Lidl Car Care Items On Sale Monday 5th April - Synthetic Oil €5/litre

VolvoMan

Just serviced my car with the 10W40 just there. So, with the oil filter I picked up in Halfords, that brings it to the total of about 23 Euro for an oil and filter change.:)

jackofalltrades

bbk wrote:

What I quoted was word for word of that little section so it must have been a different bottle then what you were talking about.

All that was there was 4 or 5 litre "Part Synthetic" stuff. Once I read what I typed in my post I lost any faith in the stuff.

Checked the bottle of Lidl 10w40 I have in the car and sure enough its says "BMW Special VW 505.01":). Well spotted.

VolvoMan

VolvoMan wrote: »

Just serviced my car with the 10W40 just there. So, with the oil filter I picked up in Halfords, that brings it to the total of about 23 Euro for an oil and filter change.:)

Is this the Yaris ? I thought 10w40 wasn't recommended for them ?

jackofalltrades wrote: »

I bought 10 litres of the stuff today, should do the 2 litre petrol engine in the Audi A4 I'm driving for 6500 miles :rolleyes: Used only 10w40 semi-synth before but trying fully synth as an experiment to see if it makes any impact on the engines 1 litre per 1000 miles oil consumption.

Is there many miles on the Audi, a litre every 1000 miles is huge consumption as you no doubt are aware.

VolvoMan

RoverJames wrote: »

Is this the Yaris ? I thought 10w40 wasn't recommended for them ?

And that's what I serviced it with in the end. I brought back the 15W40, paid the difference, and they exchanged it no bother.

VolvoMan

VolvoMan wrote: »

And that's what I serviced it with in the end. I brought back the 15W40, paid the difference, and they exchanged it no bother.

, I actually thought that 10w40 wasn't recommended for the Yaris, according to both Castrol and Halfords on line oil guides, they may be wrong though.

RoverJames

This reply is in the thread when you mentioned your Yaris

RoverJames wrote: »

The ole curiosity got the better of me so I did a small bit of internetting...

Brian was bang on with the 5w30 according to the dudes at castrol, it's the only recommendation, now quite often they list perhaps two different viscosity oils for a car so when only one is recommended I would imagine it is crucial to stick to it
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/iframe.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7044829

No harm checking the Halfords recommendation
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EngineOilGuidedSalesCmd?action=findEngineOils&vrn=&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&categoryId=165581&langId=-1&engineInd=1&makeName=44&modelName=4424&dvlaYear=39&subset=4424120&amountRequired=fullService&x=66&y=10

looks like 5w30 is the only option for the 1.0 Yaris you have, it's not cheap unfortunately but the one you initially linked to for €24.99 is correct I think. Free set of screw drivers too, I actually got that set some years ago with a gallon of oil, they are quite good to be honest.

Apologies, you will have to enter the details into the Castrol search function I linked to.

VolvoMan

RoverJames wrote: »

, I actually thought that 10w40 wasn't recommended for the Yaris, according to both Castrol and Halfords on line oil guides, they may be wrong though.

BrianD3 did a google for me and found that I would just about get away with using 10W40.

Anyway, I've taken the car for a drive since and everything seems fine.

GTE

VolvoMan wrote: »

Anyway, I've taken the car for a drive since and everything seems fine.

If unsuitable oil is used you wont know about it asap like dirty fuel. It could result in extra wear and tear in the long run and shorten the life span of the engine.

Basically smoking doesnt kill you right away, but it hacks away at you later in life.

VolvoMan

VolvoMan wrote: »

BrianD3 did a google for me and found that I would just about get away with using 10W40.

Anyway, I've taken the car for a drive since and everything seems fine.

cool, i'd be concerned that neither castrol nor halfords listed the 10 40, 5 30 is a significantly different oil.

VolvoMan

bbk wrote: »

If unsuitable oil is used you wont know about it asap like dirty fuel. It could result in extra wear and tear in the long run and shorten the life span of the engine.

If so, I am willing suffer the consequences just fine.;)

michael999999

would it do my 2001 passat 1.6 petrol

bbk

bbk wrote: »

If unsuitable oil is used you wont know about it asap like dirty fuel. It could result in extra wear and tear in the long run and shorten the life span of the engine.

Basically smoking doesnt kill you right away, but it hacks away at you later in life.

Folks at Yaris World agree
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?p=64572

GTE

VolvoMan wrote: »

If so, I am willing suffer the consequences just fine.;)

I love those sassy winks of yours


What year Yaris is it anyway?
I havent read about a lil Toyota engine thats picky on its oil untill tonight.

VolvoMan

RoverJames wrote: »

Folks at Yaris World agree
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?p=64572

Feckin' hell, does it really bother you that much about what oil I put in my own car?:rolleyes:

bbk wrote: »

What year Yaris is it anyway?

2000

bryaner

bbk wrote: »

If unsuitable oil is used you wont know about it asap like dirty fuel. It could result in extra wear and tear in the long run and shorten the life span of the engine.

Basically smoking doesnt kill you right away, but it hacks away at you later in life.

Wont make fcuk all of a difference again that engine is knackered the running gear will be long crushed

VolvoMan

VolvoMan wrote: »

Feckin' hell, does it really bother you that much about what oil I put in my car?:rolleyes:

Well to be honest when someone asks is it ok to throw 15 40 in their car (after they say they know f all about car maintenance) and they then lash in 10 40 because someone gave them a google link saying it might be fine (even though no oil manufacturers on line guides concur) I thought it no harm to offer a link from Toyota folks. As the car has only a 2 year old engine in it I would have thought you would like to keep the engine in tip top condition.

No need for the sarcy post above to be honest, I was only highlighting that 5w30 is recommended for the Yaris.
No doubt you are an expert though, sure you drove it after the oil change and 'twas fine.

VolvoMan

bbk wrote: »

I love those sassy winks of yours


What year Yaris is it anyway?
I havent read about a lil Toyota engine thats picky on its oil untill tonight.

RoverJames wrote: »

No need for the sarcy post above to be honest, I was only highlighting that 5w30 is recommended for the Yaris.

Well what's done is done. If you really wanted to help that badly then you should've done so when I originally asked.

Now, can we please lay this to rest before it turns into a massive argument?

VolvoMan

VolvoMan wrote: »

Well what's done is done. If you really wanted to help that badly then you should've done so when I originally asked.

Now, can we please lay this to rest before it turns into a massive argument?

:rolleyes:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=65241052#post65241052

I did, two hours after someone said you might get away with the 10w40, generally if folks didn't want to help they wouldn't go pr1cking about on castrol and Halfords webites. You can rest assured it's laid to rest with me, even if there is a 3rd sarky remark heading my way.

jackofalltrades

RoverJames wrote:

Is there many miles on the Audi, a litre every 1000 miles is huge consumption as you no doubt are aware

76K miles at the moment but its been thirsty on the oil since around 40K miles.