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[Jackman]

Castrol GTX 10w40 full mineral every day. Great oil.

[mike.]

Hey, was looking into the different kinds of oil i can use for my mini so searched for the halfords 'classic' car oil.
I have never been a big fan of 'halfrauds' cause they are well over priced in my opinion...
anyway...i found this in the 'moneyexpert' site : http://forums.moneys...d.html?t=265946

' We recently bought a 27 year old Land Rover which runs fine but is certainly not a fine tuned automobile. Consequentially we are not going to spend £10 a litre on Mobil 1 so we just want the cheap 20/50 basic engine oil.

Popped into Halfords where the only 20/50 oil they had was called 'Classic Car' oil and was very nicely packed in an old style metal can and was priced at £13 for 5 litres!!!

Anyway, went into Wilko's and they have 20/50 for £3.25 for 4.5 litres

Halfords the rip-off merchants are charging nearly 4 times the price just so you can have it in a nice tin. '

Just thought i would share what i found...as i thought, 'halfrauds' are over charging again!

Halfords oil comes from comma and is equivilent to their second best oil and they still stock it.

[Retro_10s]

Yes, unfortunatley makes such as 'Wilko' and 'Formula1' and Tesco own brand that costs about £5 a tub is only good as running oil.

Pay the money for the proper stuff. It's worth every penny.

[mike.]

To be frank, considering that oil is the life blood of any engine and the condition and quality of the oil determines how long your engines going to last. I can't believe its something anybody would skip on.

Obviously, the cheapo stuff is better than having no oil in there at all but only in an emergency where thats all I could get would i use that sort of stuff.

[Bean]

What about MPi's? Isn't part synthetic recommended for them?

[jaydee]

Keith Calver in Minimag June 09 adds to the confusion by being ambiguous and subtly suggesting the use of
Torco oils - but which?

uhm.. probably referring to a synth 0w60 oil, its used on racing cars.

[Jackman]

Bean, same as what i use

[maph2]

IIRC the problem with modern synthetic oils is the amount of detergent that theycontain, which is isn't great for the old a-series. these do not have the same amount of dertergents that modern car oils have. just make sure that the oil grade is 20/50