# Oil question that I HAVE NEVER SEEN **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646 "2019-12-13T23:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/1 "2019-12-13T23:42:31Z")
I have a question about oil but don;t want to get into a discussion about weight’s brand’s change interval’s dino or synethetic’s. My truck is old & use’s a little oil it goe’s through a 2 to 3 quart’s every month or two. My question is recently every can I open has the paper under the lid & when that is removed there is a thin skin on top of the oil like you get on top of can of paint when you only use part of the paint & reseal the can & after it set’s around for a period of time & you reopen it has a skin over it. Has anyone else seen this? By the way this is dino that I am talking about. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/2 "2019-12-13T23:55:03Z")
Yes I have here although I don’t think that it’s common to all brands of oil. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/3 "2019-12-13T23:57:35Z")
I haven seen that but I only have synthetic around. I think it is part of the seal that separates from the paper. I just throw it away. I was thinking it was on the Royal Purple I use in the Mustang. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/4 "2019-12-14T00:02:11Z")
Thank you it is something I had seen until recentily did not know if somthing changed in the bottling procees or not by the way I use walmart brand. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/5 "2019-12-14T00:08:04Z")
Is the thin skin on top of the end of the bottle under the paper that you peel off? I’ve seen that a million times. Or it it on top of the oil itself, like the skin that forms on cold gravy lol? Cause that’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/6 "2019-12-14T00:12:04Z")
There is a air bubble between the paper & the oil it is nothing I have seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/7 "2019-12-14T00:15:35Z")
I may need a picture. If the skin isn’t on the oil itself, I wouldn’t sweat it. But I don’t like skins on my oil. Or my gravy. I hate that. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/8 "2019-12-14T00:18:18Z")
I just remembered something I did see it one other time when I was still working it was on a gallon of rotella when I was away up north in the winter the the temp was below 0 being from the south I thought is was because of the cold . ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/9 "2019-12-14T00:20:48Z")
I have no way of getting a picture as II have no way taking one or the knowledge of posting one. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/10 "2019-12-14T00:44:24Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Oil cap is gone, engine seized](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-cap-is-gone-engine-seized/154654) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/11 "2019-12-14T05:31:39Z")
So I have really old oil I have used, sediment on the bottom, I just shake it up and move on, it is for a snowblower. Just remembering a quote from somewhere, any oil is better than no oil. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/12 "2019-12-14T06:41:41Z")
Never seen it, but then I don’t usually look into the bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/13 "2019-12-14T23:02:24Z")
I don;t usually look in the bottle either but did look when it was only dribbling out, ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/14 "2019-12-15T04:23:41Z")
I have poured oil in a truck at -25 F… it doesn’t pour fast but there is nothing blocking it. It was 10W-40 Rotella. Back in the days when we were using gas engine tractors it was 5W-20Atlantic Aviation in the winter and 20W40 in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/15 "2019-12-15T04:32:40Z")
Like I said it was cold below 0 can’t remember how far below but you are right it sure was not fast. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-question-that-i-have-never-seen/154646/16 "2019-12-17T03:19:39Z")
I haven’t seen that skim effect on any Pennzoil engine oil I’ve purchased. I changed the oil on both my vehicles using Pennzoil conventional or high mileage in the past couple of months, so it seems like I would have noticed that. But I can’t stay I’ve been specifically looking for skim on top of the oil either. I usually purchase 5 quart containers, so that may have something to do w/it.