Castrol GTX

[glenrobbo]

phillpot said:

glenrobbo said:

AFAIK synthetic oils are man-made,

Think the clue's in the name

What I was trying to to say is "Do you prefer your lubricants produced by condensing alcohol in acid?"
Well do ya punk?

[mentall]

Eurocarparts (with whom I have no relationship, other than as an adequately gruntled customer) are offering Valvoline VR1 Racing Mineral 20W50 at £35.49 less 20% equals £28.39 delivered, until midnight Sunday.

[brianthesnail]

Is there a link or code for the 20% off as all I can find is one for non-stock item?

[mentall]

I get spam mails from them, and the current one says "USE CODE SERVICE20". I put it in, and the 20% came off at the checkout. Didn't buy, though: I've already got some!

[GadgeS3C]

Just been doing some fettling on our 3000M.

Through my incompetence I didn't have any decent oil in stock and couldn't get VR1 at short notice. So I used some GTX and cheap 20w50 I had lying around. When warm I was getting 30psi, dropping to 20psi at idle . After switching back to VR1 gauge is now reading a happier 50psi.

The new fangled Cologne of course could be better on these "modern" oils

[Top Gear TVR]

Nope. Cologne is not, nor the Rover V8.

[greymrj]

Another vote for the Valvoline VR 20/50. Noticeably less oil consumption and adjusting valve clearances less often. Eurocarparts do not hold it on routine stock anymore, they offered me a Petronas 20/50 for older engines but I am sticking to the proven product. Thanks for the heads up on Amazon.
Not sure about the Marmite, Castrol R is one thing but I think Marmite would be bad news for the guy behind!

[tdiquattro]

Mmmmmm castrol R, that brings back memories. Very similar discussions on air cooled Pork forums, by the way you can get the zddp additive on its own if you want to add to a different oil. I use Mobil 1 10w60 with a bottle of zddp.

[phillpot]

Rumour has it you can put a little Castrol R in your petrol to get that lovely smell rather than actually run your engine on it

[v8s4me]

phillpot said:

...Rumour has it you can put a little Castrol R in your petrol to get that lovely smell rather ...

Yep. Old biker trick. A couple of desert spoons or so to the gallon used to work. I'm not sure how much you'd have to put in the 'S' tank though to achieve the same result, or what effect it might have on fuel pipes and injector seals.

How about, a small injector in the exhaust manifold so that when you press a little button a few drops of neat Castrol 'R' are squirted into the hot pipe? I'm not trying it though