I had a minor problem with my oil pan and had to replace it. I have NAPA's purple oil and their best quality filter in it and it probably only has a dozen or so hours on it. I saved it in a clean container and was intending to put it back in and top it off with more of the same oil. I was going to put in 5 quarts total.

Do you think it is alright to use this "nearly new" oil?

GM 3800SC 1999

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Goody

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[This message has been edited by kgoodyear (edited 06-10-2018).]

Should be no problem at all. As long as the container, as you said it was, was clean. As a further measure, you can use a paint funnel / strainer to pour it through to make sure there are no contaminates in it. Even without it, as you said the container was clean so it should be no problem.

[This message has been edited by JohnWPB (edited 06-10-2018).]

cool! That oil was pretty expensive.

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Goody

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+1 on the paint strainer. You should be fine to re-use it

Provided it is not old oil that sat (like in the crankcase for two years) ; if you have a dozen hours of use on that oil, it should be perfectly fine to be re-used.

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