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Offline vstroman

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Re: Oil shelf life
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2021, 01:02:46 »
I have a sore head after reading all that :angry-banghead:
I use Motul 10w 40 semi synthetic, change oil and filter every time, never noticed a production date on the oil container before, have to check now as I have a few extra 4 litre jars still on the shelf.

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Re: Oil shelf life
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2021, 21:51:02 »
Checked it to today it's Sept 2019 production date on the 3 jars of Motul 10w40-4T I have, no best before date on the motul, on some car oil I have I see a best before date on it alright, 5 years from date of production, never knew about these dates on oil before.

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Re: Oil shelf life
« Reply #22 on: March 14, 2021, 23:27:20 »
Saw this and had to do it



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Re: Oil shelf life
« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2021, 19:53:34 »
Well my oil shelf has had a long life.

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Re: Oil shelf life
« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2021, 20:45:15 »
According to the quarterly journal of petrochemical engineering and science, the shelf life formula is 1/2 δ. Where δ is the length of an oil thread on an internet forum.