Engine oil prices.

atpbx · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:38

Never normally fall foul of things like this, however.....

Wifes car needs a bit of a top up of oil, recommended oil is Castrol Edge 5w-30 fully syntetic.

Popped into Halfords at lunch, picked up a litre bottle, £16.99.

Thats a bit steep I thought, but i want to get it topped up today as i will only forget otherwise.

Had a quick check online just to see what kind of price I should be paying.

Wilkinsons online- £9 a litre.
Asda 4 litres- £36.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:45

26 quid for 4 litres of edge at eurocarparts.

atpbx · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:50

[TW]Fox;22419686 said:
26 quid for 4 litres of edge at eurocarparts.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/c...21&0&cc5_272&gclid=CJCBtqXhtLECFcYmtAodTkwAZQ

Still better than 45 notes at Halfords.

Asda are currently the cheapest at £36 for 4 litres.

p1RATE · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:51

i tend to use eurocarparts with 25% club discount. you don't tend to get much off at halfords on oil with a trade card either.

i did however buy some 5w-30 fully synthetic oil recently and did notice that it was a bit more expensive to what i am use to paying.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:52

Yes, them minus the 31% discount code plastered on the front page

atpbx · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:54

[TW]Fox;22419756 said:
Yes, them minus the 31% discount code plastered on the front page

Just went straight in from the product link.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 13:10

You put bigdeal31 in at checkout and it takes 31% off.

atpbx · 25 Jul 2012 at 13:13

[TW]Fox;22419912 said:
You put bigdeal31 in at checkout and it takes 31% off.

Yes I am aware of that now, I was just explaining why i wasnt before.

I_M_Weasel · 25 Jul 2012 at 15:51

I buy quite a lot of oil, my mondeo drinks the stuff, is this normal? Probably needs a litre every 1000miles.

K.C. Leblanc · 25 Jul 2012 at 16:05

I_M_Weasel said:
I buy quite a lot of oil, my mondeo drinks the stuff, is this normal? Probably needs a litre every 1000miles.

That's on the high side, but probably nothing to be desperately worried about.

I had a Citroen that needed a litre every 250 miles.

I_M_Weasel · 25 Jul 2012 at 16:08

K.C. Leblanc said:
I had a Citroen that needed a litre every 250 miles.

Then I'll consider myself lucky!

phil675 · 25 Jul 2012 at 16:15

When I take my car to a garage to change the oil, they say that 10w40 semi-synth is a 'specialist oil' and it costs about £60.. I'm glad I've learned to do it myself, as I managed to get the oil and filter for about £30. It took me about 2 hours on a Saturday morning but I'll be prepared next time and take the undertray off before I start

233 · 25 Jul 2012 at 16:19

Christ I get 20 litres of GM 5-30 from my dealer for under 40 quid through tradeclub. iirc our filters work out at under 3 quid each for genuine Vauxhall parts when you buy 10

sigma · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:19

Trade prices in being cheap shocker!

233 · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:26

atpbx said:
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/c...21&0&cc5_272&gclid=CJCBtqXhtLECFcYmtAodTkwAZQ

Still better than 45 notes at Halfords.

Asda are currently the cheapest at £36 for 4 litres.

sigma said:
Trade prices in being cheap shocker!

branded oil in being extortionate shocker.

my genuine Vauxhall 5-30 Fully Synthetic works out at 2 and a bit quid a litre the Castrol stuff above is 9 quid a litre

only pointing out that the OP should shop around some more, what car is it for?

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:28

Delta12 said:
branded oil in being extortionate shocker.

my genuine Vauxhall 5-30 Fully Synthetic works out at 2 and a bit quid a litre the Castrol stuff above is 9 quid a litre

Yes because buying 1 litre of Castrol in a convenient 1 litre container from a supermarket is just like buying trade quantities of oil, right? It's totally comparable, good one.

I have already demonstrated a source for Edge at £6.50 a litre in this thread anyway.

233 · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:33

[TW]Fox;22423242 said:
Yes because buying 1 litre of Castrol in a convenient 1 litre container from a supermarket is just like buying trade quantities of oil, right? It's totally comparable, good one.

I have already demonstrated a source for Edge at £6.50 a litre in this thread anyway.

true but 36 quid for 4 litres is ruddy expensive. and its not as if i'm buying 205l drums for that price its 20l iirc the 205l drums works out at 1.30/1.40 a litre

OP depending on what its going it might be feasible to not go for the castrol

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:35

Delta12 said:
true but 36 quid for 4 litres is ruddy expensive. and depending on what its going it might be feasible to not go for the castrol

26 quid.

4 x 6.50 is 26 quid.

233 · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:39

[TW]Fox;22423305 said:
26 quid.

4 x 6.50 is 26 quid.

was going by the OPs silly bugger price

Asda 4 litres- £36.

still a tenner cheaper than a supermarket pricing is not to be sniffed at if he wants to stick with the edge

atpbx · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:50

Its for a MCS thats still under warranty.

Plus, much as there probably isnt any need to, I tend to stick to branded oils, I learnt my lesson very quickly with a series of burnt out two strokes when I was younger having used cheap non branded "fully synthetic" two stroke oil.