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Is Magnatec any good? -
07-18-2003
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It's about time for the next service and I was wondering if there is any real benefit to using Castrol GTD Magnatec instead of the Castrol GTD I used last time around. I know what it is supposed to do and it all sounds very nice, but does it actually make any difference and is it worth the extra money? If anyone has any other recommendations I would be interested to know. It's for an N reg Peugeot 306 DTurbo if it makes any difference and I'm doing mostly short journeys from cold at the moment. No, you'd be better off buying the cheapest oil you can that matches the |
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Shaun wrote: It's about time for the next service and I was wondering if there is any real benefit to using Castrol GTD Magnatec instead of the Castrol GTD I used last time around. I know what it is supposed to do and it all sounds very nice, but does it actually make any difference and is it worth the extra money? If anyone has any other recommendations I would be interested to know. It's for an N reg Peugeot 306 DTurbo if it makes any difference and I'm doing mostly short journeys from cold at the moment. No, you'd be better off buying the cheapest oil you can that matches the manufacturers recommended specs and changing the oil and filter more often. |
Shell Helix+ Semi Synthetic is my oil of choice.
Pete M
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James Grabowski waffled on in a quite bewildering manner to produce... Shaun wrote: It's about time for the next service and I was wondering if there is any real benefit to using Castrol GTD Magnatec instead of the Castrol GTD I used last time around. I know what it is supposed to do and it all sounds very nice, but does it actually make any difference and is it worth the extra money? If anyone has any other recommendations I would be interested to know. It's for an N reg Peugeot 306 DTurbo if it makes any difference and I'm doing mostly short journeys from cold at the moment. No, you'd be better off buying the cheapest oil you can that matches the manufacturers recommended specs and changing the oil and filter more often. Magnatec is the only oil I ever used in my Mk5 RS2000 that made it tappety, Shell Helix+ Semi Synthetic is my oil of choice. |
than normal on cold mornings. After that I went back to Ford branded oil
(cheaper than magnatec) and it was fine again.
If I were Shaun I'd use Peugeot own brand, whatever grade they recommend.
The Dervboy
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"Pete M" <pete.murray (AT) blueMOONYOUSAWMESTANDINGALOOOOONEyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:bX3Sa.43412$4c.25190 (AT) news-binary (DOT) blueyonder.co.uk... James Grabowski waffled on in a quite bewildering manner to produce... Shaun wrote: It's about time for the next service and I was wondering if there is any real benefit to using Castrol GTD Magnatec instead of the Castrol GTD I used last time around. I know what it is supposed to do and it all sounds very nice, but does it actually make any difference and is it worth the extra money? If anyone has any other recommendations I would be interested to know. It's for an N reg Peugeot 306 DTurbo if it makes any difference and I'm doing mostly short journeys from cold at the moment. No, you'd be better off buying the cheapest oil you can that matches the manufacturers recommended specs and changing the oil and filter more often. Magnatec is the only oil I ever used in my Mk5 RS2000 that made it tappety, Shell Helix+ Semi Synthetic is my oil of choice. I've only tried it once, in the escort TD. It sounded much more catastophic than normal on cold mornings. After that I went back to Ford branded oil (cheaper than magnatec) and it was fine again. If I were Shaun I'd use Peugeot own brand, whatever grade they recommend. The Dervboy |
engine to sound tappety or catastrophic doesn't seem particularly tempting.
Thanks for your help everyone.
Shaun
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