Irving Oil?

Anyone here ever heard of Irving Oil? reason for asking theres a shop in my area that caries this Synthetic Oil sales guy at this shop says he can order me a 4 liter jug of irving 5w30 Synthetic for $27.00 that meets my 507.00 VW spec to use. Or i bring in my own 5 liters Jug or bucket for him to fill it. at a cost of $5.80 a Liter thats Canadian Cost if your wondering. but im hesitant to use this oil on my 2012 vw tdi since i dont know much about it.?? Cost is nice but the (million dollar Question) - is? is it as good Quality as Castrol's Edge Professional 5w30 Syn Oil that i get from my VW Dealer to use.?

http://shorelinelubricants.com/product/Advant European Full Syn infotec.pdf

It is not on the latest VW approved oils list I could find ( you can see it - a VW Technical Bulletin - at https://idpartsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/approved-oil-list.pdf ). Scroll down to the 507 00 section for the CR engine with DPF.

dandywriter if you look closely i think that page was printed in 2012?

This is the second marine grade oil that’s vw507 approved that I’ve seen, are there vw’s in marine applications?

Yes there are.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Volkswagen_Group_diesel_engines#Four-cylinder_diesels

Try this

called the owner of the shop today that caries the cheap irving oil he said he also caries total Quartz Ineo Long Life 5w30 synthetic oil that meets my 507.00 spec and that if i bring my own bucket he will pour me (5 Liters at $5.80 per liter ) i think thats a really good deal for this Oil.
www.lubs-products-database.total.com/gallery/ORIGINALS/visuels/23000/23446

Selling it at half the going rate, I would have to wonder what is up. Not the real thing or just closing out some product. He would have to be losing money on it.

Lightflyer1 said:

Selling it at half the going rate, I would have to wonder what is up. Not the real thing or just closing out some product. He would have to be losing money on it.

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I hear you on that, i would personally have to be present and look at the Labeling specs found on the drum. before commiting to any purchase.

On the other hand, it might not be much markup. You'd have to remember that he's buying in a bulk container, and a lot of marketing and local markup isn't happening.

Cheers,

PH

I would imagine he would have to be buying multiples of drums to get down to that kind of pricing and still make a profit. Someone could easily fill a drum with whatever they want and call it what the label says with no one suspecting anything without scientific testing. When runonbeer was closing down his Austin shop he had some killer deals on a drum or two of oil. But I had no need for 40 or 50 gallons of it. Now if it is something like that where he is closing out stock to make room for new or something, then maybe. I would have to be very trusting of that person to use that oil.

I am using IRVING Advant 5w40 since about 180,000 km and now have almost 500,000 km with no issues. Oil change every 15,000km
03 VW tdi.

I haven't seen Irving oils down here in New Hampshire, but if the lubrication products are as good as the fuels, it should be just fine. We do have Irving fuel stations, and they sell home heating fuels (propane, in addition to the ubiquitous undyed D2 as heating oil) as well.

Cheers,

PH

Haven't tried it, though I've seen them in a local auto parts store.