30 replies to this topic

[E.L.M.O]

they are available in every halfords

Nope there not. Unfortunatly not avalible in our local anymore. And we live in London.

[Burnard]

Cheers, I have a few mates with trade cards - I could probably get one myself, so would be good to know.

£16.99, for people.
£13.99 for grease monkeys.
Or 15% off for staff which ever works out cheapest

[leepol83]

Great oil but tastes abit funny

[AlexP]

Proper job

[jonny d]

I use it in my '85, Seems to be ok, looks ok on the road after its leaked back out

that made me laugh very apt

[daemonchild]

Seems to work fine. And seems to leak less than the 10w40 synthetic that was in there before I got the car.
I know because I still have the oil in a bottle...

[E.L.M.O]

Can fits great in rear door bin (with a little padding to stop the rattle)

[sazal]

I use this too! The best thing is its flourescent greeny/yellow!

[mini-geek]

I use it, but I buy it in bulk from comma. I think it works out at about £12 for 5l for me, good stuff, I think I have no way of testing it though.....

[xbox]

Trader cards----how to get a trade card? need to apply or what?

[me madjoe 90]

Get Uni-parts classic mineral oil 20w30 good stuff relativly cheap and theres unipart dealers every where.

This One (unipart oil)

Its probly alot cheaper if you buy from Unipart.

I get it a work free so price dont bother me much free oils better than any oil i have to pay for

Edited by me madjoe 90, 15 April 2010 - 02:47 PM.

[redboy]

Ive got castrol 10w 40 in mine. Its a 94 sprite. Is it ok because going to do oil change soon and ive got a full can of it in the shed.
I would of thought being a later engine it would be ok

[spennyy2k]

Trader cards----how to get a trade card? need to apply or what?

look here

[buxvan]

any oil is better than no oil & the cheapo wilko oil is good enough for me. anyway, if your mini has the usual oil leaks then you can just keep topping her up & it won't cost a bomb !

i would hate to own one of these new cars where 4 litres of super douper oil required costs £40.00.

[Boycie]

Theres big debate on Mini oils... but I use the Halfords stuff and it seems fine. I've got no oil leaks either, which I think is because it's the correct viscosity for an 'A' series engine.

It's very cheap too (but perhaps not as cheap as in the good ol' days..) especially when you consider modern oils. My favourite is when I service one of the latest PD VAG turbo diesels. It works out at around £60-worth just for the oil as the pumpe-duse engines are very fussy. That's about the cost of 5 lots for the Mini!!