Supplier of Castrol TWS Motorsport 10W-60 - Help needed

[NobleLord]

Does anyone know of a UK mail order supplier of Castrol TWS Motorsport 10W-60 for an M5 that doesn't charge the crazy markup that BMW main dealers charge?

I've also read somewhere that this oil has now been replaced. Is this the case?

Thanks in advance,
NL

[dazren]

Not UK based, but I've been using this company in Germany for the last 3/4 years to get top ups for a few M cars.

http://www.mapodo.de/index.php?manufacturers_id=1&...

Order in a bulk and it comes in at about £10 a litre.

[Neil.D]

TWS stands for Ten W Sixty.

It is no renamed Edge.

[Wiggwam]

I have alway used Opie Oils...

If you give them a call and say your on PH you may get the members discount prices as well.

See here: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-715-castrol-edge-10w-6...

Edited by Wiggwam on Wednesday 3rd March 13:02

[JNW1]

Wiggwam said:

I have alway used Opie Oils...

If you give them a call and say your on PH you may get the memebers discount prices as well.

See here: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-715-castrol-edge-10w-6...

+1

[Vixpy1]

Opie oils or any good motorfactors.

[evosport]

i use opie oil

[NobleLord]

Thanks all. Called the guys at Opie and they were very helpful. Order placed and all sorted

BTW, they've got a lot of stock of this oil are are selling it at under £10 per litre. If you're thinking of buying some in the near future, you might want to call them.

Cheers,
NL

[CarbonM5]

Euro car parts do Edge 10/60 for 40 quid!

[Bumble SV]

Neil.D said:

TWS stands for Ten W Sixty.

It is no renamed Edge.

What do you mean by this? Are you saying that the Opie Oils supplied Castrol Edge 10W60 is not the same?

[Neil.D]

CarbonM5 said:

Euro car parts do Edge 10/60 for 40 quid!

Same as Opie Oils then!

[Neil.D]

Bumble SV said:

Neil.D said:

TWS stands for Ten W Sixty.

It is no renamed Edge.

What do you mean by this? Are you saying that the Opie Oils supplied Castrol Edge 10W60 is not the same?

No, it is the same product.

Castrol TWS just stands for its viscosity (ten W sixty).

It was renamed 'Edge' a while ago.

HTH.

[md23]

Bumble SV said:

Neil.D said:

TWS stands for Ten W Sixty.

It is no renamed Edge.

What do you mean by this? Are you saying that the Opie Oils supplied Castrol Edge 10W60 is not the same?

No he means TWS stands for Ten W Sixty or 10W60 if you prefer... There are two versions, one is Edge (approved for M Cars), the other is Sport (I think?) which is for non M Cars. Don't actually know what the difference is mind if the viscosity is the same?

[Daz507]

http://nielsencdg.co.uk/acatalog/Castrol_Edge.html

They have 10W60 Edge - for M series @ £42.29 for 5 litres.

[jonttt]

I used to work for Castrol so hope this helps clarify ;-)

The TWS Motorsport and the RS 10W-60 are not the same product.

TWS is tested and approved by BMW to meet the specific requirements for the M series engines - it has a different formulation ( which includes additional synthetic esters ) to the Formula RS 10W-60 to meet the specific BMW requirements and the only spec the TWS meets is BMW.

The EDGE 10W-60 is the retail alternative for the TWS Motorsport, which is a workshop only product supplied to BMW dealers - the EDGE Sport 10W-60 is the alternative to the Formula RS 10W-60 and these do not meet the BMW specifications.

So for the M series asking for the 10W-60 grade, I would recommend either the TWS Motorsport from BMW outlets or the EDGE 10W-60 ( which also only carries the BMW approval ) from retail outlets

Hope that helps

Kind regards

Andy Griffin
Castrol Technical Support

Edited by jonttt on Thursday 4th March 22:08

[Bumble SV]

Thanks for clearing that up!

Neil.D said:

It is no renamed Edge.

...which has a missing letter and should read "It is now renamed Edge".

What a difference a letter makes!

Thanks all - I can now place my order

[KENZ]

My Z4m coupe is due it first oil service in a few weeks. Is it cheper if I supply the oil to a BMW dealer or will they price match.

Is this the correct oil to use and 5 litres will be enough eh!!

http://nielsencdg.co.uk/acatalog/Car__Castrol_Edge...