Companies like Fed-Ex, UPS, and some large OTR carrier fleets never change their oil. They only change the filters on schedule, and add when the level drops.

I've never verified it personally but was told by someone doing service work for U-Haul, that they (at that time) welded all their drain plugs on so customers couldn't take it upon themselves to perform service work.

It's the kind of world they've created by letting the accountants run everything.

It's a brand unfamiliar to me though, but the price seems fairly competitive to others of appropriate / similar grade and viscosity.

The manufacturer website says it is a "Polyalpha" oil. If it is a true Polyalphaolefin (group IV) basestock oil then it would probably be better than Mobil or Rotella 5w40 which are Visom (Group III+) base stock. The question is how much of it is PAO and is it blended with any other base stocks?

If you are doing 5k oil change intervals then any CJ-4 5w40 will do. Differences in oils typically show up with extended oil intervals which CRD owners are reluctant to do due to the engine's high soot loading......something is causing rocker/lifter failures in USA CRDs and it is thought to be soot loading and EGR function. Nobody knows for sure which is why I did 5k OCIs in my KJ CRD despite EGR being deleted. Another side question: Anybody have rocker/lifter failure with EGR delete/reduction via tune and 5k OCIs using 5w40?????

I won't use this oil because I can get a gallon of Delo 5w40 esp for $19.99/gallon locally. If someone can determine if this oils is really a PAO oil with no Group 1 or 2 basestocks, then I may consider using it for extended OCIs in all of my vehicles.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com is a better forum to ask oil related questions and perhaps someone has experience with this oil there.

Thanks for finding this oil and I'm hoping we can learn more about it.

If you speak to truckers most take an oil up to 15k and use oil analysis to determine if they can go further. Any savings from using a "special" oil that can go to long oil change intervals is lost with the cost of oil analysis.

The TBN of this oil is nothing special. 10 years ago I was using oil that had a 11.2 TBN in my VW TDI Jetta. I took it up to 12,500 mile oil change intervals and could have taken it up to 15k but was concerned about the level of insolubles (SOOT) going over 3% which could increase engine wear due to abrasion. My TBN was decent at 12.5k miles but viscosity was starting to fall out of spec too in addition to insolubles. My driving is over 95% highway miles with a 60 mile commute each way each day at 80 to 85 mph.

Are there semi trucks that can go that far on an oil change interval? Yes but they have bypass filters and undergo oil analysis. Unless you engine is driven at 1200 rpm at highway speeds for 10+ hours/day, I wouldn't waste my time trying to extend an oil change interval past 12,500 miles.

BTW, my new ride with 2.0 GDI turbo motor destroys oil after 5k miles and that is with 0w40 oil in lieu of 5w30 oil factory recommends. I'm going to try 5w40 to see if it stays in viscosity better but I'm not too optimistic.....this little motor shears motor oil quickly.

Just curious; never worked on a ford ecoboost, does it have a vacuum pump, and if not, where does it get vacuum for the power brakes or does it not use vacuum for the brakes???
Interesting that you say it has boost at most all times.