Shelf life of Motor oil??

I'm thinking of stocking up on some non-detergent oil...Does it have a shelf life unopened??How about deterge nt oil???

 

Do a web search and you will come up with answers that may or may not suit your needs.

Like this-- http://lubricants.s5.com/shelf.htm

 

i would think not?????????

 

good question i have a case of 30weight sinclair motor oil left over from when we were a sinclair station

 

From what I'm reading you want the pre-SJ rating, as the new oil doesn't have zinc anymore. That's the stuff that kept lifters quiet.

 

ya gotta figure it was dinosaurs about 250 million years ago, so sitting on a shelf for 30-40 yrs isn't ****!!lol.
Believe it or not liquids like oil, ammonia, etc, really doesn't loose to much over time, gasoline is highly flammable so it evaporates fast, oil doesn't, should be cool
JimV

 

I like my oil made from fresh dinosaurs - not those old ones...