11/05/2026

Costco Is Now Rationing Motor Oil Because the Global Shortage Is Getting Real

Source: Fleet Management Weekly

Motor oil ultimately comes out of the same barrel that also gives us gasoline and diesel, and right now, refineries can earn more money finishing crude into gas.

It probably won’t come as any great surprise that even Costco, the wholesale retailer renowned for low prices has tightened its purse strings with regard to its own motor oil.

Not only does 10 quarts of Kirkland Signature full-synthetic now cost $58 when it used to go for as low as $30, but stores are now imposing a two-per-customer, per-week limit.

via The Drive