The seals were the perforated plastic collars that twist open.
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Larry T <[email protected]> wrote: > The guy at Sears knows absolutely nothing about Oils! the only oil that > comes out Black is used Diesel Oil. Sealed or not you got ripped off. > See if Shell has a local distributor/sales office where you are -- call > them and ask them what is sears selling in THEIR bottles/Jugs? > > Also ask SHELL if they sell ANY oils that starts life that is black and > has chunks in it? > > I have operated a Oil analysis business for 15+ years - and I have never > heard of anyone trying to pass oil that looks like you describe it as new > oil! I suspect SHELL will be very interested. You might tell them you > want replacement jugs of the junk you bought from Sears... > > It would be helpful if you have the seal/s that was on the bottle -- save > them if you haven't tossed them... > > LarryT > 78 240D > 91 300D- > > Larry > Please Visit My*AMSOIL* Online Store: > http://www.amsoil.com/StoreFront/default.aspx?zo=5114156 > Oil Analysis Site - www.youroil.net > > > On 11/23/2013 9:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >> Yes, it was sealed. Sears said this was because of the additives. >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Dan Penoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Was there a seal on the bottle? >>> >>> I used to buy Rotella-T 15W-40 in 55 gallon barrels and transfer it to >>> gallon jugs. It was always clear and honey-colored. >>> >>> I hope you didn't put that in your engine. I'm not buying what they told >>> you. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> On Nov 23, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>> >>> I changed the oil today in the 1983 300TD, 334,000 miles. I opened the >>>> >>> jug >>> >>>> of Rotella and to my shock it was jet BLACK and syrupy in consistency. >>>> >>> As >>> >>>> I poured, there appeared to be heterogeneous chunks in the mix. WTF? I >>>> called Sears and they guy said this was normal for a heavy duty diesel >>>> oil. Is this true, or did I trade my old oil for used oil? >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
