DaveyLC
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Daveys bargain of the week.
Halfords 5w50 fully synthetic 'Track day oil'.. is £33 for 5L (Works out about £24 for 5 litres on a trade card).
Its made by ESSO and has been getting good reviews!
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BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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What is track day oil about? Just low cost for oil burning cars?
[Edited on 06-09-2010 by BluKoo]
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DaveyLC
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They just call it track day oil..
Its 5w50 so designed to keep viscosity at very high temperatures, i.e. when you are thrashing the tits off off your motor.
Oils like 0w30 etc. are designed purely for economy due to their low viscosity the crank can cut through the oil easilly but they are crap at high temperatures.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Got 5L from ASDA for £14 the other week
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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My cars cheap so gets the cheap eurocarparts semi synth 10-40 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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My car has to have 5w40 as standard
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gavin18787
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used to run the civic on 0w40 now that was expensive 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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chrex
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yea im gonna be running the ATR on millers 10w/50...which is about £50/5litres from opie. Worth it though, not a fan of cheap oil...and not sure i'd be using the halfords stuff in anything thats would want an expensive rebuild...
Good buy, but you do tend to get what you pay for!
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Phil W
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Registered: 1st Jul 05
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Phil W's bargain of the week...
His mum works for Morris Lubricants so 50% off trade price
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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i got 25 litres direct from vauxhall for £25 which was good
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alan t
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quote: Originally posted by davieslim
i got 25 litres direct from vauxhall for £25 which was good
thats the stuff i usually get for doing homers, the semi synthetic stuff in the blue tub. never had any bother with that stuff and used it in loads of cars
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
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ive used the halfords trackday oil in my clio 172, its too thick. My tappets are loud for a couple of seconds when you first start it for the day.
Normal oil...noise gone
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barter
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quote: Originally posted by chrex
yea im gonna be running the ATR on millers 10w/50...which is about £50/5litres from opie. Worth it though, not a fan of cheap oil...and not sure i'd be using the halfords stuff in anything thats would want an expensive rebuild...
Good buy, but you do tend to get what you pay for!
agree with that mate,i youse it for much rs.its £55 from burtonpower. whats opie??
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
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They are a big lubricants website...good prices too. The owner is 'oilman' on most forums and if you are a member on any of their listed forums or owners clubs, you get 10% off too 
They have normally got random offers on too, such as free postage, 20%off or something or t'other.
atm, the members price for the 10w/50 5litre is £46.79inc.
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/

[Edited on 06-09-2010 by chrex]
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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Surprised corsasport isn't a member on there.
You can get carlube triple R FS for £25odd for 5L.
[Edited on 06-09-2010 by sand-eel]
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sand-eel
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http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/Accessories/Lubricants-and-Fluids/Engine-Oils/5W40-Engine-Oil/?521771051&0&cc5_280
Only a few more quid than the normal stuff
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chrex
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tbh, i find that the top end oils are cheaper on opie...and the lesser 'more normal' oils are same or slightly more than other places.
I've just found Millers 5w/50 for £30...so i may be gettin a couple of bottles of that tbh for the winter. Keep it thin for the cold...but might not drink so quick on the 'tec.
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sand-eel
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£30 for how many litres?
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chrex
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5litres. one bottle, £30, 2 bottles for £60. if you havent got a club on there...even the normal price is £35 which is bloody good for Millers.
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-60214-millers-oils-xfs-5w-50-full-synthetic-engine-oil.aspx

my bargain of the week tbh.
[Edited on 06-09-2010 by chrex]
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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I'd be worried about putting thicker oil in a vtec ...
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flybikeslee
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no oil ftw
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sand-eel
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http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-60213-millers-oils-xfs-5w-40-full-synthetic-engine-oil.aspx#productDetails
5w40 is only £5 more, cheap indeed, but think I will just go for Carlube triple R next time as i've used the normal Carlube shit with no problems.
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Paul_J
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quote: Originally posted by flybikeslee
no oil ftw
exactly mate. Less weight.
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DaveyLC
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quote: Originally posted by chrex
yea im gonna be running the ATR on millers 10w/50...which is about £50/5litres from opie. Worth it though, not a fan of cheap oil...and not sure i'd be using the halfords stuff in anything thats would want an expensive rebuild...
Good buy, but you do tend to get what you pay for!
Halfords dont refine the oil themselves
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davcohen
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How are you guys getting the vauxhall oil so cheap? I usually do the 4 for 3 on trade club but its doesnt work out as cheap as what you guys are saying
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