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Global Shortage Has Led to Motor Oil Rationing at Costco

58 points mikhael 2 hours ago 28 comments

pjdesno 41 minutes ago | parent

What kind of vehicle takes 10 quarts of oil for a single oil change?

nycpig 39 minutes ago | parent

Most v8s.

mdesq 33 minutes ago | parent

Most often diesel engines (I used to be an auto mechanic). Even passenger car diesels can take 10+ quarts. Gas engines typically take less oil but big engines can still take 5-7+.

chneu 31 minutes ago | parent

Patriots love their big trucks. More oil = owning the lib vegans.

johng 9 minutes ago | parent

Lots of people haul things. The US is huge compared to what most people expect. Big trucks can be a necessity depending on what you do for a living/your way of life.

dietr1ch 30 minutes ago | parent

That's 11.3L for the civilised audience.

For reference, my 3.6L 6-cyl boxer needs about 6.5L according to my service notes.

sdcfgy 23 minutes ago | parent

My 3 cylinder 1.0 litre Citroen takes exactly half that. Interesting.

dietr1ch 16 minutes ago | parent

But that's an inline engine, right? I think a model based on engine layout, displacement/cylinder, and cylinder count might be quite good at predicting the necessary oil (and will tell you when your car uses a bit too much compared to everyone else).

whalesalad 27 minutes ago | parent

Diesel trucks. My Ram 1500 with the 5.7 Hemi takes 7 qt. The 5.9 Cummins in my Ram 2500 takes 12 qts.

27183 26 minutes ago | parent

The 3L diesel in my car takes about 8qt per change. The 5.9L diesel in my truck takes 12qt.

bijowo1676 23 minutes ago | parent

most of V8 engines need 10+ quarts

jervant 11 minutes ago | parent

Older Porsche 911s take about 11 quarts.

arjie 23 minutes ago | parent

Huh, neat. There was this Twitter chap who said this was going to happen a few months ago. It was a fun interaction[0]:

> > > Just got word Mobil and Shell have informed Costco and Walmart they have no packaged product to send them and to expect bare shelves in the motor oil section in a few weeks

> > Lol as if youd be the first person anyone tells.

> I am Chevrons largest passenger vehicle lubricant purchaser lol

0: https://x.com/CostaKapo/status/2053948679485009990?s=20

bethekind 6 minutes ago | parent

If you follow motor oil geek on YouTube, they've started changing the formulations of the premium oils months ago and that's not going to change until 2028 when more American supply comes online

hypfer 20 minutes ago | parent

YouTube channel Regular Car Reviews also predicted this ca 3 months ago.

So now it's here. Or.. there? How's the situation in the EU?

adamsiem 17 minutes ago | parent

Went by classic car show today. Beautiful stuff.

Most of the rear view mirrors were a mirror, a shaft, and a hinge.

Replaced mine last year in a 2014 X3 for $1800.

phoghed 9 minutes ago | parent

Why didn't you go with the shaft and hinge?

medler 12 minutes ago | parent

Not having to deal with oil changes is one of the many benefits of driving an EV

sschueller 7 minutes ago | parent

Is there really nothing that has oil in it that at some point needs changing?

lampe3 11 minutes ago | parent

Welcome To Costco, I Love You

cute_boi 4 minutes ago | parent

Ram Shortage, SSD shortage, CPU shortage, GPU shortage, diesel shortage, now motor oil shortage.......

Are we going to have shortage of everything now ......