Oil shelf life

garz747 · 11-04-2018, 01:15 PM

My most recent oil change was with castrol "supercar" 10w60. Ive located some liquid unobtanium- castrol TWS 10w60. This stuff could be 5 years old by now. Further research has brought up a point about oil having a shelf life of 5 years. I though it was good forever if not opened. Im thinking Ill pass and use some fresh Motul 8100 10w60 instead. Any thoughts guys?

rockstar93 · 11-04-2018, 01:46 PM

I'm wondering about this as well. A co-worker of mine used to own a shop and had a bunch of leftover 10W60 oil that he gave to me free of charge - based on the bottle design I imagine it's around a decade old, but still sealed.

I have 7L of this and wondering if it's safe to use...

garz747 · 11-05-2018, 11:45 AM

Those containers look prehistoric- Ive read every blog and still dont know if its safe to use. Its probably ok. Im erring on the side of caution about buying old stock but u can probably use it.

KevinC · 11-05-2018, 12:21 PM

Try the geniuses over at bobistheoilguy.com. Many engineers there who would know and can be trusted.

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garz747 Captain 286 Rep 679 Posts Drives: 07 Z4MC 01 330i 18 X3 M40i Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	Those containers look prehistoric- Ive read every blog and still dont know if its safe to use. Its probably ok. Im erring on the side of caution about buying old stock but u can probably use it.
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