Penrite by the barrel

[ukkid35]

If there are any other Penrite fans out there, there is a seller on eBay doing 20L of HPR10 Fully Synthetic for €89 inc shipping

Took two weeks to arrive safely and well packaged from Czech Republic

No duty to pay for the time being, but obviously that is likely to change

I have been paying about £40 for 5L, so this is half price

[ukkid35]

Griffithy said:

Very very tempting, especially compared to Motul, which I´m using now.
Is it trustworthy for our holy grails?
I hope I have not just opened Pandora´s Box.

I ran mine on Motul 300V Chrono for a year or two, but it just got too expensive

It does smell magical though...

[ukkid35]

I did consider the possibility that the oil may not be genuine before purchasing

I decided that the profit margin would probably not make it worthwhile

I've also checked the packaging in some detail without finding anything untoward

However, it may well be worth contacting Penrite to check whether there are any known cases of their oil being counterfeit

I will also ask whether there are any identifying markings, I will see what they say

[ukkid35]

Thanks for those links - that is very scary

I'm really glad now that I've bought Penrite, which has virtually no brand recognition outside Oz/Nz

Also, Penrite have made sure their name is the plastic moulding of the containers, rather than just slap labels on generic containers

[ukkid35]

ChimpOnGas said:

Too heavy and unnecessarily zinc rich for an AJP6 or 8, but perfect for the old flat tappet Rover V8 in my Chimaera, HPR15 is a fully-synthetic 15W60 "full zinc" (1050 ppm) quality engine oil available from Classic Oils at just £33.00 for 5 litres

Except the AJP8 is an old world flat tappet engine, so the full zinc HPR10 is ideal

Sadly Classic Oils do charge for shipping, so that makes it £40 for 5L

[ukkid35]

Fortunately the Penrite site is very helpful

http://www.penriteoil.co.nz/europe_locator.php?cou...

The www.penriteoil.cz link shown takes you directly to the eBay vendor from whom I purchased

Of course the website could have been hacked, but that would be one of the most elaborate counterfeiting operations imaginable

Therefore I am confident that the oil I bought at half price is genuine, and from an official Penrite stockist