Foil Seals On New Oil Jugs Yeh or Nay?

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I see that Castrol are now putting foil seals on their Magnatec 5w-30 A5 plastic 6 liter oil jugs. I see many other brands also new use foil seals too. I do get that it helps guard against nuts sabotaging oil on the retail shelves by adding nasty solid or liquid contaminates and helps stop lowlifes from returning used oil for a refund. However, I am concerned about small pieces of the seal getting into the engine as I find it very hard to completely remove the seal from the top of the plastic jug. Apparently these seals were banned in the aviation industry for that reason (see https://forums.pelicanparts.com/pors...trol-foil.html etc). They don't peal off for me so you essentially have to cut them off then scrape the remnants off. Yes; the screen on the oil pump pick-up and the oil filter should catch any remnants of the foil seal that end up in the sump but I would prefer not to have to rely on that.

What's your view on these seals and what's your tip for getting these seal off cleanly.

Oops; yes the question should be "Do you like the foil seals on new oil jugs? But you know what I meant and sadly my typing skills with my arthritic sausage fingers are for similar reasons on par with my oil jug foil seal removal skills.

And why do I use Castrol Magnatec 5w-30 A5? Well it's what the dealer said they were using in my FG's when I let them service them and I decided it's best to stay with it.