![]() A screenshot of PQIA’s testing of Super Tech 5W20 Full Synthetic oil. Their latest tests are for Super Tech’s High Mileage 5W-30 and 5W-20 Full Synthetic and, according to their tests, both oils performed as advertised, providing adequate viscosity (protection) and various temperatures and displaying additive packages within the range found in similar motor oils. PQIA’s test measures viscosity at various temperatures, evaluates oil for contaminants, and publishes what detergents and anti-wear additives are found in oils tested. One such auditor is the Petroleum Quality Institute of America, their database of passenger car motor oil tests are linked here. This synthetic blend of Super Tech oil shows that it meets ILSAC and API quality standards.ĪPI says that their Engine oil program is, “backed by a monitoring and enforcement program that ensures licensees adhere to program requirements” but that hasn’t stopped third-party auditors to perform their own test to find out if Super Tech (and other oils) are delivering on what they advertise. Here’s a screenshot of the back of a bottle of Supertech’s Synthetic Blend 5W-30 sporting both ILSAC and API standards. Walmart Super Tech oil meets all the latest API and ILSAC standards. ![]() When choosing a motor oil, there are two standards to look for: the International Lubricant Standardization Advisory Committee (ILSAC) standard and the American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard.Ī standard is a voluntary licensing and certification program that allows an engine oil maker, that meets certain requirements, to display and market a standard’s quality mark.īoth ILSAC’s and API’s oil standard programs started in the mid ’90s and was a collaboration between American and Japanese automakers and the oil and additive industry to define an oil standard that met the needs of combustion engines of the time.Įvery few years, these standards are updated to meet the growing performance and environmental needs of today’s modern engines.Īs of this writing, the current standards to look for are API SP and ILSAC GF-6.Ĭhristensen USA and API’s bulletin on their latest API Standard do a great job of explaining what these new standards entail, but both oil standards address sludge and varnish build-up as well as turbo deposits and timing chain wear, issues in a lot of these new direct injected turbocharged engines.īoth standards are backwards compatible with previous standards, providing the same, if not better, engine protection.ĪPI’s directory lists ( linked here) which oil companies met their requirement and, as you can see from this screenshot, most of Super Tech’s oils meet API’s SP and ILSAC’s GF-6A rating. If you want to check for yourself, the best way to find out is plugging in the UPC barcode of your specific grade of SuperTech oil into Walmart’s MSDS directory. While Warren Distribution remains a primary supplier of Super Tech oil, Walmart has branched out to other companies to meet the growing suite of oil’s that today’s consumer demands (Synthetic blends, High-Mileage synthetics etc.) ![]() The Delfin Group USA supplies Walmart with Super Tech 5W30 Conventional. ![]() This Super Tech oil is supplied by Highline Warren.Īnd here, it looks like conventional 5W30 is made by the Delfin Group USA out of Charleston, SC, which, according to this article, is now a subsidiary of the Amelie Oil Company. If we click on another Super Tech oil, this 20W50 is supplied by Highline Warren Distribution. CITGO supplies Walmart with Super Tech Full Synthetic 5W30 among other oils. is supplied by the CITGO Petroleum Corporation. Here we can see Full Synthetic 5W30, Full Synthetic 10W30, High mileage 10W40 and etc. ![]() However, checking Walmart’s MSDS database, it looks like who makes Super Tech oil might be oil blend specific. Walmart carries of full suite of oils including conventional, synthetic, synthetic blend, high mileage synthetic, and high mileage conventional.įor many years, it was believed, Omaha, NE-based Warren Distribution made oil for Walmart’s Super Tech lineup of lubricants.Ĭontrary to that, another popular theory was that Warren Distribution didn’t make all Super Tech Oils, motor oil was region specific, and Super Tech oil was made by which private label oil maker was the nearest to your store. Here’s why you don’t need to worry putting Walmart’s house brand of oil even in the newest cars. ![]()
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