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Castrol Magnatec

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  • #2
    Access
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Access


    \o/ yay! its back to €20 euro for fully synth 4ltrs.

    Time to stock up again me thinks.


  • #3
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,637 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Access wrote: »
    \o/ yay! its back to €20 euro for fully synth 4ltrs.

    Time to stock up again me thinks.

    Yea, I'm gonna get a few drums too.


  • #4
    concubar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭concubar


    seems like a decent deal,
    reserved a few in carlow,

    Just curious how much fully synthetic 25L can of a decent brand in a motor factors currently costs?


  • #5
    grange mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭grange mac


    Shell helix ultra extra 5 w40 20 liter costz 150bucks but its top of the range oil varies in price can get castrol same for 105....i would not buy the cheap oil fully synthetic or not...ask any mechanic there is a diff...castrol is mid range stuff at best...


  • #6
    concubar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭concubar


    thanks,

    think ill pass on the castrol, good price for halfords but not a great deal,
    goin back to my motor factors to do some homework.


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  • #7
    mkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭mkie


    grange mac wrote: »
    Shell helix ultra extra 5 w40 20 liter costz 150bucks but its top of the range oil varies in price can get castrol same for 105....i would not buy the cheap oil fully synthetic or not...ask any mechanic there is a diff...castrol is mid range stuff at best...

    And that diff is soo small that you wouldnt even notice. The diff is academic, I mix oils all the time, and to the normal driver with a normal powered car it wont make an iota of difference, as long as ther is enough oil in the car, and its not completely burned it will be fine


  • #8
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,637 ✭✭✭TheBody


    concubar wrote: »
    thanks,

    think ill pass on the castrol, good price for halfords but not a great deal,
    goin back to my motor factors to do some homework.

    My local motor factors wanted €44 for the same oil yesterday. So seems like a great deal to me!!


  • #9
    mp3ireland2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,876 ✭✭✭mp3ireland2


    TheBody wrote: »
    My local motor factors wanted €44 for the same oil yesterday. So seems like a great deal to me!!

    Yeah it is a great deal.. Think I've still 3 of them at home from last time so mightn't bother! Only time I ever buy oil is during these promo's! Nice and frequent!


  • #10
    MayoForSam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Thanks OP, perfect timing as I'm servicing my Focus next week, cheers.


  • #11
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    mkie wrote: »
    And that diff is soo small that you wouldnt even notice. The diff is academic, I mix oils all the time, and to the normal driver with a normal powered car it wont make an iota of difference, as long as ther is enough oil in the car, and its not completely burned it will be fine

    Thats total bollox. The oil he is on about is fully synthetic hence the dear price. You cannot mix different grades of oil or you risk fcuking up your engine..


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  • #12
    The Pontiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    mp3ireland2 wrote: »
    Yeah it is a great deal.. Think I've still 3 of them at home from last time so mightn't bother! Only time I ever buy oil is during these promo's! Nice and frequent!

    How long does oil last i.e does it has a shelf life?

    Thinking of stock up here. My car takes 4.5l so will have to buy 2 of these. So might as well buy 3 and have enough for 2 oil changes, and top-ups.


  • #13
    Daibheid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭Daibheid


    <Ollie> wrote: »
    How long does oil last i.e does it has a shelf life?
    well it lasted a few years underground.....

    No!


  • #14
    martiin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭martiin


    Here is for opel and other cars: http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_775571_langId_-1_categoryId_212419


  • #15
    moodrater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    Daibheid wrote: »
    well it lasted a few years underground.....

    No!

    It does have a shelf life but its sufficiently long that you'd want to be a serious hoarder for it to be a problem, most manufacturers quote 5 years for appropriately stored closed containers, lube oil and its additives can oxidize not a problem under the ground for the last few millenia. HDPE containers are suprisingly permeable to gas and vapour. That being said I probably wouldn't think twice about shakeing up and using oil up to 8-10 years as long as it was properly stored.


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