Price of engine oil

[GVK]

Small rant/moan - bought 5 litres of Shell Helix 5w30 (£66.80), a Mann filter and sump plug for my Scirocco TDI from local Euro Car Parts- £83 all in!

Same oil was £45 last year.

There was a notice on the door saying due to global issues/shortages that they are not offering any discounts on lubricants.

[normalbloke]

Don’t you know there’s a war on old bean?..

[GVK]

Absolutely! I should have shopped around and bought online could have got Fuchs oil for £39.99.

[21TonyK]

Have a look at Asda. 4l of BMW spec 5w30 Fully Synthetic for 27 quid.

[_Rodders_]

GVK said:

Small rant/moan - bought 5 litres of Shell Helix 5w30 (£66.80), a Mann filter and sump plug for my Scirocco TDI from local Euro Car Parts- £83 all in!

Same oil was £45 last year.

There was a notice on the door saying due to global issues/shortages that they are not offering any discounts on lubricants.

It's annoying. My RN17 Renault spec oil starts at £50 for brands you've only vaguely heard of.

A basic service now costs 50% of the fuel costs for my EV and given I service the ICE car every 5000 miles I spend as much on oil changes on one car as I do driving 11000 miles in the other car.

It really isn't worth it bar a couple of weeks in the summer.

[RacingStripes]

I need to buy 10 litres of shell helix ultra for the Noble. This is the best price ive found so far
https://www.arnoldclarkautoparts.com/search?type=p...

£41.65 for 5 litres of the 5w40 I need.

[GVK]

21TonyK said:

Have a look at Asda. 4l of BMW spec 5w30 Fully Synthetic for 27 quid.

i need a 5 litre tub as car take 4.3 litres

[boyse7en]

GVK said:

21TonyK said:

Have a look at Asda. 4l of BMW spec 5w30 Fully Synthetic for 27 quid.

i need a 5 litre tub as car take 4.3 litres

Have a look at Asda. 8l of BMW spec 5w30 Fully Synthetic for 54 quid.

[Digga]

Well, console yourselves with the fact you don't 'need' Mobil 1 C40 GT fully synthetic oil.

I'm sure there's plenty of 'science' in there, for road car engines revving to 9,000rpm. It's mad looking stuff too. Did a full engine oil change last winter and is was only as I was glugging the first bottle into the engine I saw it was green. I honestly had a brief panic that I'd mistakenly bought coolant or something.

[GVK]

boyse7en said:

GVK said:

21TonyK said:

Have a look at Asda. 4l of BMW spec 5w30 Fully Synthetic for 27 quid.

i need a 5 litre tub as car take 4.3 litres

Have a look at Asda. 8l of BMW spec 5w30 Fully Synthetic for 54 quid.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[borcy]

If you've got a costco card they are still a good price there. 5L of castrol gtx was ~35 quid about a month ago.

[Belle427]

The branded big boys as I call them are all expensive, Euro has never been cheap for oil.
I use Arnold Clark as above for shell.
Fuchs still is very reasonable, I just wonder is it the quality of old as it was seen as one of the best along with silkolene.

[GVK]

borcy said:

If you've got a costco card they are still a good price there. 5L of castrol gtx was ~35 quid about a month ago.

No costco around here sadly - nearest is Leicester (60+ miles)

[borcy]

GVK said:

borcy said:

If you've got a costco card they are still a good price there. 5L of castrol gtx was ~35 quid about a month ago.

No costco around here sadly - nearest is Leicester (60+ miles)

Do you have a halfords trade card?

[ARH]

https://www.smithandallan.com/oil-lubricants-greas...

But feel free to buy expensive branded stuff if you want to believe the advertising.

[rash_decision]

ARH said:

https://www.smithandallan.com/oil-lubricants-greas...

But feel free to buy expensive branded stuff if you want to believe the advertising.

Bloody good prices there!! I need 10w 60 for the S54 in my Z4M. I d probably get all out of shape with the brand snobbery and end up with the allegedly specific Castrol branded stuff. Can’t explain it!!

[GVK]

borcy said:

Do you have a halfords trade card?

I used to but lent it to a friend about 15 years ago, not in trade any more.

[borcy]

GVK said:

borcy said:

Do you have a halfords trade card?

I used to but lent it to a friend about 15 years ago, not in trade any more.

Carparts4less used to be cheap for oil but it's not cheap anymore. Last time I looked at GSF they were pretty cheap if they got a special offer on.

[ARH]

rash_decision said:

ARH said:

https://www.smithandallan.com/oil-lubricants-greas...

But feel free to buy expensive branded stuff if you want to believe the advertising.

Bloody good prices there!! I need 10w 60 for the S54 in my Z4M. I d probably get all out of shape with the brand snobbery and end up with the allegedly specific Castrol branded stuff. Can t explain it!!

Been using them for over 20 years, great service.

[GVK]

Never heard of them, but their recommendation is https://www.smithandallan.com/product/smith-allan-... cheap!

Will bookmark the site!