Chev Has Messed With Delo 400

[RJOL]

Went to Costco to pick up my usual supply of Delo 400. Looked up at the price and it was $54. 95. Then I noticed that it was Delo 400LE (Low Emissions). Delo 400 used to sell at Costco for about $34 for a case of 6 Gals. Checked around a a couple of auto parts stores and they said all they carried was the LE stuff (at $10+ per gal).



Guess I'll have to start looking around for another suitable brand...

 

[24V-DSL]

In my area it hasn't been ~$34 for maybe two years, and with the surge in oil prices it's been gradually creeping up. Still can't find it anywhere cheaper around here. The re-formulation of ULSD just gave them another excuse to stick it to us.

 

[Regcabguy]

Delo 400@ Costco

Went to Costco to pick up my usual supply of Delo 400. Looked up at the price and it was $54. 95. Then I noticed that it was Delo 400LE (Low Emissions). Delo 400 used to sell at Costco for about $34 for a case of 6 Gals. Checked around a a couple of auto parts stores and they said all they carried was the LE stuff (at $10+ per gal).



Guess I'll have to start looking around for another suitable brand...

I bought the Delo 400 "LE" recently @Costco for $59. 00 OTD including sunshine tax. It has a designation of CI+4,not the new CJ.

 

[JCasper]

The jump in price is why I decided to go full Amsoil. My truck now has Amsoil in every place that takes lube.

 

[rotohead]

My last Delo 400 oil sample...

from Blackstone Labs showed normal wear but this info was included in the comments...

"Chevron Delo oil has changed since you sent in a sample as you can see in the molybdenum and boron. It is designed for longer oil use runs. "



My moly was 230 ppm and boron was 145 ppm. Previous samples showed moly was 2ppm and boron 10 ppm.



They suggested I could go longer intervals with this oil then the 5-6k that I'm holding to now.

Chuck

 

[Grizzly]

Went to Costco to pick up my usual supply of Delo 400. Looked up at the price and it was $54. 95. Then I noticed that it was Delo 400LE (Low Emissions). Delo 400 used to sell at Costco for about $34 for a case of 6 Gals. Checked around a a couple of auto parts stores and they said all they carried was the LE stuff (at $10+ per gal).



Guess I'll have to start looking around for another suitable brand...

When you consider doing your own oil changes, that's still relatively cheap.

 

[RustyJC]

That's around $2. 25/quart. That sounds reasonable to me given the stringent oil requirements for the new Tier 3 engines.



Rusty

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

The jump in price is why I decided to go full Amsoil. My truck now has Amsoil in every place that takes lube.

ABSOLUTELY - the cost advantage of the Dino stuff is evaporating - and unless outfits like Amsoil start taking advantage of the situation and also radically raise their prices, I'll be making the switch as well...

 

[RJOL]

When you consider doing your own oil changes, that's still relatively cheap.

I do all my oil changes (don't want the dealer to screw it up). If a $20 jump in the price of a case of oil is no big deal to you, please PM me and I will let you know where you can send the $20...

 

[Grizzly]

I do all my oil changes (don't want the dealer to screw it up). If a $20 jump in the price of a case of oil is no big deal to you, please PM me and I will let you know where you can send the $20...

I can't send the $20 anywhere because I have already spent it on the additional cost of oil just like we all have on the additional cost of diesel. The point is, what choice do we have? I don't want to buy cheaper oil, i'm very happy with Delo 400. I may consider Gary's reply and go with synthetic.

 

[AMink]

I noticed that Delo had hit $50+/case at Costco before the "new, improved" formula. Then it went up some more. I still have a few gallons left; after that I'll move to synthetic and see how it works. Maybe I'll switch to syn first. Oil up, diesel up, blood pressure up...

 

[WDixon27]

my last 3 6 gallon cases of delo from sams have been $43 $48 $49, cheeper then rotella by the gallon at $54, i figured out one day the 55 gallon drum of rotalla they sell is only slightly cheeper (less then a quarter a gallon if i remember right) then buying delo in gallons and i don't have to have the heavy drum in my way, my bmws like the 15/40 delo pretty good so i run it in everything