Originally Posted by
3banger
Most of the budget oil "quick" oil change garages use bulk oil in 55 gallon drums. Jiffy Lube comes to mind. They do carry some bottled oil that is sold at a premium. If a quick lube center advertises synthetic blend, go and check their drums. Places like Mineke Muffler were caught years back selling the absolute cheapest bulk oil NOT reccomended for newer cars. This was the "Raylube" cheap reclaimed/ filtered oil.
The only people to have changed my oil was the Mitsu dealer and myself. I have been changing my own oil since 1976. As I got older I didn't want to crawl under the car anymore so I started using other lube places. I have had horrific experiences with places like PepBoys and quick lube and now I really don't trust them. I have had issues like a loose drain plug. Oil light came on as I was driving home. Oil was dripping from the drain plug as I was driving. Whole bottom of the car covered in oil.
Another time a tech cross-threaded the drain plug and I had to replace the oil pan. Another instance they forgot to put the oil filler cap back on the valve cover. Whole underside of the hood was soaked in oil and I had to argue with the garage for a new cap. They would not steam clean my hood or engine.
If you know how to change oil and can do it yourself you are better off in the long run. If you research Kendall full synthetic you will see that it is highly rated, right along with Royal Purple, Amsoil, and Mobil 1.
In fact there are YouTube videos that test Kendall oil and the Motorcraft filter. They actually cut the filter in half and rate the filter material, pleats, bypass valve and ADBV.
3banger