Deals on engine oil? (UK)

[bras0782]

I'm looking to get a top up of some Mobil 1 or similar. Are there any cheap deals anywhere now?

I've checked Halfords (no offers) and Opieoils (15% for clubs, but £6 delivery wipes that away).

 

[Adam D]

Doesn't opieoils have a deal on at the moment?

 

[Tref]

3-4 weeks ago, Homebase were selling our oil at £8 a litre, half price. I suspect they were trying to get rid of stock. Take a look, may still be some left.

 

[hughmungus]

Was in Asda and they had 15/30 oil at just over £4 litre compared to Halfords own at double the price.

Seems to be the same stuff as well, good enough for top ups.

 

[bras0782]

I found a great deal for 1l of Castrol Edge 5w30 at Homebase - only £7.98:

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=20001&partNumber=592235&Trail=searchtext%3ECASTROL

 

[Tref]

Was in Asda and they had 15/30 oil at just over £4 litre compared to Halfords own at double the price.

Seems to be the same stuff as well, good enough for top ups.

Is this marked as LL01 or LL04 standard oil?

 

[hughmungus]

Was in Asda and they had 15/30 oil at just over £4 litre compared to Halfords own at double the price.

Seems to be the same stuff as well, good enough for top ups.

Is this marked as LL01 or LL04 standard oil?

Not sure but will check, cant see it making a real differnce though.

 

[Tref]

Was in Asda and they had 15/30 oil at just over £4 litre compared to Halfords own at double the price.

Seems to be the same stuff as well, good enough for top ups.

Is this marked as LL01 or LL04 standard oil?

Not sure but will check, cant see it making a real differnce though.

Sorry, i wasn't clear - does it have either marking? 15/30 isn't the normal recommended grade.

 

[hughmungus]

Typo by me its 5/30 but they seem to stock most common grades.

 

[IK.]

Erm... Don't you need the BMW Specification oil? It's longlife oil, which is why the service intervals are so long. If you put cheap stuff in, you'll need to service it more often, and you're putting oil in that the engine isn't made to consume. Plus, you're mixing cheap crap oil with the better stuff that's already in there.

Perhaps I'm wrong, and the £4 a bottle stuff is OK. For the extra few quid, I would just use the proper stuff.

 

[hughmungus]

Erm... Don't you need the BMW Specification oil? It's longlife oil, which is why the service intervals are so long. If you put cheap stuff in, you'll need to service it more often, and you're putting oil in that the engine isn't made to consume. Plus, you're mixing cheap crap oil with the better stuff that's already in there.

Perhaps I'm wrong, and the £4 a bottle stuff is OK. For the extra few quid, I would just use the proper stuff.

Doubt it, nowadays oil is oil the only difference is the mark up, but until someone can show me the actual evidence then i'll avoid paying double for oil.

 

[Tref]

Erm... Don't you need the BMW Specification oil? It's longlife oil, which is why the service intervals are so long. If you put cheap stuff in, you'll need to service it more often, and you're putting oil in that the engine isn't made to consume. Plus, you're mixing cheap crap oil with the better stuff that's already in there.

Perhaps I'm wrong, and the £4 a bottle stuff is OK. For the extra few quid, I would just use the proper stuff.

Doubt it, nowadays oil is oil the only difference is the mark up, but until someone can show me the actual evidence then i'll avoid paying double for oil.

Since our cars are expected to go 2 years/15,000 miles between oil changes I think the additives in the long-life type oils are worth it. Otherwise, why don't you just use Castol GTX 20W50 like in the old days.

LL01 and LL04 are BMW's long-life codes, but I suspect the VW/Mercedes equivalent will be good enough too.

 

[IK.]

Paying double for oil surely isn't that much of an issue anyway, since you only top it up once in a blue moon.