The fuel station hunt for oil....

[Garlick]

Thought I'd check the oil on the LS this morning and it needed a drop, so I stopped at the fuel station on my way to the office.

Passing the BBQ charcoal, flowers, logs and papers by the door I started my search. I finally found it after passing various fresh fruit, meat, toilet roll, nappies, booze (assorted) and even some toilet cleaner with the oil being positioned on a bottom shelf opposite the baby food.

I remember when etc......

I know it's a cracking revenue earner for petrol stations to be supermarkets, but please keep the items relevant for cars visible and not hidden away like a bumper summer special copy of Razzle.

[fathomfive]

Are you suggesting they keep the lubrication next to the porn?

[Boba Fret]

i'll have a litre of fully synth, a copy of Club International...........and a box of tissues please. Oh, and a banana.

[HellDiver]

Over here, the only oil they stock in the filling stations seems to be 20W50 mineral, or 10W40 semi-synthetic.

I cringe when I see someone buying the 20W50 "Turbo Diesel" mineral oil, and going and getting in to their diesel Audi/VW. That's another PD going to have some serious cam issues sometime soon...

[thinfourth2]

The bizarre world we live in its easier to find engine oil in tesco and easier to bananas in petrol stations.

[Garlick]

True enough. The selection of products has been dramatically reduced, although I was offered many different types of air freshener as an alternative.

[John D.]

thinfourth2 said:

The bizarre world we live in its easier to find engine oil in tesco and easier to bananas in petrol stations.

I found Shell had a better selection of oils than most (and less fruit) when I needed some oil for my bike quickly one evening.

[toxgobbler]

And the constant attempts at cross selling on the checkout really drive me up the wall, would sir like a donut/coffee NO I'M WEARING A CRASH HELMET AND MY BIKE HAS NO fkING CUPHOLDERS YOU NONCE! - Do you have a straw?

/Rant

[mcflurry]

HellDiver said:

I cringe when I see someone buying the 20W50 "Turbo Diesel" mineral oil, and going and getting in to their diesel Audi/VW. That's another PD going to have some serious cam issues sometime soon...

Surely it'll be fine, just the time for fresh oil will be sooner?
Alternatively, if it's leaking then it's "always fresh" ?

[shalmaneser]

mcflurry said:

Surely it'll be fine, just the time for fresh oil will be sooner?
Alternatively, if it's leaking then it's "always fresh" ?

It's really not.

[Rawwr]

Buy some bananas, copies of Razzle, air-fresheners, Kit-Kats and then keep them under immense pressure for a few thousand centuries and Bob's your uncle, you have oil.

Always thinking.

[mcflurry]

shalmaneser said:

It's really not.

Mineral oil should be ok, say for 3000 miles, synthetic for 10000 / 12 months.
As long as you don't let the mineral oil break down, and change it at 3000 miles then what's the issue (serious question)?

(BTW I dont' use Mineral, either Castrol or Mobil 1 depending on car)

[Waugh-terfall]

The other week our Peugeot 308 needed a drop of oil, there's a big Total Station at Hindhead and as the Peugeot wants Total I went there to get some, but their stock of oil was really rather limited and they didn't even stock the stuff I needed...

Edited by Waugh-terfall on Wednesday 20th April 12:36

[crmcatee]

What is this oil you speak of ? I've got an automatic and the salesman said I didn't have to do anything to it. He did mention something about a 710 filter.

[300bhp/ton]

Garlick said:

Thought I'd check the oil on the LS this morning and it needed a drop, so I stopped at the fuel station on my way to the office.

Passing the BBQ charcoal, flowers, logs and papers by the door I started my search. I finally found it after passing various fresh fruit, meat, toilet roll, nappies, booze (assorted) and even some toilet cleaner with the oil being positioned on a bottom shelf opposite the baby food.

I remember when etc......

I know it's a cracking revenue earner for petrol stations to be supermarkets, but please keep the items relevant for cars visible and not hidden away like a bumper summer special copy of Razzle.

Or even stock them at all. The other year I was out in my old Nissan 100NX when a rad hose clip broke and the hose popped off. After wedging it on I limped to a petrol station. They had neither jubilee clips or large cable ties. Not even a roll of duct tape. In fact nothing I could use to make a simple repair with. All I could do was buy over priced mineral water to use to top the rad up with.

In the end I had to use a shoe lace to tie the pipe on with. Then use my iPhone to find the nearest Halfords to buy a single clip and some coolant. 2 min easy fix that took about 2 hours to get the bits I needed.

[HellDiver]

mcflurry said:

Mineral oil should be ok, say for 3000 miles, synthetic for 10000 / 12 months.

It won't. A PD will be ruined in a few hundred miles with mineral oil in it.

Don't comment on things you've clearly no idea about.