Halfords Oil Deal

[Guest mikebloomfield]

Halfords are doing 4 litres of own brand oil for £10 at the moment.

 

Unfortunately not 20/50 but I bought some for the tintop.

[Guest Jumbo]

That's a pity could so with some 20/50, have found "car lube" for £10 for 4 litres which seems quite good value.

[richyb66]

Wilkinsons (Wilkos) do 5 litres of 20/50 for under a tenner.

[Guest peter2b2002]

where are they (wilkos) peter2b

[Guest Ian & Carole]

where are they (wilkos) peter2b

 

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/page/store?searchbox=chester&submit=search

 

There you go Peter

[speedtripledan]

I bought some of the wilko stuff and it seemed thinner than good stuff I,d been using...

[Guest peter2b2002]

thanks Ian

peter2b

[Jez Morton]

I think Asdas deal for 4litres of castrol gtx for £12 pretty good. I'm using 15w40. Manual states 10w30 to 20w50.

 

Jez

[Guest Jumbo]

Have looked at this today Jez, would 15/40 be better to use than 20/50? Or is it much of a muchness?

[Jez Morton]

Hi Jumbo

As far as I know 15W40 is a slightly thinner oil, I've used it In Pintos for years now as I found 20W50 has become rare and the stuff that's available seems to be low quality, take Halfords Classic 20W50 recommends changing every 3K? The benefits of using a thinner oil would be it's quicker to get around the engine at start up and is easier to pump around so saps less power. The down side could be less wear protection from a thinner oil but I think part synthetic oils give better protection than mineral so should be much the same.

 

I'm not an expert so I expect to be politely corrected if I'm wrong. ;-)

 

Jez