When Oil Costs More Than the Service: The Base Oil Shock - September 23, 2026 — Podcast Recap | MOMS Mobile Oil Change®

When Oil Costs More Than the Service: The Base Oil Shock - September 23, 2026

*Originally aired 2026-09-23 on the Mobile Oil Change Industry podcast.*

Tyreese breaks down the Group III base oil supply crisis — record prices, retailers rationing, chains raising prices — and why the mobile operator's flexible model is the strongest position on the board.

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Key Takeaway 1

So I walked into Costco last week to grab a case of full synthetic for the shop truck, and I see a sign on the shelf that I have never seen in thirteen years of doing this. Purchase limit. One per customer. And the price? Fifty-seven dollars and ninety-nine cents for ten quarts. Last year that same box was about thirty bucks.

Key Takeaway 2

Look, I have lived through oil prices going up and down my whole career. You buy in bulk, you watch the price per gallon, you adjust. But this is different. So I started digging. And what I found is the biggest supply shock to hit motor oil in my lifetime.

Key Takeaway 3

Here's the thing. Group Three base oil, that is the stuff that makes full synthetic oil actually full synthetic, the benchmark U S price just hit twelve dollars and forty-five cents a gallon. That is a record. And it is almost four times what it was back in February. Four times. In seven months.

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*Tyreese Burton is the owner-operator of MOMS Mobile Oil Change in the Philadelphia area and host of the Mobile Oil Change Industry daily podcast. He covers the business of mobile automotive service — pricing, operations, fleet contracts, and industry shifts — from the driver's seat.*

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