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Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » Quality of Valvoline / Carlube Oil? » Post Reply
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Stokie Dave |
posted on 9th Feb 09 at 13:32 |
Autovaux does GM oil cheap, I also got some from my local Vaux dealer though 5 litres semi synth 10-40. | |
Warren G |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 19:48 |
its either 5 or 5.5litres | |
Joe |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 19:46 |
They usually take about 5.5, sometimes more. You may need to get a couple or get a 5l bottle and 1l on its own. | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:28 |
Yea its 5 ish, dipstick is shit on the mk4 astras so its a little hit an miss, not ground itself to a halt yet though so not all bad :o | |
Warren G |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:20 |
well just get 10-40 will do the job fine | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:19 |
:lol: Might actually be worth it :| I might be able to get my hand on a trade membership from another forum so ill see how that goes. | |
richc |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:11 |
quote: It was £14.95 plus VAT seen the reciept! From smiths of ilkeston (local vaux dealer). And then JPF motorfactors just half a mie down the road are doing £15.95 including VAT. For the same GM 10w-40 oil Want me to post some? :lol: | |
Warren G |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:10 |
errr Y | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:06 |
cunningham - cheers | |
Warren G |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 18:00 |
unless its a performace turbo or high reving thing, i realy wont be that bothered | |
richc |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 17:44 |
quote: I bought 10w40 for my x14xe about 2 weeks ago and it cost £14 for 5 litres! And tbh, its a diesel astra, i wouldnt bother about make, just make sure its the right grade. Its a work horse enigne | |
SVM 286 |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 17:42 |
Valvoline are huge. :lol: Had you really not heard of them Danny? :) | |
cunningham |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 15:50 |
valvoline is good oil ran alot of my vaux on it | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 15:39 |
Last time I went it was £40 for 5l, rather not pay that again if I dont have to, no idea how to get trade prices or anything like that :( | |
John |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 15:31 |
Go to vauxhall in the morning and get some, they aren't too expensive. | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 15:26 |
Its for my Astra DTi, after a bit of googling it looks like im looking for the specification B3 on the container, anyone else confirm | |
johnhara1 |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 13:12 |
Carlube is as good as any other semi-synthetic oil for your Corsa. | |
alan-g-w |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 10:58 |
Valvoline's a good make as far as I know. Wouldn't have thought that Carlube was a great make though. | |
Twiggy |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 10:50 |
I thought Valvoline was a good make? | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th Feb 09 at 09:52 |
Was at my local trade warehouse and they only have these brands that I could see. |