What oil? (In 2022)

[pudding]

Picked up 2 tubs of Quantum Silver from the dealer this morning. £51    Jeez that's well cheap. The engine seems to run well on it so it's getting that from now on    I think my turbo is on it's way out judging by the tiny little brass specs in the oil/filter this morning, so no point putting expensive oil in it.

Not feeling the cardboard box though.  Reminds me of those cheap boxes of wine from Sainsburys that are always a faff pulling the nozzle through the hole 

“I think my Turbo is on the way out”

Hybrid time Kev!!!

New car time    I'm going to keep it going for as long as possible, for as little as possible    Need 12 months more life from it and then hopefully upgrade to an R or something.  Not sure yet.

[pudding]

Picked up 2 tubs of Quantum Silver from the dealer this morning. £51    Jeez that's well cheap. The engine seems to run well on it so it's getting that from now on    I think my turbo is on it's way out judging by the tiny little brass specs in the oil/filter this morning, so no point putting expensive oil in it.

Not feeling the cardboard box though.  Reminds me of those cheap boxes of wine from Sainsburys that are always a faff pulling the nozzle through the hole 

Welcome to the cheap side!
Yes the box isn't great, the 20 litre boxes tend to get crushed/torn and sag.
BTW it is exactly the same as the wine box... with at least half a litre of oil trapped in the bag.

Going forward I am going to have to hold onto my current stock of 5 litre oil bottles at the recycle centre.

I did wonder about how much oil stays in the bag!  It's cheap enough to leave it bit behind.  If it was mega oil I'd be cutting the bag out and getting every drop out of it 

I bought a 25L container for dumping old oil into, which I take down to the recycling centre when it's full.

[john_o]

i just use Millers Trident Professional 5w40 Engine Oil   and at the moment im only doing 4k a year on my Edition 35 (same as Edition 30 engine anyway) , its an easy DIY once you have the oil filter basket socket
always found https://shop.fosautoparts.co.uk/ good for service items

oil spec from website

Performance Profile
ACEA A3/B4
ACEA A3/B3
API SN, SM, SL, CF
Suitable for:
BMW Longlife-01
BMW Longlife-98
GM-LL-B-025
GM-LL-A-025
Renault RN0700 / RN0710
Chrysler MS-12991
Fiat 9.55535-Z2
Fiat 9.55535-N2
Fiat 9.55535-M2
Fiat 9.55535-H2
MB 226.5
MB 229.5
MB 229.3
MB 229.1
Porsche A40
PSA B71-2296 <2014
PSA B71-2295
PSA B71-2294
VW 502 00 / 505 00
Asian manufacturers

[rich83]

Well as my car just ticked over 150,000 its service time.  I’ll probably go with miller 5w40nt again., which has been fine over the last 100,000 miles.

The way I see it is that I service my car myself so even using “expensive” oil, it will still only cost me ~£70 for oil and a filter vs £150+ for a garage to do it.

[JoshB]

I use the Mannol stuff. £14 for 5 litres. It goes in, it comes out 12 months later when I’ve done about 3000 miles…

[pudding]

Yeah.....not sure I'd use an oil called Manhole

[Dmns]

Any of you guys tried Liqui Moly stuff? Heard some nice things so was just wondering.

[ttelracs]

Mine loves a bit of Manhole love keeping it all well lubricated