# Bargain alert **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090 "2021-12-05T21:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/1 "2021-12-05T21:30:42Z")
Dunno if it’s chain wide but the local AutoZone is selling Castrol 0w16 full synthetic for $2/quart on clearance. Might be a chance to stock up. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/2 "2021-12-05T21:35:33Z")
When I stopped at AZ looking for Mobil 5000 conventional, I noticed their AC filters were $10. Huh. $2.88 from Rock. I priced their Mobil 1 once and can’t recall the price but way higher than the farm store. I guess shop there carefully. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/3 "2021-12-06T05:07:42Z")
The price shows up on the website but only one of the 3 nearest Autozone’s appears to have some left. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/4 "2021-12-06T05:44:19Z")
I have to wonder why 0W16 would be “on clearance”, this oil will be in common use soon. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/5 "2021-12-06T16:41:35Z")
I suspect AZ overestimated how many DIYers would buy into the thin oil thing. If I were doing my own oil changes on a car that calls for 0w16 I would use 5w20 instead. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/6 "2021-12-06T16:51:13Z")
I just bought 2, 5 quart jugs of full synthetic 0W-20 at Costco for $30.00, in Northern California. That’s $3 a quart, not a screaming bargain, but not bad either, and it’s not a deal, just the regular price. Compared to the price for one 5 quart jug of a synthetic at the regular shops it’s about 1/2 the price. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/7 "2021-12-06T20:38:31Z")
> [@wentwest](#): > > I just bought 2, 5 quart jugs of full synthetic 0W-20 at Costco for $30.00, in Northern California. I was at Costco last week and the Mobil 1 was somewhere north of $30 for a 5 quart jug. Cheaper at the farm store. They had some other brand also but don’t recall, maybe Valvolene. The only thing close to $15 that I have seen is non-synthetic or a blend, or the Citco or whatever it is re-cycled. I’d check the label on the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/8 "2021-12-06T21:25:40Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > I have to wonder why 0W16 would be “on clearance”, this oil will be in common use soon. Beats me. I wondered the same thing. Possibly Castrol is coming out with a “new formula”? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/9 "2021-12-06T21:33:28Z")
No cars before 2018 use 0W-16 oil, and only some 4-cylinder Toyotas, Lexuses, and Hondas use it. I’d guess they bought too much and want to move it to create warehouse space for oils that their customers buy more often. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/10 "2021-12-06T21:36:46Z")
Entirely possible. ---
**Author:** ![DFoley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DFoley](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DFoley)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/11 "2021-12-06T23:43:40Z")
Yeah, “in use soon” isn’t the same thing as “currently something people are buying”. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/12 "2021-12-08T16:17:25Z")
The full synthetic I bought was Kirkland, packed 2 in a white cardboard box with black printing. They had a large supply of it and the more expensive oils were nearby. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/13 "2021-12-08T17:15:01Z")
I’ve been using the Kirkland 0w20 and 5w30 full synthetic oils for a while now. It is the same as Supertech full synthetic from Walmart and Amazon Basics full synthetic. For those with GDI engines, the Noack (ASTM D-5800) score on this (0w20) oil is 8.2 which is acceptable (\<10) for GDI engines. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/14 "2021-12-08T18:19:30Z")
> [@keith](#): > > For those with GDI engines, the Noack (ASTM D-5800) score on this (0w20) oil is 8.2 which is acceptable (\<10) for GDI engines. Good to know. Where do I find Noack scores for different oils? ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/15 "2021-12-08T22:00:17Z")
They are supposed to be on the product data sheets from the manufacturer but I haven’t had much luck finding them. I got that one from another forum but I don’t know the actual source. You can google Noack scores and get charts, but I don’t know the source of any of those charts. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/16 "2021-12-08T22:13:41Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I was at Costco last week and the Mobil 1 was somewhere north of $30 for a 5 quart jug. Cheaper at the farm store. Those who are “in the know” watch Costco’s sale circulars for the months when they sell their proprietary synthetic Dexos-compliant oil at a substantial discount. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/17 "2021-12-09T15:11:16Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Where do I find Noack scores for different oils? This site doesn’t list Noack for this particular oil, but has lots of other data: [https://pqia.org/kirkland-full-synthetic-sae-5w-30-motor-oil](https://pqia.org/kirkland-full-synthetic-sae-5w-30-motor-oil) ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/18 "2021-12-10T16:59:15Z")
Yesterday at Costco there was a large supply of Kirkland full-syn diesel oil, 3 gallons for about $33.00, in addition to the 0W-20 and 5W-30 full-syn oil for gasoline engines. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/19 "2022-01-18T05:56:23Z")
Toyota/Mobil 0W16 motor oil is now on back-order. Toyota issued a bulletin December 23, 2021 stating that because of the shortage, 0W20 can be substituted for 0W16 for more than one oil change interval. Auto Zone still shows Castrol 0W16 for $2 a quart and not available. Mobil 1 is $10 per quart. Costco shows “out of stock” for Mobil 1 products. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/1/91995564c1f319086bc3aa9bfdee24c1731a3dea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bargain-alert/181090/20 "2022-01-18T07:28:39Z")
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