I've been seeing these reports pop up on FB and YT saying we may run out of diesel engine oil in the next 1-2 months due to shortages of additives and other materials. Anyone have any insider information on this?
Engine oil additive shortages....
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More dooms day propaganda, i'll believe it when i see it.
I thought it was blown out of proportion until I went looking for some last week. Couldn't find any major brand stuff in town. Found a couple jugs/buckets of the no name stuff, but that was about it.
This is not new. Diesel oil has been in short supply for at least 6 months.
Beat me to it. I've been running the mobile/delvac because it's all that was there. But my Blackstone's come back clean, so I don't care.
I'm aware but for the last 6 months or so you could still find some name brand stuff here or there. This week there was none to be found anywhere.
And just my experience but the parts stores seem to be the worst stocked, but they were never that great with diesel oil even when times were good.
Shelves are nearly empty around me. Still a decent supply of Delvac 1300.
We were warned of long lead times by our Mobil rep a few months ago for a couple of the industrial oils we use at the plant. I wonder if some of the additive package ingredients crossover.
I want to see the DEF shortage…. That would be fun seeing EPA heads go boom
im not sure right this second but DEF supply definitely got tighter, along with the price going up. We've been buying extra pallets because of price increases and availability issues. If they ran out and were somehow allowed to bypass all that shit you know we're not turning it back on
hell, the local Mack truck dealer has been having issues getting motor oil from Mack for the last 6-8 months
Correct, DEF supplies have been tight. Urea production has had global interruptions.
kinda hard to buy at the class 8 level, there isn't even a non-ice alternative available for 99% of applications. Give it a few years when theyre out there and I'd wouldn't be surprised by that tactic
damn, glad I bought 2 of the 6 pack cases of mobil 1 at costco for $30
I noticed it was on sale. I'll probably start picking this up when I run out of T4:
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