Why has car oil almost doubled lately?

izawa

A 4 liter oil used to cost 30-40. Now it is 60-70

What has caused this?

chrisw

It hasn't, you must be looking in the wrong place or need some specialist stuff.

Eg. Castrol Edge 5W30 is £32 for 4l in Halfords.

Trackman

The oil I use hasn't. £26 for 5 litres. 

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izawa said:

A 4 liter oil used to cost 30-40. Now it is 60-70

What has caused this?

Brexit/Covid/The War/The Other War/The Government.

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EnPointe

izawa said:

A 4 liter oil used to cost 30-40. Now it is 60-70

What has caused this?

unless you are using some very  odd specification oil   typical  fully synthetic  motor oil for up to date vehicles is still 30-40 GBP  for a 4 litre  containers 

400ixl

It depends on the oil as to the price, but it hasn't changed much recently, so unless your used to cost is 10 years ago its still in the same ball park it was a year ago like for like.

A good spec is in the £40-70 range with medium spec in the £30-40 range. So you only have to be comparing two across the spectrum to get the view you have come up with, but it is likely the spec difference which is driving the price difference.