dannymccann
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Was at my local trade warehouse and they only have these brands that I could see.
Either of these any good, or is it only worth flushing an engine with it instead of running it for 10k on?
Cheers
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Twiggy
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I thought Valvoline was a good make?
Carlube? more like anal lube 
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alan-g-w
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Valvoline's a good make as far as I know. Wouldn't have thought that Carlube was a great make though.
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johnhara1
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Carlube is as good as any other semi-synthetic oil for your Corsa.
http://www.tetrosyl.com/index.cfm?page=56
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dannymccann
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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
edit - or B5
[Edited on 08-02-2009 by dannymccann]
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John
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Go to vauxhall in the morning and get some, they aren't too expensive.
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dannymccann
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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 
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cunningham
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valvoline is good oil ran alot of my vaux on it
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SVM 286
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Valvoline are huge. Had you really not heard of them Danny? 
Only thing I know about Carlube is they advertise on the gantry/bridge just berore Druids at Brands.
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
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
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
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Warren G
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unless its a performace turbo or high reving thing, i realy wont be that bothered
vauxhall run on
X engine code - 10-40 semi syn
Z engine code - 5-30 fully syn
iv got 0-40 for my engine, think thats super syn
and its cost all of nothing 
vauxhall use mobil1 oil
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dannymccann
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cunningham - cheers
SVM - Course I had  The packaging is shite though, just looks crap (as opposed to Castrol looking good?  )
Rich - It was def £42 before from Vaux dealer, 5l 10W-40 semi-syn
Warren - its not high performance or anything but it is a 'Y'20DTH, so X and Z codes dont do anything for me  I am thinking of remapping it soon though, any opinions on that and different oils to use?
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Warren G
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errr Y
werent many Y code engine, so i dont actualy know the offical oil!
but everything that comes it gets 5-30 as thats whats in the 'taps'
i think with trade card its alot cheaper, how much i dunno
10-40 will be fine, depends on mileage, if doing 20k between services id say use fully syn
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Rich - It was def £42 before from Vaux dealer, 5l 10W-40 semi-syn
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?
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dannymccann
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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.
Warren - im in the process of doing stuff myself so im changing it every 8/10k to get some practice in (im a tool with tools so need the practice )
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Warren G
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well just get 10-40 will do the job fine
and you will need all five litres too 
or they might even take 5.5 litres thinking about it! or is it 5
[Edited on 08-02-2009 by Warren G]
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dannymccann
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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
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Joe
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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.
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Warren G
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its either 5 or 5.5litres
im pretty sure its 5
y22dtr are 5.5 i think lol
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Stokie Dave
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Autovaux does GM oil cheap, I also got some from my local Vaux dealer though 5 litres semi synth 10-40.
£30 or £14 if you buy the oil and filter deal.
Clearly I had the filter too lol.
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