Halfords oil bargain?

[mr.tourette]

Going to do a change this week, spotted this halfords bargain.. not what i normally use (castrol edge) but it looks a good price and spec wise seems suitable unless I'm missing something? If any eagle eyed experts can see why not please shout out

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/engine-oil/castrol-magnatec-5w30-c3-oil-4-litre

 

[ben g]

I used to use magnatec in mine, but I remember reading that it wasn't the correct spec for my engine (3.0i). I switched to Petronas and it uses less oil now, and is quite cheap in eurocarparts with codes

 

[mr.tourette]

Cant see anything on the spec that suggests it wont be suitable, c3 bmw LL-04 seems to be the general requirement which this has, gonna give it a whirl. it will only do 4000 miles so cant see it doing any harm tbh and at 34 quid for 8 litres just about the best price anywhere

 

[road warrior]

i agree, clean oil is always better than expensive dirty oil , although.. tbo, it needent be ll spec if you do what many of us do and change it at 5k

 

[mr.tourette]

i agree, clean oil is always better than expensive dirty oil , although.. tbo, it needent be ll spec if you do what many of us do and change it at 5k

Ha.. it'll never see 5k, thats like 3 year mileage

 

[road warrior]

exactly !
so dont be fooled by the spec for low mileage use, i read many times a clean engine with fresh oil is waaay better that long mileage changes - impo any 5/30 for 6 months will be just fine - and repeat.. your vanos will love you for it too

 

[captain caveman]

Ive used Halfords oil for years in all my cars without any problems, It was always a good buy with the trade card but last year or so not so much now.

 

[Magicarcher]

Thanks for the tip off. I always use Magatec C3 stop start in my Z4, the wife's e91 and my R56 mini, so just stocked up.

 

[Smartbear]

Thanks for the tip off. I always use Magatec C3 stop start in my Z4, the wife's e91 and my R56 mini, so just stocked up.

The stop/start drove me nutz on my zed & mrs smartbears r55 clubman, luckily Carly is able to code both cars to remember their last state so they don’t need disabling every time they start up! :x
Rob

 

[Mikeyay]

Thanks for the heads up mr.tourette, just reserved me a couple.

 

[Gwest44]

Just put your Reg in on their website and they will show you the recommended products - this is what comes up for me

 

[Magicarcher]

Thanks for the tip off. I always use Magatec C3 stop start in my Z4, the wife's e91 and my R56 mini, so just stocked up.

The stop/start drove me nutz on my zed & mrs smartbears r55 clubman, luckily Carly is able to code both cars to remember their last state so they don’t need disabling every time they start up! :x
Rob

My Z4 and my mini don't have stop start functionality, you don't need stop start functionality to use the oil.

 

[Magicarcher]

Just put your Reg in on their website and they will show you the recommended products - this is what comes up for me

I am not sure how accurate Halfords oil finder is but I have found ECP to recommend oils that are not suitable for cars in the past so I prefer the oil manufacturers site. For castrol it is here:

https://applications.castrol.com/oilselector/en_gb/c/search

Interestingly the picture you show recommends a 10W60 oil which is not recommended on the castrol site.

Magnatec C3 stop start is a recommended oil for my M54 E85.

 

[JamieZ4C]

Just been in to Halfords to have some plates made up and they still had stock so I bought some. Absolute bargain. I get 10% off through my work so came to £30.60 for 8 litres

 

[rooha]

just did an oil change with this today. The oil that came out looked like I hate my poor zed. Might pick up some more during the week and do a full flush and change in a few months.