Mannol Oil

[Tony1963]

dirky dirk said:

Ive always used it
In a 120k peugeot 107, a new beetle, a golf been fine in everything
My mate used bus oil as it was free it was fine

An oil that doesn’t destroy an engine, and an oil that allows an engine to operate as designed might well be two very different things. With an old car that has little resale value, cheap oil can make sense. But in a newer car, with a complex engine and great value to the owner? The extra few quid on the correct oil is money well spent.

[WhiskyDisco]

Is there a case for using different grade of oil on an older car that has covered a few miles?

My Mini uses the LL04 spec 5W 30 but it's nearly 20 years old and newly 70k miles. Would you consider a lower viscosity or stick with the spec?

[Belle427]

WhiskyDisco said:

Is there a case for using different grade of oil on an older car that has covered a few miles?

My Mini uses the LL04 spec 5W 30 but it's nearly 20 years old and newly 70k miles. Would you consider a lower viscosity or stick with the spec?

Stick to the recommended.
Sometimes people may change to a slightly thicker grade if the engine burnt a lot of oil but care must be taken when doing this.

[Tony1963]

WhiskyDisco said:

Is there a case for using different grade of oil on an older car that has covered a few miles?

My Mini uses the LL04 spec 5W 30 but it's nearly 20 years old and newly 70k miles. Would you consider a lower viscosity or stick with the spec?

On most cars, 70k miles isn’t a lot. Unless you’ve ragged it on most journeys, start to finish.

[Yazza54]

Use engine and gear oil from mannol in my truck, as well as a few cars. I wouldn't use it in a performance vehicle but saying that it would probably be fine.

[DegsyE39]

Been using it in my pd130 golf for the past 3 years £350 shed mind you..

Engine has done 234,000 though.. I change my own oil and filter every 3 thousand miles, I'm actually gonna plump for some shell helix or something in future now the car has proved it's reliability! Lets see if the ££££ stuff is better than mannol (which has been fine tbf)

[Yazza54]

DegsyE39 said:

Been using it in my pd130 golf for the past 3 years £350 shed mind you..

Engine has done 234,000 though.. I change my own oil and filter every 3 thousand miles, I'm actually gonna plump for some shell helix or something in future now the car has proved it's reliability! Lets see if the ££££ stuff is better than mannol (which has been fine tbf)

the poor thing has finally proved itself to you hahhaa

[DegsyE39]

Yazza54 said:

DegsyE39 said:

Been using it in my pd130 golf for the past 3 years £350 shed mind you..

Engine has done 234,000 though.. I change my own oil and filter every 3 thousand miles, I'm actually gonna plump for some shell helix or something in future now the car has proved it's reliability! Lets see if the ££££ stuff is better than mannol (which has been fine tbf)

the poor thing has finally proved itself to you hahhaa

I bought the car off of gumtree really badly written ad terrible pictures got there and there wasn't even oil registering on the dipstick!

But car take back had offered me £295 for it anyway so just had to get the old dog home, 3 years later still runs fine hence next oil change im gonna stick something premium in! Great cockroach like cars the mk4 golfs

[g3org3y]

Interesting thread, like the OP I've seen Mannol oil advertised on eBay and it is A LOT cheaper (half price) compared to next cheapest BMW LL04 equivalent.

[Smint]

DegsyE39 said:

, I'm actually gonna plump for some shell helix

I bought some of that when it was on offer, Prado sounded like a bag of nails.
Quiet running resumed and has been the case with Exol, Fuchs etc.

Edited by Smint on Saturday 22 June 14:54

[Belle427]

Ive just splashed out £15 on some to try in my Audi with 163k on it, will see how it sounds.
Big spender me.

[g3org3y]

Belle427 said:

Ive just splashed out £15 on some to try in my Audi with 163k on it, will see how it sounds.
Big spender me.

Let us know how you get on.

I ended up going for 20 litres of Petronas Syntium.

[chris1roll]

I've been using Smith and Allan
https://www.smithandallan.com/
in the whole families fleet for a few years now.

99 year old company, members of the VLA etc, and distribution partners with Shell.

Their website search function doesn't always work 100% (probably due to short search terms when looking for specs - e.g. "A3") but their service has been second to none so far and they are available to talk to on the phone.

[Peto Peter]

Hello

Guyz be careful it is scam .. Especially on ebay.. They selling repassed , reused , refined oil they even stating it on their website that's why it is cheap ..
It si ok for sh!t old noisy cars NEVER put it in cars from year 2013 ...

I have purchased Longlife 504/507 5W-30 7715 just for £18 5L and my Audi A3 is horribly noisy after gets hot.. At cold start it is ok but once it gets hot the oil loses thikness and it is very runny and causing my cam position phase shift to 7 dergees and engine is horribly noisy !!!
At first start in the morning is nice and quiet phase position is at 0 and then goes off when hot becsue it becomes too to runy .. Won't stay little bit more thick
DO NOT BUY THID SH!T for new cars !

Will be draining this SHT from my car very soon buying Castrol or Mobil 3000

Edited by Peto Peter on Sunday 6th October 15:12

[Chlorothalonil]

That seller has terrible feedback and I had a bad experience with them, product not arriving and no response to emails.

I’ve used Mannol before and can’t say I had any problem with it, but having read the info on here I will steer clear of it in future.

[cknotty]

Chlorothalonil said:

That seller has terrible feedback and I had a bad experience with them, product not arriving and no response to emails.

I’ve used Mannol before and can’t say I had any problem with it, but having read the info on here I will steer clear of it in future.

Same here, tried twice earlier this year and both times never arrived. Managed to get a refund with no issue however. Won't be trying them again

[SAS Tom]

I used Mannol in 3 cars for a year. Didn’t have a problem with it. Only reason I didn’t buy more is because I got Millers at trade price instead which makes it similar price to the Mannol.

[darkyoung1000]

I bought 20l of 10w40 semi and it turned up quickly and with no fuss. I’ve just cracked into it for the oil change on my Shogun, so I’ll see how it goes.

Both cars it will be going in are older and higher mileage, but get 6 monthly changes, so I’ll report back on how I get on!

[dingg]

dingg said:

As long as it meets the required spec its good to go imo

Just changed oil on my sc range rover to mannol....

Still running sweet as a nut, nothing at all wrong with mannol, as long as you use the correct spec it is good to go.

[itcaptainslow]

Interesting reading - https://www.garageandmot.com/brake-fluid-safety-wa...

“Mannol brake fluid claimed to have failed critical performance areas required for safe brake operation”

Sounds drastic!