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Halfords oil at £13 or Texaco at £9
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Re: Halfords oil at £13 or Texaco at £9 -
04-17-2007
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I need some more engine oil for my 1994 Corolla GLI 1.3 . In halfords their list of the suitable oils for this particular car lists 10/40 semi synthetic. which they sell for £13 or so for 5 litres. A few yards down the road in Asda they do a home brand oil for about £8 and a texaco oil for another pound, both for 5 litre container. The engine has done 95,000 miles and it still runs very well, so I guess I will stick with it to its end. With a milage like this is it expedient to pay the extra for the halfords oil or is there indeed any *real* difference between the more expensive stuff at Halfords and say the Texaco (or Asda ) or oil. thanks for advice, on whether its worth paying the extra money, in this case. |
Google to see what they mean. Your handbook should give the minimum spec
for your engine.
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"adder1969" <adder1969 (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:1176803554.249879.179380 (AT) b58g2000hsg (DOT) googlegroups.com... On Apr 17, 9:59 am, IanDTur... (AT) AOL (DOT) com wrote: My engine has done 150,000 - it still gets Magnatec 10/40. Chances are you could use pretty much whatever you like but some of the really cheap stuff doesn't meet modern performance rating requirements. Thanks to all. I have had kwik fit put oil in for me previously, it does make me wonder what *quality* of oil they put in? The Haynes repair manuel for the corolla's 92 >97 says use: multigrade oil, SAE 15W/40, 10W/30 or 20W/50 tp API SG or better. So i'm well confused, why so many different SAEs' I wonder? |
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The Haynes repair manuel for the corolla's 92 >97 says use: multigrade oil, SAE 15W/40, 10W/30 or 20W/50 tp API SG or better. So i'm well confused, why so many different SAEs' I wonder? |
if you live on the equator nor a 'thick' one in the Artic circle.
The real clue is the API spec. Make sure any oil you use conforms to this.
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I need some more engine oil for my 1994 Corolla GLI 1.3 . In halfords their list of the suitable oils for this particular car lists 10/40 semi synthetic. which they sell for £13 or so for 5 litres. A few yards down the road in Asda they do a home brand oil for about £8 and a texaco oil for another pound, both for 5 litre container. The engine has done 95,000 miles and it still runs very well, so I guess I will stick with it to its end. With a milage like this is it expedient to pay the extra for the halfords oil or is there indeed any *real* difference between the more expensive stuff at Halfords and say the Texaco (or Asda ) or oil. thanks for advice, on whether its worth paying the extra money, in this case. |
find a smaller but better dealer than Halfords.
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I will not buy anything off Halfords. |
some good deals. And in particular, their Pro tool range is excellent -
you break it, they replace it. Can't go wrong.
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I will not buy anything off Halfords. You're missing out. OK, a lot of stuff is overpriced, but they do have some good deals. And in particular, their Pro tool range is excellent - you break it, they replace it. Can't go wrong. |
self service you don't have to rely on a counter hand.
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My engine has done 150,000 - it still gets Magnatec 10/40. This goes back to the many earlier comments on other threads - I believe in good oil and regular maintenance. My last car was scrapped at over 230,000 without ever having to touch the engine other than scheduled maintenance - and it was still within manufacturers emission limits - not just MOT....... ( maybe the Slick 50 every 50K helped too ) You pays your money, you takes your choice. On my BX, which has quite a high revving engine (and gets a bit of abuse), |
Texaco oil to be good and I've often used it in our daily runabouts, or the
older, lazier engines (like my Volvo 360 for example). And most places seem
to treat it as a 'semi decent' oil and charge ~£20 for 5 litres - not sure
how Asda can charge so much less.
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I may have done the wrong thing, since I passed by Asda again, and before reading all this advice, bought the Asda oil. Guess its not too late to change it for the texaco. But on neither the Asda oil or the Texaco could i see semi-synthetic written on the containers. I now understand semi-synthetic is what i should be getting for this Corolla. On the Asda it says, specs: API SL/CH4, ACEA A2, B2, E2. |
Diesel (CH4).
http://www.api.org/certifications/en...lGuide2006.pdf
The ACEA A2 are similar European specs for gas (petrol) and E2 and B2 are
for diesel engines.
http://www.chevron.com/products/prod...neoilspecs.htm
The specs don't tell you if the oil is from conventional, synthetic or a
mixture (semisynthetic).
Jeff
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Would any of this jargon signify it's semi-synthetic please. thanks. |
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On the Asda it says, specs: API SL/CH4, ACEA A2, B2, E2. Would any of this jargon signify it's semi-synthetic please. thanks. |
dino oil to exceed the spec of a full synthetic.
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