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richard wilkinson · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:26 Post subject: brands of oil

does anyone think theres any difference between oil brands going to service the car this weekend no excusses like fishing last weekend went in to motermania today castroll £20.00 4l /mobil 23.00

carlube 5w/40 25l £50 admitt did tel a little white lie to get trade discount Wink

but is it false econmy buying unknown brands they all meet acea standerds
ps thanks to all who helped me out with rear diff oil questions

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dxmedia · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:29 Post subject:

As long as it meets all the standards and it's either semi or fully synth no issues. Mineral is good for oilling garden tools and that's about it.
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markymoan · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:31 Post subject:

Beware some oils are recycled, the equivelent of filtering it and sticking stp in Shocked

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dxmedia · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:33 Post subject:

markymoan · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:39 Post subject:

dxmedia · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:55 Post subject:

Oh that supercheap DIY unbranded black cartons of black runny stuff.... Didn't know that they could call that oil Shocked

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richard wilkinson · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 19:57 Post subject:

tried another place down the road aswell he was selling comma 5w/40 £54 if i brought 25l
but shell do one expensive with cleaning detergents ??? maybe im just been tight Confused

markymoan · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 20:02 Post subject:

All diesel oils contain detergents, it a marketing ploy .
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Philp · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 13:40 Post subject:

I used Helfrauds own brand semi synth until recently when I bought a 20L container of stuff from Costco. I thinks its either Mobil or texaco but its been fine as far as I can see, meets all the relevant standards. IME semisynth doesn't make a huge difference over straight mineral oil as most don't contain a huge amount of synthetic oil. These engines were almost certainly designed to run on normal mineral oil anyway.
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