Engine oil at Lidls £11.99

[Crusty Sills]

Just been to Lidls and seen some 15w40 engine oil at £11.99 for 5 litres.

Should I get some for general use or do you think it will end in tears?

Is there really much difference between oils?

[Lacquer Peel]

Fine if you have an older car, out of your list of cars I'm not sure what 15w40 would be suitable for, the Beetle? I buy 4.5l of 10w40 at Home Bargains for £9.99.

[jonathan_dyane]

I'm using it without issue.

[stripped fred]

I used this in my 406. Will change at 6k miles. As long as it conforms to the required standards I can't see any problem with using cheap oil in an older car as long as you don't leave it in forever.

[Crusty Sills]

I try to change the oil in the daily every 6 months so it wont be staying in there for to long.

Is 15w40 fairly thick oil?

[Lacquer Peel]

15W40 is probably okay for some older 2 valve engines like your Audi but maybe not for the multivalve Celica or your new millenium cars.

[cros]

I use it in old 90's Di turbodiesels and as it says it exceeds the spec. required I see no point in worrying. Maybe Lidl are lying and its just 5 litres of rat piss, but the same could be said for oil from the big name brands. If a company as big as VW can lie how can you tell? At least all the beer I've drunk from Lidl seemed to have the correct lubricating qualities.

[Stanky]

I got 5 litres of 10w/40 semi for the Nissan last weekend, it usually takes 3.5 litres to the max mark and the rest will go in mowers. Cheapest stuff I can find elsewhere is £12 for 4 litres at Halfords so I thought why not.

[twosmoke300]

I got 12 5 litre cans of shell Rimula rt4 15w40 for 70 quid off gumtree ! I asked no questions 😄

[KruJoe]

I've been using that Morrisons Savers tenner for 4 litre stuff for years without issue. 

I see B+M have 4l of summert similarly oily for £9.99.

[Des]

I had a sumpful of fresh Valvoline leak out suddenly a while ago, fixed the leak and poured in Lidl lube and the engine was far smoother on it. Maybe some flat tappet lickers might comment as to if it has a ZDDP content.

[Stanky]

In case anyone still cares...

 

I slopped 3l of a 5l container of Lidl's finest 10w/40 semi into the Nissan last weekend, along with a new oil and air filter and have done 500 miles this week to and fro a networking course in Suffolk and the Nissan has been happy as can be. No more or less noisy than it is on ECP's QX³ Oil that it usually gets, and at 2/3rds the cost of ECPs cheapest we seem to be onto a winner.

 

5/5 - will buy again. Shame they have such a limited range of grades but there.

[Kiltox]

If you get through 10W40 semi at a decent rate, ask your local ECP counter how much they charge for 20L containers of TripleQX

 

I paid £19.99 plus VAT the other day and £21.99 plus for 5w30 semi.

[Tamworthbay]

If you get through 10W40 semi at a decent rate, ask your local ECP counter how much they charge for 20L containers of TripleQX

I paid £19.99 plus VAT the other day and £21.99 plus for 5w30 semi.

They used to do 20w50 in big tubs but haven't seen it for a while now

[Stanky]

I think when I was in there picking up the filters they were chopping it out at about £40 for 20 litres - substantially cheaper than 4x 5l containers I grant you, but since the Nissan only does about 4k a year now, and the Saab requires fancy-pants 5w-30 fully synth or bad things^tm happen. I tend to just buy 5l of each at a time.

[Kiltox]

Yeah that definitely wasn't on the price list I saw - I'm assuming there's a lot less demand for it from the trade these days but garages that specialise in older cars must get it in bulk from somewhere!

[Kiltox]

I think when I was in there picking up the filters they were chopping it out at about £40 for 20 litres - substantially cheaper than 4x 5l containers I grant you, but since the Nissan only does about 4k a year now, and the Saab requires fancy-pants 5w-30 fully synth or bad things^tm happen. I tend to just buy 5l of each at a time.

GM spec 5w30 fully synth was less than 40 plus VAT

 

Granted I'm a trade buyer but I by no means have access to proper low level pricing, very smal operation!

[Bren]

I got 12 5 litre cans of shell Rimula rt4 15w40 for 70 quid off gumtree ! I asked no questions

I did a double take at your post - I thought it said primula.

 

I've never put cheese in an engine.

[twosmoke300]

It's multi grade long drain cheese tho !

[lisbon_road]

I think it is worth a little extra to get a '10' rather than a '15' but I am sure it'll be ok anyway.

 

As above, I buy 20 litres at a time from ECP, I think the 10w40 is about £32 and the synthetic 5w40 a bit more but still very cheap per change.  Those of us who are local to each other could club together but it amazes me how fast it goes.

[Richard]

ECP have a BOGOF on oil now and again. I suppose the trick is to keep an eye out for the offers and stockpile some when they come up.

 

They had an offer through the week and I ordered some oil, only to get an email telling me off for not buying a filter.