Mitch Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Hi , just been in Tesco's in market weighton n they've got castrol Magnatec 5/30 fully synthetic oil 2 Ltrs for £8.50 bargain !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez162003 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 thats a pretty good price. works out similar price to costco. although there its the full 4.5L bottle for about £20 either way good spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Don't forget to add the VAT at costco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 And don't forget you also get your club card points at tesco's !! Even better bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime1 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 went to get some today sold out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Lucky you, Magnatec is the single worst oil I can think of to put in any car, much less a performance one. Do yourselves a favour and don't scrimp on your oil, it's not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Lucky you, Magnatec is the single worst oil I can think of to put in any car, much less a performance one. Do yourselves a favour and don't scrimp on your oil, it's not worth it. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Castrol are a bit naughty. Looked at this in Costco and the label says fully synthetic "ENGINEERING" not fully synthetic oil Not all fully synthetic oils are the same either. So Tescos own brand Fully synthetic oil cannot be compared to Castrol Edge/Mobil 1/Motul etc. Saying that, I'm sure for normal use it won't kill the zed, just might be better stuff for similar money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Castrol are a bit naughty.Looked at this in Costco and the label says fully synthetic "ENGINEERING" not fully synthetic oil Not all fully synthetic oils are the same either. So Tescos own brand Fully synthetic oil cannot be compared to Castrol Edge/Mobil 1/Motul etc. Saying that, I'm sure for normal use it won't kill the zed, just might be better stuff for similar money if you put magnatec in i'd want to do an oil change after about 1k. its just not up to the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 I didn't realize it was that bad it came as one of the recomended oils for zed ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I didn't realize it was that bad it came as one of the recomended oils for zed ?? i'd go for fuchs silkolene plus motul or royal purple (my personal favourite) opie will do the first 2, and the chilli red store can do the RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 Hi ribiscuit , thanks for the imformation , what do you think to mobil oil as I have a friend who is a rep n I can get good discount on any mobil oil , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I have spent many an evening trawling through the VQ oil analysis thread on th my350z.com site by RESOLUTE. This led me to use Mobil 1 0W40 as my oil of choice (£19.99 +vat for 4l at Costco) see link below if you are sad enough like me http://my350z.com/forum/engine-and-driv ... -info.html If you just want a quick summary of findings here is one quote from RESOLUTE/Will Resolute Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: @7000 ft Posts: 2,016 iTrader: (2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: Originally Posted by Biochem7 can we use 0w-40 in the Z? Absolutely. Check the Oil Analysis sticky right below this one. M1 0W-40 is one of the best performing oils so far in the VQ. In that same thread, there is a list of manufacturer specs for various oil's viscosities. M1 0W-40 is included, and from that you can see it is a thin 40 weight, or a really thick 30 weight depending on how you look at it. Either way, it is not so thick as to be overkill or have adverse affects for NA use if that's your concern. Besides being one of the few oils to meet Porsche's standards for the GT cars, it is also one of the few to meet GM 4718M certification- the unique spec created by General Motors for Corvette oil. It’s a high-temperature requirement that tolerates less oxidation (thickening) and volatility (boil-off) on a standard engine test called Sequence 111E according to engineer Bob Olree of GM Powertrain. It is voluntary for oil companies to let their oil be tested for approval, so there are other oils not certified that would probably qualify, but M1 0W-40 is one of the few that sought the certification and that alone is a good sign of the quality of this oil for NA use. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceaser Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 afer working for a rather well known oil company developing new car oils i will second that - mobil oil bar none, with mobil 1 being the flagship product. shame its so damn expensive, mainly due to the enormous mark up costs applied to 'premium' oils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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