# Mobil 1 oil at walmart **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297 "2013-07-12T05:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/1 "2013-07-12T05:15:37Z")
All this oil change talk has me thinking, I buy mobil one synthetic at walmart most of the time. Is the mobil 1 you buy at walmart the same mobil one you buy elsewhere? I think it is, but now I am wondering… ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/2 "2013-07-12T05:23:02Z")
Is it the same anywhere else? Buy a can from each and compare the labels. When Walmart does this with electronics, ordering products with their specs so they can be priced lower, the model number is subtly changed. So it would be on the label for motor oils from name brand manufacturers. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/3 "2013-07-12T05:29:01Z")
I’d bet it’s identical. ---
**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/4 "2013-07-12T05:51:06Z")
I have never paid attention, but I will look at the skus and labels and whatnot, ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/5 "2013-07-12T06:30:37Z")
Yup. It’s the same. Walmart is way too big with way too sophisticated procurement and distribution systems to be messing with anything improperly branded and their account is worth way too much to Mobile for them to ship anything not legit. It the bottle says “Mobile 1”, it IS Mobile 1. And I should add that Walmart has a substatial auditing orgamization to maje sure they get what they’re paying for. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/6 "2013-07-12T16:24:19Z")
It’s EXACTLY the same…That’s where I buy my oil at. The 5quart jug is almost $10 cheaper then the same 5quart jug at Pepboys. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/7 "2013-07-12T18:17:31Z")
It’s the same. Walmart is a giant in the retail game and they don’t need Mobil 1 to be made cheaper. They get the oil cheaper because they buy in very large volume. ---
**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/8 "2013-07-13T01:28:28Z")
Ok, I feel better now. It alarmed me that it was much cheaper than autozone, I started to wonder if there was a quality difference. I can sleep better now 😉 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/9 "2013-07-13T03:20:13Z")
I’ve found that AutoZone almost never has the cheapest prices for a given product ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/10 "2013-07-13T04:35:48Z")
Walmart has a reputation for getting inferior products to match a price point, but I doubt they do that with motor oil. A friend of mine stopped at a Walmart to buy some cleaning product. I think it might have been a Swiffer duster or something like it, He discovered it wasn’t as good as the one he could buy at his local grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/11 "2013-07-13T07:47:26Z")
Check the 5 qt jugs of Valvoline (Pennzoil) that Wal-Mart sells…Around the bottom of the jug is a band that reads “especially packaged for Wal-Mart” or something like that…GoodYear makes a line of cheap tires that only Wal-Mart sells…Mobile1 comes in MANY different flavors, I wouldn’t doubt that Wally-World has their own special blend… ---
**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/12 "2013-07-13T15:23:15Z")
Im going to get to the bottom of it. I emailed Mobil-1. I know home depot is great for selling items built to their specs to meet a price point… See I slept good last night, now Im worried again. Thanks Caddyman 😉 ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/13 "2013-07-13T16:53:20Z")
As long as it has the API emblem and is rated SN or whatever, your engine is safe. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/14 "2013-07-13T18:09:44Z")
I agree with circuitsmith. Those “packaged for Walmart” products might sometimes be for quantity reasons instead of quality. They might package a four gallon jug instead of a five gallon jug to meet a price point. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/15 "2013-07-13T18:56:25Z")
I’m betting they’re marked that way for tax reasons. Just as Toyota used to import their trucks without beds to avoid the 25% import duties, and bolt the beds on here, I suspect that marking places that oil into a different category in the supply chain and reduces the taxes that Mobile pays on them. I don;t know the complexitieso f this situation, but that’s my WAG. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/16 "2013-07-13T20:02:29Z")
You should read the labels on the jug. Exxon-Mobil puts different levels of additives into their oil. Unless it says “Extended Performance”, it has the same life expectancy as mineral oil with the same level of fancy wiffle dust. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/17 "2013-07-13T20:12:18Z")
@jtsanders So you’re saying the Walmart Mobil 1 might actually be conventional motor oil? ---
**Author:** ![Stoveguyy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Stoveguyy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Stoveguyy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/18 "2013-07-13T20:26:06Z")
Walmart Mobil 1 may not be identical to Mobil 1 sold at napa? Sounds like a 20-20 show topic. If anyone cares. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/19 "2013-07-13T20:41:39Z")
That’s not a new topic. Walmart has a long-standing practice in which it “helps” suppliers make their manufacturing processes more “efficient” and “cost-effective” thereby allowing them to make goods at a lower cost and then marketing them solely through Walmart. I know Goodyear and Levis does this, I think Rubbermaid does too. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297/20 "2013-07-13T23:12:59Z")
I would bet that ‘regular’ Mobil 1 at Walmart is 100% identical to the same grade Mobil 1 anywhere else. They are all synthetics. The “Extended Performance” version of Mobil 1 has additional additives to extend oil change intervals. Completely different issue. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mobil-1-oil-at-walmart/80297.md?page=2)