Half Price Engine Oil

[molerat]

Tesco currently have 2 litre oils on half price. 5w30 semi (Ford) £6.00, 10w40 & 15w40 mineral £3. They have most of the usual grades in this offer and come in much cheaper than the 5 litre.

Homebase have Castrol Edge 1l bottles for £6.98 / £7.98 for all you VW etc expensive oil drinker owners :money:

[Pew Pew Pew Lasers!]

Bargepole. All of them.

Would you buy cheap blood for your heart op?

[Brooker Dave]

Bargepole. All of them.

Would you buy cheap blood for your heart op?

It's all SAE rated.

It's all the same old stuff in different packs.

HTH

[Diesel44]

Good point Brooker Dave.
You would say you only get what you pay for, but is there any differance in cheap and exspensive oil (synthetic).

[oldagetraveller]

SAE usually only relates to the viscocity.
The ratings e.g. API. CC, SE etc. are the things to look for. If the oil is the same rating and viscocity as recommended by the manufacturer then it will work. However, I would personally change a cheaper oil (and filter) more often.
For an older, high mileage car then "cheap" oil is maybe o.k. but I never risk it. I believe it's a false economy though.
It's not all the same stuff in different packs either.

[Jakg]

It's all SAE rated.

It's all the same old stuff in different packs.

HTH
It's like fuel, it's got the same octane so it must be the same... except it's not.

[vikingaero]

I don't see the problem here. If it's the right grade of oil for your car and you only plan to keep it for the warranty period then the "cheap oils" are perfectly acceptable. If you run your car for longer then switch to a premium oil.

[Premier]

I don't see the problem here. If it's the right grade of oil for your car and you only plan to keep it for the warranty period then the "cheap oils" are perfectly acceptable. If you run your car for longer then switch to a premium oil.

You may find the warranty void if you don't use oil that meets the manufacturer's specification.

That doesn't just mean the viscosity is correct.

[molerat]

I apologise for publicising the fact that a quality oil that meets manufacturers specs is being sold at half normal price. I thought this was a money saving site :confused:

[vikingaero]

You may find the warranty void if you don't use oil that meets the manufacturer's specification.

That doesn't just mean the viscosity is correct.

I said the "right grade of oil"! The OP mentioned that there was a specific oil on offer for VW engines.

[westy23]

Have a look here http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

[mikey72]

I apologise for publicising the fact that a quality oil that meets manufacturers specs is being sold at half normal price. I thought this was a money saving site :confused:

Cheers for the tip. There are some on here who could find something to whinge about if you bought the oil for them, then changed it as well.
Don't let them put you off.

[alastairq]

For an older car..say pre-1990 [remember..they did have cars last century]....then the cheapest is by far the best, and most sensible option.

Like tyres, there really is a lot of boogeration regarding oils.

If the quality of the oil was of vital importance to me, I would only use products by Silkolene.

When they sell a synthetic oil, it is a true synthetic oil.

but the quality isn't important to me now...so I use the cheapest I can get that meets the standards required.

My oil changes are roughly every 3000 miles....I run an '88 Volvo 740....and that's when the maker says to change the oil and filter.

if I can get 5 ltires for around 7 or 8 quid, I buy it.....Asda has been good in this respect.

I get filters from the tinternet [a volvo supplier] for around 2 quids.....

Halfords, who trade on an apparent reputation...flog similar stuff at twice the price, oil and filters.....unless they have an offer on.......

It goes in brown or green, comes out black...never fails.

what drips off the filter underseals the chassis.


mind..the gearbox oil for my skoda rapid costs 15 quid per american quart....so I can't really talk there.....it uses 3 quarts!
smells funny too!

oils acquired additives and higher prices because car makers needed it to last an awful lot longer than volvo expected it to do in 1988!

they needed much longer service intervals, because they were trying to educate customers into not wanting to bother what went on under the bonnet.

same thing with spark plugs.

I use NGK without exception.......but nowt fancy..just change them regularly [once very 5 years ok??]

The volvo's done 100k miles with me..never mind the previous owner [I'm the third].....it has a bit of piston slap on a cold day, on startup...and the other day, I discovered it's spent the last 5 years with only half a bolt holding the alternator on!

last week we changed the injection throttle bypass gizmo.......5 years ago, my pet garage told me it needed changing..so they did it last week....100k miles later!

Now it idles like it did the week before.
[they also found the hubcap centres they lost 3 years ago]

the car? I love it!

scrappage?

They'd have to give me two new cars for the volvo!!!

[molerat]

Both 0w30 grades of Edge are now down to £4.98 in homebase.

[cyclonebri1]

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Halfords, who trade on an apparent reputation...flog similar stuff at twice the price, oil and filters.....unless they have an offer on.......




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All Halfords oils are produced by Esso (or were when I looked into it), and yes are good value, but only when on bogof;)