steveo3002 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 halfords oil is £12 a can or £11 with trade card at the moment might be stale news but not too bad of a deal Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 quid Peugeot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 i picked some other day...they're 4l pots but the really expensive fully synthetic stuffs inc in deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Nabbed a couple of 5w40's just after Christmas. Good time to stock up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Woman in our street works there and dropped off 4x 4 litre 5/30 fully synth last night, £8 each with staff discount . I usally buy 8 or so to see me through the year. Isaac Hunt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo3002 Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 £8 is good....shows how profit there is at full price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Got a few myself. Transferred into my Mobil One containers jus to fill up in front of neighbours like. stephen01, derskine, 0ldCh0d and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Don't expect valvoline race oil is included in the offer? I wouldn't expect it even to be stocked by them tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Anybody know where they source their 'Own-brand' (ie:re-packaged) oil from? I'd heard via a third party it was mainly from Comma, is this the case or does it vary? overrun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Got a few myself. Transferred into my Mobil One containers jus to fill up in front of neighbours like.Reminds me of when I was a 'lad' working at an old school filling station. "We need some more distilled water 'Guv', bottles on forecourt are all empty"..........."We fill them up from the tap came the reply"...........mmmmmmm I thought, so started filling them up from the tap. "Not that tap, the one out the back of the workshop"......With me thinking the tap out the back of the workshop might be fed by some bulk tank, I reverberated "Why is is different water in that tap".............."No, The Customers can't see you out there"..................caught me offguard he had, got me on that one. The Redex looked genuine and the Two Stroke Oil was as well. It wasn't all 'make for our Guv' cos when I got my FS1E I used to fill the Autolube tank for a the cost of a single 5p shot, now who's caught who offguard me old Guv. I did about two years of two stroke for pennies and must have wiped out his lifetime worth of 'gain' on distilled water in next to no time.............caught him offguard I had, got him back on that one. lexi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Anybody know where they source their 'Own-brand' (ie:re-packaged) oil from? I'd heard via a third party it was mainly from Comma, is this the case or does it vary? I think it is. As long as the API ratings match the current branded stuff, then it's all good IMO. Or if it is going in a shitter, whatevz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 ^^ I agree it's the spec that's important, I was just curious to know where it was sourced from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Don't expect valvoline race oil is included in the offer? I wouldn't expect it even to be stocked by them tbh Just bought some of that to treat me Dolly. I paid 29.80 for five litres here http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/pipercrossperformanceoils?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Anybody know where they source their 'Own-brand' (ie:re-packaged) oil from? BorniteIdentity, Sigmund Fraud, lexi and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Anybody know where they source their 'Own-brand' (ie:re-packaged) oil from? I'd heard via a third party it was mainly from Comma, is this the case or does it vary?Definitely Comma. The way to check is to download the technical data sheet on the Halfords site where it states Comma is the supplier. No bad thing, they know their stuff and I think still blend Mobil1 for the European market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I picked two cans of full synth up at the weekend. Conveniently its the correct spec for Renault, as my Laguna needs a top up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Lo and behold, the Touran threw up the service indicator at the weekend, and since it's a VAGTDI it's only satisfied with the most luxurious of oils which cost a flamin' fortune. The minute you put some 5W30 instead of 5W40 in though, KABOOM. Cogs and springs flying everywhere. I'll have to go and see if it's still on, thanksverymuchly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 The 5w40 meets VW 502/505 so I think that's alright in yours. Don't quote me on that though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 It was this: http://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/engine-oil/halfords-5w40-fully-synthetic-oil-4l It meets the specification of Mercedes 229.3, BMW LL-98, VW502.00 / 505.00, Renault RN0700/715 and Porsche. Safety Data Sheet is pretty clear where this oil came from: http://www.my-sds.co.uk/Admin/ViewDocument.aspx?ID=0422121d-e37e-4e54-bff7-04a44387f3bd&primaryReportId=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I can never remember what oil it needs without going into loads of forums, getting confused, cursing, and then just checking the leftover bottle from the last change and hoping that somewhere in this cycle I actually got good advice. I thought it was 5-0-something-point-01 though rather than 00. The 5 and 7 is to do with long life servicing or not, I took ours off that because it means it's going up to 20k. Just by doing a manual service counter reset you knock it onto 10k fixed servicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 VW 500.00 – VW spec for multigrade engine oils for petrol engines with SAE 5W-X/10W-X viscosity for engines built up until August 1999 (MY 2000). VW 500.00 + 505.00 – Oil meets both VW 500.00 and 505.00 spec. VW 501.01 – VW spec for petrol engines for engines built up until August 1999 (MY 2000). VW 501.14 – Brake fluid with low viscosity, VW 2006>. VW 502.00 – VW spec, oil for petrol engines. Successor of VW 501.01 & 500.00 spec. VW 503.00 – Long-life petrol engine oil for VW cars with WIV. Meets ACEA A1, SAE 0W-30 or 5W-30. Suitable for the AUDI S4, engines with an output greater than 180bhp should use 503.01 or 504.00/507.00. VW 503.01 – Special engine oil for some VW petrol engines. SAE 5W-30. Suitable for the Ausi RS4, TT, S3 and A8 6.0 V12. VW 504.00 – Long-life petrol engines with WIV. VW 505.00 – Passanger car diesel engine oil, minimum performance level CCMC PD-2. Lists viscosities:- SAE 5W-50, 10W-50/60, 15W-40/50, 20W-40/50 requiring 13% max evaporation loss and SAE 5W-30/40, 10W-30/40 requiring 15% max evaporation loss. VW 505.01 – Special engine oil for VW turbodiesel with pump-injector-unit and for the V8 commonrail turbodiesel engines. Meets ACEA B4 SAE 5W-40 spec. VW 506.00 – Special long-life engine oil for turbodiesel engines with WIV, viscosity is SAE 0W-30. VW 506.01 – Special long-life oil for turbodiesel engines with pump-injector-unit with WIV. VW 507.00 – Long-life diesel engine oil with WIV. VW 508.00 – Fuel economy low saps oil in development. http://www.my-gti.com/2543/volkswagen-oil-standards-lists-of-all-approved-oils-skoda-audi-seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Phew, glad they've not made that confusing! 505.01 I think is what I use, although since I don't do long life servicing I think 505.00 will do. I think I was putting 01 in just in case I missed an oil change.No idea what a WIV is, or whether I have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella2 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I think it's 506 spec oil for the pd engine maybe, I also find it confusing too. Just to be on safe side I would just use vw quantum pd oil, I bought some from Lancaster vw delivered for £25 about two weeks ago, which is alot cheaper than halfords. Atleast you know it's the correct stuff. Pd spec oil is never cheap from halfords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Phew, glad they've not made that confusing! 505.01 I think is what I use, although since I don't do long life servicing I think 505.00 will do. I think I was putting 01 in just in case I missed an oil change.No idea what a WIV is, or whether I have one.Based on what I can find my 1.9PD can use 507 spec oil. Hellfrauds do 5l of 5w30 for £43 (a bit less if you have someone with a card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 My Civic takes 5.8l of 0W-30 in either C2 or C3 spec. 5.8 litres is very awkward because oil usually comes in either 4l or 5l containers. The correct stuff costs me £62. Every 12.5k or 1 year intervals too. Just to make it even better, it also burns a litre an a bit between those intervals as well. Thanks Honda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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