engine oil

[moggiethouable]

Spotted this in Boyes store local to me.
Anyone familiar with "comma"? and does it seem good value? at £19.50?
Sorry its upside down, sideways or whatever.
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[panky]

I actually use Comma in my Commers - and the Morris. I buy the cheaper stuff in a plain plastic container from my local motor factors at about £11, never had a problem with it.

[beero]

Comma oil has been around for years. All oils have to be made to a basic standard so I doubt you would have a problem with any oil. Cheaper it is the more often you can afford to change it!

[Trickydicky]

Wilcomotosave also sell it in there stores and online, I have used it with no issues. Halfords also sell a similar product branded under there name. At the moment it is on offer as buy one get one half price
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine ... l-20w50-5l
I have for the last couple of oil changes been using a 20w50 oil from B&Q, can't find a link to it on there website. I hope they haven't stopped selling it

[M25VAN]

Carlube Daytona 20W50 from B&Q is still available for £10.98 and listed here....
http://www.diy.com/departments/carlube- ... 321_BQ.prd
Worryingly it shows as not stocked at many of their stores so they may be phasing it out.

[dalebrignall]

wilkinsons still do 20/50 in plastic or more expensive metal can its probally the same stuff

[bmcecosse]

Morrisons sells a perfectly good 20W50 for £10. Just don't expect it to last 'for ever'. The usual rammy will now follow .......

[moggiethouable]

Thank you gents, all noted.

[Andy W]

Halfords own brand oils are actually supplied by Comma!

I believe Halfords are now phasing out their own brand & stocking Comma branded oils.

[The vast minority]

Oooo, goody, an oil thread.

Can we do tyres next?

[liammonty]

Maybe followed by coil failures?

[dalebrignall]

and rotor arms with rivitts

[ampwhu]

B & Q do a 20/50w oil in a blur container for about £11.

change it regular and you'll have no problems. no point in buying all this fancy stuff. the cars are old and wouldn't have had it years ago anyway.

[SteveClem]

I knew a bloke who put old chip shop oil into his old Mitsubishi pickup. Mind you,that was into the diesel tank. It didn't half smell but didn't seem to take any harm from it. Don't know what engine oil he used but it wouldn't have been expensive.

[liammonty]

B & Q do a 20/50w oil in a blur container for about £11.

change it regular and you'll have no problems. no point in buying all this fancy stuff. the cars are old and wouldn't have had it years ago anyway.

This is like Groundhog Day. You could leave the forum for a period, come back, and then get very confused, as it would seem as though the same conversation was still taking place. It's true that it's quite right that the cars didn't have all this 'fancy stuff' back in those halcyon days of motoring,when pipe-smoking, hairy-chested men (and the odd district nurse) drove Morris Minors as newish cars. It just so happens that those same Morris owners would have been having to perform (or pay for) decokes and indeed engine rebuilds alarmingly frequently by today's standards, and this was largely due to poor quality oils and fuel.

Aircooled VWs used monograde oil 'back in the day', but when multigrades became available, VW began to recommend them, as they realised they were better. There are those who still insist on using monograde oil though, because that's what was specified when the car was new and nothing else was available, so it's obviously the best!

Personally, I would suggest purchasing something that at least has an API (or equivalent) rating - that way you know it has been manufactured to particular specs. It doesn't have to cost any more than the ungraded stuff you can buy if you shop around a little.

That said, I once accidentally topped up a Peugeot 405 with about a litre of waste oil from the chipper, and it ran fine

Let's see how long we can keep this thread going!!!

[philthehill]

Oil on threads keeps them running and free.

[dalebrignall]

and stops corrosion

[ampwhu]

B & Q do a 20/50w oil in a blur container for about £11.

change it regular and you'll have no problems. no point in buying all this fancy stuff. the cars are old and wouldn't have had it years ago anyway.

This is like Groundhog Day. You could leave the forum for a period, come back, and then get very confused, as it would seem as though the same conversation was still taking place. It's true that it's quite right that the cars didn't have all this 'fancy stuff' back in those halcyon days of motoring,when pipe-smoking, hairy-chested men (and the odd district nurse) drove Morris Minors as newish cars. It just so happens that those same Morris owners would have been having to perform (or pay for) decokes and indeed engine rebuilds alarmingly frequently by today's standards, and this was largely due to poor quality oils and fuel.

Aircooled VWs used monograde oil 'back in the day', but when multigrades became available, VW began to recommend them, as they realised they were better. There are those who still insist on using monograde oil though, because that's what was specified when the car was new and nothing else was available, so it's obviously the best!

Personally, I would suggest purchasing something that at least has an API (or equivalent) rating - that way you know it has been manufactured to particular specs. It doesn't have to cost any more than the ungraded stuff you can buy if you shop around a little.

That said, I once accidentally topped up a Peugeot 405 with about a litre of waste oil from the chipper, and it ran fine

Let's see how long we can keep this thread going!!!

2 options for you then.
if you don't like what material people put up here, then don't reply to it. move on.
stick whatever oil in your car you like. nobody really cares except you. the poster asked advice and people have provided it.

i'll keep on putting cheap 20/50w oil in my 60 year old car. seeing as I change it regardless of milage/time every year, it isn't going to damage my engine or my driving style.

[liammonty]

I think it's fine to offer opinions. In fact, that's exactly what you did, so I'm not quite sure why you should take offence when I offer a polite opinion? Thanks though for explaining to me what my options are regarding posting on here, that makes it all much clearer Oh, and if you stop offering your advice, I will too, as that will be fair!

Relax, if everyone's opinions were the same, forums would be very boring. Some people seem to have become very up tight on here lately.

I also notice from this previous post of yours that you are either conflicted, or forgetful...

buying and using cheap oil is like buying the value range from Tesco or the smart price stuff from asda.

I wouldn't feed my dog that stuff. so I wouldn't use it in my cars.

[faversham999]

Change the oil every 3000/5000 miles ,should be no problem . My modern car I change every 30000 for that I use special oil recommended never had a problem.