Any British Oppos Here

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 12/30/2014 at 07:33 • Filed to: None

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Know if Halfords oil is good? It meets the ACEA and API requirements for my car, but not the specific Fiat regulation. It's very cheap at the moment and I haven't really heard anything bad about it.

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Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 07:38

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I wouldn't panic, it'll do the job. is 4 litres enough though? most come in 5l now.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Leon711 12/30/2014 at 07:41

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Thanks for the input. My car only takes 3 litres so it's not problem. Plenty left for top ups if necessary.

Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 07:42

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absolutely I'm normally a bit snobby and use shell or mobil but as long as it's not Asda brand you'll do fine.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Leon711 12/30/2014 at 07:45

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Well given how much they usually charge for this stuff I assume it was at least acceptable. Better than the stuff for £17 in home bargains I assume...

Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 07:52

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standard price is average I'd say.

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 07:55

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I've never heard anything bad about it—if I needed an oil change right now, I'd probably take advantage of the offer.

RWS Motorsport > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 08:03

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I think its pretty decent. Not quite at the same quality as Mobil and the like, but better than alot of the really cheap stuff. I used it on both my Peugeots and the oil was one of the few things that didnt ever have problems.

Tend to put Mobil in the Focus, as it does more miles than the other two ever did, but yeah i've not heard anything bad about halfords before

KirkyV > RWS Motorsport 12/30/2014 at 08:15

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This is kinda OT, but which Peugeots did you have? I've got a 106, and it's never really given me any trouble.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 08:22

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No experience with the 5w40, but the old Landy uses Halfords Classic 20w50 with no issues :)

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 12/30/2014 at 08:44

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That's good, just been down to pick some up, will be changing it in soon.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > RWS Motorsport 12/30/2014 at 08:44

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Cool thanks I just went and picked some up.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV 12/30/2014 at 08:48

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Cool. I just went and picked some up. As did some of my family members.

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/30/2014 at 08:52

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I'd stock up for the future, but that'd require leaving the house, and the Halo 5 Beta just came out so...

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV 12/30/2014 at 08:54

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I wish I could sit in and play LBP3 but had to go work on my mams car instead. It's gone from max to min on the dipstick in a couple thousand miles and there's oil all over the place.

RWS Motorsport > KirkyV 12/30/2014 at 08:59

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I had a really nice little 205 as my first car. 1.1 and pretty well behaved once i bodged a cooling fan fix. (wired to a switch on the dashboard, through its own little fusebox)

was a nice little car, abit scary on the M25, but not bad in general.

The i replaced it with a 306. Crock of shit that car was. Head gasket went. ECU went. throttle idle control valve went. misfired like a bitch fairly often. and then the gearbox and clutch decided to eat themselves.

That got sold for £450, and replaced with my Focus, thats 30,000 miles and 2 years older than it was when I bought it, and apart from servicing, has had 2 windscreens, and a gearbox speedo sensor, and thats it.