Features:

  • High-mileage full-synthetic motor oil (5W-30, 5 quart); offers higher level of protection for engines over 75,000 miles and longer drain intervals
  • Formulated to reduce likelihood of Low Speed Pre-Ignition; reduces friction for improved fuel economy and protection against engine wear
  • High resistance to viscosity and thermal breakdown
  • Helps to fight volatility burn-off to minimize engine deposits and exhaust emissions
  • dexos1 Gen 2, API SN Plus, and ILSAC GF-5 approved; always follow vehicle manual recommendations
It's oil, it does oil things

What more do you want from it? It's full synthetic with all the right certifications for a good price. No problems using it with my 121,000 mile Subaru Impreza

No real difference from the brand name stuff, 30-40% less expensive.

I'm really glad Amazon Basics is selling oil. It means I don't have to drive to walmart to buy the Supertech stuff. "Off brand" oil isn't really any different than brand name stuff minus some marketing malarkey aka detergents that you don't need if you change your oil regularly like you're supposed to anyway. I've been using the walmart brand Supertech for 200k+ miles in a 2006 Tundra work truck, for 230k miles in a 2002 Chevy 3500 work truck, and now a 160k mile Ford F-250. All these trucks get abused. The API certifications are the same across the board for oil. 3 work trucks, numerous large pressure washing engines and generators and anything I use for business that needs oil, gets off brand oil at regular intervals and they all run like a top despite getting abused day in and day out for 8-10 hours daily. Again, I couldn't be any happier that Amazon Basics is selling oil because now it comes right to my door. Thanks Amazon!

It's oil alright

Ordered 5 quarts of synthetic oil. What I received was 5 quarts of synthetic oil. Well done Amazon...WELL DONE.

Top rated synthetic

Full synthetic for the price of conventional. Scotty Kilmer recommended.

Warren Distribution

Distributed by Warren Distribution. They also distribute Mobil 1, STP, Super Tech, and many other quality brands of oil.

It's motor oil!

Not sure what you're looking for in a product review for engine oil, but here: if you buy the right weight for your vehicle no issues. Ran in my truck for several thousand miles no change in performance or anything.

So far so good

Used pennzoil the last two oil changes after not wanting to pay the price for royal purple. So far so good. I'll update the review after 7k miles. Also just FYI from what I found, this oil is Warren synthetic, for those that want to know

Checks All The Boxes

It's hard to review oil without access to the lab test results. I mean you put it in the engine of your car and your car still works, great. Not much to review. You'd have to set up two identical cars with different oils and run them for 100,000 miles to do a proper test at home without specialty test equipment. So for my review I'm going to focus on what those certifications on the bottle actually mean, because not all oils have the same certifications. Demystifying oil certifications A long time ago people had low standards for oil. Engines were simple, a coke was ten cents. Now oil is expected to help you get great mileage, work with crazy direct injection turbo engines, run E85 ethanol, not damage your emissions system, and keep your engine from wearing out. To do all this your oil is less about the oil itself and more about the additives package it is mixed with. Slipperyness enhancers, wear reducers, seal conditioners, and a whole lot more. Dexos 1 Gen 2 General Motors went out and made their own proprietary standard, and then they charge oil makers $0.36 / gallon to put the label on. Some oil makers have balked at the price and aren't paying. Amazon I guess decided that you care about it and paid up. What is interesting is that GM chairs the committee that did GF-5 (see below) and made their own standard so it would be more strict. So if oil has Dexos 1 Gen 2 it meets stricter standards than GF-5, but other oil might meet those standards too and just choose not to pay GM to say they do. GF-5 (better than GF-4, GF-3, GF-2, GF-1) October 2010. Improved high temperature deposit protection for pistons and turbochargers, better sludge control, improved fuel economy, enhanced emission control system compatibility, seal compatibility, rust protection, and protection of engines operating on ethanol-containing fuels up to E85. Pretty much anybody that meets GF-5 will say they do, the license is cheap. For GF-5: API service category SN (better than SA, SB, ..., SM) Has to meet cam wear, engine sludge, viscosity increases at temperature, bearing wear, aged oil low temp, rust, evaporative loss, sheer viscosity, flow reduction, phosphorus min, phosphorus max, sulpher max, foaming tendancy, high temperature foaming tendancy, high temperature deposits max, API service category SN Plus (New in Nov 2017) This is the same as SN but adds protection against low speed pre-ignition for direct injection gasoline engines. Again, oil that meets this will likely be labeled with it. SN Resource Conserving Tested to stand up E85 use (ethanol blend fuels) Tested to keep a minimum Phosphorus retention and to keep its viscosity better as it ages, which means you can theoretically go longer between oil changes. Again, oil that meets this will likely be labeled with it.

Good stuff!

Jug now has a strip to see the fluid level.

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