Castrol oil or Halfords oil for service Toyota 2012 Avensis diesel

harry999

Which would you recommend ? Castrol is expensive - is there a good Oil cheaper that I would get at Halfords ? Thanks

cpoh1

Vegetable oil? cheaper than halfords again if that is the concern.

XsApollo

Halfords sell petronas syntium oil also.
Very good oil and cheaper than the other main brands.
Got 10 liters for 50 odd quid the other day.
Might still be on sale.

Alanstrainor

So long as it meets the spec for your engine I'd use it. I've used Halfords oil for years and have had no complaints. Always a good buy when on offer.

colm_mcm

cpoh1 wrote: »

Vegetable oil? cheaper than halfords again if that is the concern.

If it meets the specs required for that engine then there’s no harm.

OP - Micksgarage often have Total oils on special.

Idbatterim

Was in lidl earlier and they were selling oil. Not sure if quality , like any oil , you’d have to check

colm_mcm

You need low ash oil for the Avensis.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

you also need a petrol bomb for an avensis

HailSatan

DaDumTish wrote: »

you also need a petrol bomb for an avensis

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colm_mcm

The punchline is he has a Skoda Fabia

kaahooters

Look, oil brands don't matter once it's 5w30 or whatever the car calls for its fine.
Oil is oil, follow the service schedule and its fine.

HailSatan

>The punchline is he has a Skoda Fabia

But but it's German underneath!

colm_mcm

kaahooters wrote: »

Look, oil brands don't matter once it's 5w30 or whatever the car calls for its fine.
Oil is oil, follow the service schedule and its fine.

It really isn’t. 5w30 is just the viscosity of the oil. There are a whole lot of different specs that specific cars need. For example, the OPs car has a DPF, and Toyota specify a C2 spec oil as a minimum.

Spook_ie

Halfords have a special on Petronas oil

https://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?zygonManPartNum=Syntium+5000+DM&zygonId=68181&zygonArticleNum=624842&zygonGenericCode=000000&catalogId=15551&langId=-1&categoryId=212419&productId=1446225&storeId=11101

mycro2013

Get the oil and filter from your local Toyota dealer. The cost saving is minimal in the scheme of things.

MrCostington

I posted this back in July:

Woodies have 5L Castrol GTX for €27/28 -

SAE15W-40

ACEA A3/B3

API SL/CF

VW 501 01/ 505 00

HailSatan

Jaysus

mondeo

I've used Halfords brand oil for years, no issues.... However I recently got a much newer car and I decided to use Mobil oil, for the sake of an extra €7 odd euro I went for the branded stuff this time round.

MicksGarage.com

colm_mcm wrote: »

If it meets the specs required for that engine then there’s no harm.

OP - Micksgarage often have Total oils on special.

Thanks for pointing people in our directions, if you're still struggling to figure out the difference between oils we wrote a blog post on this topic which examples it all.

If you have any other questions please let us know.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

HailSatan wrote: »

>The punchline is he has a Skoda Fabia

But but it's German underneath!

its still **** , but not as shtt as an avensis

but still sh1t , very sh1t