out before kicking on to the vast highway in the sky, and his kids had no interest in any of it. So I ended up inheriting half of a drum of gear oil, among other scrap able items .

I generally do my own gear oil changes, using Mobil 1 synthetic (which is the small plastic bottle on top of the drum).  So now I’m wondering if I’ve inherited a lifetime’s supply of gear oil, or is this Delvac stuff different and more appropriate for a semi, not a pickup truck/SUV/RWD sedan.  Did I hit the jackpot, or do I now have a bunch of oil to dispose of?

Ash78, voting early and often > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 15:43

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Sell little packets of it as gearhead potpourri!

lone_liberal > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 15:44

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Take this for what it’s worth but this is in the first review on Amazon (where it’s $52 a gallon) :

This is the perfect, Porsche Racing approved 6-speed manual transmission gear oil replacement for the no-longer-produced Shell SHC gear oil that came in the cars. It is actually factory Fill in 996 GT3 and 996 GT3

So I’d call that a win.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 15:49

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Sell it on craigslist. Someone with a diesel shop will probably pick it up. I don’t know how long it would take you to use it during the normal life of a car.

Does it degrade when exposed to oxygen? I mean over a decade or so.

Aremmes > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 16:01

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I found the data sheet . Looks like it’s good stuff, but since it’s rated GL-5 I wouldn’t put it in my Miata’s transmission — the friction modifiers do weird things with the synchros and make shifts feel notchy. OTOH, 50 0,000-mile change intervals ain’t nothin’ to sneeze at.

Quadradeuce > Ash78, voting early and often 06/22/2018 at 16:03

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“You too can stank of gear oil!”

Quadradeuce > lone_liberal 06/22/2018 at 16:04

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Awesome.  I’ve got at least 6 differentials that could use this stuff.

Quadradeuce > Future next gen S2000 owner 06/22/2018 at 16:06

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A little Google-fu says that oil will degrade over time.  Storing it in air tight plastic bottles and keeping it in a temperature controlled room will greatly increase its life.  So looks like I have some work to do if I want to keep this stuff.

Quadradeuce > Aremmes 06/22/2018 at 16:09

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This trucker had about 1.5M miles on his truck, and it was far from worn out mechanically.  He only put the best in/on it.  I’m thinking this is a huge upgrade from Mobil 1.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 16:10

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Pour it down a storm drain. It’s not your problem, it’s somebody elses.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/22/2018 at 16:10

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/s, obviously.

E92M3 > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 17:18

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You can even sell the drum afterwards. They go for around $ 25. People like to use them as burn barrels.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 17:24

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At the next Oppo meet

DipodomysDeserti > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 17:43

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Sell it door to door.

atfsgeoff > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 18:20

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Worth at least a few hundred bucks street value.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/22/2018 at 18:55

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Even with the belated /s, my response was,  "AHHHHHH, NOOOOOO!"

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 06/22/2018 at 20:06

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Lol, I would never advocate that. I take great care to ensure all my automotive fluids, metals and whatever else are properly recycled or disposed of

Dogsatemypants > Quadradeuce 06/22/2018 at 20:27

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Does it smell like old farts stored in a jar? That or sulfur smell means it has oxidized.

Quadradeuce > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/22/2018 at 23:03

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The municipal oil disposal site is literally 3 blocks from my warehouse.  I still accumulate 3-4 oil changes worth of oil before I run over there because I'm lazy. But it couldn't be more convenient when I do get off my dead ass.