Didn't mean nothing important Fred. Just wanted to give you a testimonial from the "other" side of whatever the truth really is.
As for the "oil gods" I wonder if they were installed in their position when oil came from the various wells the company actually owned.
Yes I remember when the Yankee wells oil burned differently in our engines than the western or the north sea oils did.
Nowadays however the oil is packaged by the same company for all oils.
How I ask can oil be different if it comes from the same processing plant as most other oils? The only difference I can think of would be the additives.. If the oil meets API standards...how can it be different from any other oil coming out of THAT plant?
Sure I can get a grip on the oil having an extremely small amount of a certain additive that others don't have quite that much of, but I cannot see the end user KNOWING that little bit actually DOES anything for his engine.
I have used Wal-Mart and Jiffylube for years and years..always using what was on sale that day..My engines have done as well as any others that I have opened up.

My son borrowed my FX4 Ranger for a couple of months and when he brought it back a week or so ago he announced proudly that he had put Mobil1 in it for me.. Ok when it's time comes back to Jiffylube it will go.

Oil is simply oil as far as I am concerned. ALL of the companies that have their name on the container are liable for what is in the container.. I doubt we, the consumer, have anything to worry about. One oil is just about the same as any other oil.

Gasoline is a good another example. Around here all the stations get their gasoline from the same distributor! The same huge tanker truck stops at all the stations up and down the street.. Putting the SAME gasoline in all the underground tanks.. Yeah you can get the TIGER in your tank from any of the stations in our area.

Here I go testifying again..
Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />