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[biggriffin]

Just popped into sainsburys garage, noticed some 5w30, fully sympathetic, Dexos2, £3.30 per Litre, so bought 6, will do for the Vivaro or the Large arsed Insignificant.

 So might be worth checking your local Sainsburys Garage ...

[JamesV6CDX]

Thanks for the heads up

As an aside, is there any reason I can't run 5w40 fully synth in the Mig, particularly in summer months? It was 18 euros for a 5L can at the Cepsa in Gibraltar, I put a few in the boot!!

[JamesV6CDX]

I know 10/40 is recommended, but that some run on 5w30. So, a 5/40 seems logically like it'd be ok?

It's somewhat of a rhetorical question, because ran back from Cartegena to England on it 

[Doctor Gollum]

5w30 is a bit on the thin side unless it was run on it from new...

[Kevin Wood]

5w30 is a bit on the thin side unless it was run on it from new...

Why would it matter what it has previously been run on? I don't think it's got a memory...

It'll be fine. It's all I ever ran my 3.2 on.

[Doctor Gollum]

5w30 is a bit on the thin side unless it was run on it from new...

Why would it matter what it has previously been run on? I don't think it's got a memory...

It'll be fine. It's all I ever ran my 3.2 on.

Mine was always on 10w40, but I switched to 5w30 when my local VX garage had it on offer and it leaked like a sieve... Back to 10w40 and it didn't...

Might be coincidence, but...

[JamesV6CDX]

Right, 5w40 going in for the next change then, no balls no glory, thanks chaps

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My last omega had been on 5/30 from its 2nd oil change, Had been VX service until I got it, Sold with 142000, no leaks,, previous one was ex-met, I used 5/30 in that no issues.

[grifter]

Used to ask my friendly garage if they would give me 5 litres out of their big drum of oil for a tenner. I had to pump it out obviously, that was in the days before everyone went all officious and now refuse you to even walk about in their workshops for "insurance purposes" (so you can't watch them poking holes in your car at MOT time)!

[STEMO]

Used to ask my friendly garage if they would give me 5 litres out of their big drum of oil for a tenner. I had to pump it out obviously, that was in the days before everyone went all officious and now refuse you to even walk about in their workshops for "insurance purposes" (so you can't watch them poking holes in your car at MOT time)!

Every car in the uk used to run on garage big oil drum oil. That was in the days when tolerances were measured in inches not nanometres. 

[johnnydog]

There's an old garage near Mirfield in West Yorkshire that dispenses a known excellent quality oil in whatever quantity you want. You take the containers, choose your oil spec, and a few pumps later, it's yours at a fraction of the cost of buying the exact same make of oil from any motor factors. For me it's worth picking up a few gallons if I'm passing on the M62......

[Nick W]

Used to ask my friendly garage if they would give me 5 litres out of their big drum of oil for a tenner. I had to pump it out obviously, that was in the days before everyone went all officious and now refuse you to even walk about in their workshops for "insurance purposes" (so you can't watch them poking holes in your car at MOT time)!

Every car in the uk used to run on garage big oil drum oil. That was in the days when tolerances were measured in inches not nanometres. 

All but one of the oil changes I did on my Omega used semi-synthetic 10w40 out of the 200litre drum at work. All my other cars got the same stuff too, including the Avenger, 2.9 Capri, 525, Legnum, Morris 1300 and anything else that came my way. Before that, I used whatever we ordered for the fleet of Transits.
 
There needs to be a good reason to obsess about oil beyond the suggested grades, and most engines don't justify it. I certainly wouldn't be carting several cans of an odd grade back from Spain just because it was cheap....

[Sir Tigger KC]

We haven't had a decent oil thread for yonks! 

Or a white goods thread... 

Gotta love a good white goods thread! 

[JamesV6CDX]

Used to ask my friendly garage if they would give me 5 litres out of their big drum of oil for a tenner. I had to pump it out obviously, that was in the days before everyone went all officious and now refuse you to even walk about in their workshops for "insurance purposes" (so you can't watch them poking holes in your car at MOT time)!

Every car in the uk used to run on garage big oil drum oil. That was in the days when tolerances were measured in inches not nanometres. 

All but one of the oil changes I did on my Omega used semi-synthetic 10w40 out of the 200litre drum at work. All my other cars got the same stuff too, including the Avenger, 2.9 Capri, 525, Legnum, Morris 1300 and anything else that came my way. Before that, I used whatever we ordered for the fleet of Transits.
 
There needs to be a good reason to obsess about oil beyond the suggested grades, and most engines don't justify it. I certainly wouldn't be carting several cans of an odd grade back from Spain just because it was cheap....

I don’t think 5/40 fully synth is that odd a grade … and why not if there is boot space and it’s a fraction of UK price? Am only talking a few cans not a truck load.

[TheBoy]

Seems quite pricey to me for 5l for a non diesel engine oil JamesV6CDX.  Even the stupid expensive stuff for hers is only about £60 for 4 x 5l.