Finding Oil hard to come by...
08-02-2005, 02:56 AM
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Finding Oil hard to come by...
Can someone give me a clue where to pickup 10W30 or 10W40 mineral oil (running the car in) except for Halfords?
I have a company fuel card which I can use in petrol stations and would prefer not to pay out of my own pocket (tight git!!)
Ideally in Reading or Chiswick (or somewhere between) - most garages I stop at don't have anything useful
I have a company fuel card which I can use in petrol stations and would prefer not to pay out of my own pocket (tight git!!)
Ideally in Reading or Chiswick (or somewhere between) - most garages I stop at don't have anything useful
08-02-2005, 03:06 AM
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http://www.s2kuk.com/s2kuk/Benefits/Suppliers.php Check out Opie Oils on that page - they do good deals for s2kuk members too.
08-02-2005, 03:07 AM
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The 04+ manual doesn't specify the use of mineral oil during running in. Also get to Hellfrauds and get 1 litre of their orange oil. My MY04 and others noticed that we didn't even use half of this bottle and it won't cost a fortune whereas the cars earlier to 04 did used to drink a lot during this period.
08-02-2005, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Asterix,Aug 2 2005, 12:00 PM
At least you can get good stuff. I can't find anything by a reputable company -Shell, Mobil etc... Just the local stuff which I don't trust to be as good
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We might have the crude but for top class synth oil, I'm not so sure.
It's also hard to get 10/40 as the temperatures here are higher than usual - It's going for it's service soon so I might ask, again, what they use.
Last time the Honda bloke said he wasn't sure as it came out of a huge vat! So probably the same stuff that they use in a 1.1 Civic.
It's also hard to get 10/40 as the temperatures here are higher than usual - It's going for it's service soon so I might ask, again, what they use.
Last time the Honda bloke said he wasn't sure as it came out of a huge vat! So probably the same stuff that they use in a 1.1 Civic.
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08-03-2005, 08:14 AM
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They put Texaco semi synthetic 10w 40 in mine at the service at the main dealer so that's what i've used to top up. I guess this stuff is good enough as it seems to comply with the standards in the manual.
If you want cheap oil, they sell it in Morrisons petrol stations for a very reasonable cost. I think it was 3.50 for a litre.
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Chris
If you want cheap oil, they sell it in Morrisons petrol stations for a very reasonable cost. I think it was 3.50 for a litre.
Cheers
Chris
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