Question about tcw3 oil

steplift20 · #1 06-27-2021, 04:26 PM

I was at a store today and they had a 2 1/2 gallon of lubrimatic TCW3 oil for $9.99 , the plastic container was sealed but dented not much but does oil have a shelf life? Does it go bad? The only date that I saw was 2001. But for &9.99 for 2 1/2 gallons that's a incredible price, does it go bad?

Pipe_Dream · #2 06-28-2021, 01:56 PM

I've seen opinions both ways. Many say that as long as there are no globs of conglomerates in it it's good. But of course there's no way of knowing if those are there until you open it. If it were up to me I'd pass. But I'm open to other's thoughts.

steplift20 · #3 06-29-2021, 08:55 AM

Pipedream $9.99 for 2 1/2 gallons of lubrimatic that's giving it away but 99 percent it's probably good but it's that 1 percent that gets me I think I will pass but maybe I should have bought a bottle IDK. And it's TCW3 too. The bottle was dry just a few small dents in the plastic.

FL Bill · #4 07-06-2021, 10:56 PM

I almost ran out on the water this weekend and was able to make it to local marina. (Alarm came on after a big wave hit and I dropped in power to about 2500 rpms. Took me a few mins to figure it out...lol) I paid $40 for a single gallon at marina. I can find them for about $35 on line if you buy a 4 pack. So marina price was not too far off at all. Amazon has them for about $49

At that mentioned price i would consider it...lol

I found the longer it sits around on a shelf the more the bottle implodes on itself. My last bottle sat on my self in my garage for about a year and sucked in so much it cracked the bottle a tiny amount at one of the edge corners, but did not leak. When I took the top off it started to leak. It was in a relatively cool dark place.

Expensive stuff...but my 2004 z150 txrc runs like an ace and my oil system works flawlessly. If my boat sits for a real long time I will pull the oil tank and clean it out. When I bought the motor it had a cm of slug in the bottom of remote tank.