Watch before you buy Valvoline garage box.
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Anther Valvoline garage box short on oil. 0w20 High Mileage full synthetic 2nd garage box used short on oil. 2 garage boxes 5w30 High Mileage full synthetic were also short on oil. 4 total. 2 came from Walmart. 2 came from Valvoline directly. No damages to any of the boxes or leaks of any kind. However, they are being packaged, which is causing the shortages, which is my belief.
Thanks. I like 5 qt!
Reminds me of buying rolls of electrical wire at the big box hardware stores. Always short.
How accurate are markings on the 5 qt bottles? They are usually only approximate.
Only way to really tell would to be get a graduated cylinder, get another accurate pouring bottle, or mass the amount of product (suggested below) and determine volume based on density.
@johdirt7843 it should be a metered process for the specific amount, and weight is probably a factor as well. Also have to have space for expansion as well. However, the methods used should deliver said capacitys of product being sold as. However, my father in law uses the 5w30 5qt max life red jugs for his 3.5 ecoboost and one qt bottle has always shown correct on the dip stick. My 2.7 eco and my wife's durango are 6qt capacity as well and shown short on the dip stick after measuring the oil and filling and running the engine confirming that the bags were in fact short on oil. Beyond that I'm not sure how or what is causing the shortage of oil in the 12qt bags.
Can't it just be weighed and compared to known weight per gallon of that specific oil?
@oldman6422 That's a good question, but I think you would have to have gotten a perfect "box" to go off of. The other bag had a whole separate pocket trapping oil. There are so many variables that could make a difference between each box, I would think.
Try talking into the microphone
@PeterAngles-jq7gr thanks for the advice. Sometimes, I talk to myself out loud in a low voice, and that may have been what you were hearing.
Even if 11.5 quarts the garage box is still cheaper per quart than the 5 quart jug. It is especially cheaper than the 1 quart.
Used my local walmart pricing.
@@KforConstant absolutely. Just hate being short and having to get the extra qt.
I've purchased over a dozen boxes from Walmart and now over a dozen directly from Valvoline and have not had this happen... yet. I am now buying the 5 gallon boxes of restore and protect. I'll let you know if I get shorted. FYI, I have only purchased 5W-30
@kerrylewis2581 I'm not sure why this is happening, but I was a little disappointed by it. For price and quantity 12qts, it is a good buy vs. 5qt jugs or single qts all day. But having 4 boxes in a row do that it's displeasing, you know.
Why would anyone buy the boxes? I use the jugs to recycle the old oil and the price really isn't much different.
@WeSRT4 currently its the only way to buy 12qts at a time. You might be able to find a box of 6 qts bottles. I have always bought 12qts at a time as it's cheaper than singles or 5qt jug and a single qt.