Morris Minor Owners Club

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:34 pm**

i was wondering around asda today and noticed that there 20/50 has gone up to 6 pounds,i think the last can i got was about a fiver.i was a bit shocked.im not really moaning its still cheap,i use it in the mowers.is it ok to use in the moggy,i usually use duckhams or halfords.

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:36 pm**

If its API rated use it in the Mog, if not, leave it to the mower....

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:40 pm**

Morrison 20W50 is still cheap - and it's fine in A series.

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:00 pm**

I use the Asda Stuff in the minor and fiesta if I'm desperate. And yes, it has gone up, I was a bit suprised.

Local morrisons only sells 1ltr bottles

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:01 am**

I only use cheap oil as it is not in the engine long enough.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:57 pm**

20/50 oil with no ratings may well be 'recycled'
ie- it's used mashed oil that's been cleaned to remove the carbon

A 20/50 with API or ACEA ratings can be got for under a tenner if you spend enough time searching - so if you do more than a few hundred miles it'll be worth it.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:00 pm**

I could be wrong, but I believe that in the past, the oil used in London buses was continually recycled and reused.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:20 pm**

Nothing wrong with recycled oil for the A series engine - our drinking water is constantly recycled! The oil is heated under vacuum to remove moisture and volatiles - then fine filtered, and finally additives are , well, added to bring it up to spec. It's fine in these old motors - I used it in my 1340 Mini engine no problems at all.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:19 pm**

I doubt your water is very recycled BMC.
I saw a program about water many years ago and it said London water could have been through 6 people before you drink it, Yum

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:19 pm**

All drinking water is recycled - waste runs to sea - sun evaporates water from sea - vapour turns to cloud - clouds gather over Scotland (mostly) - then down it comes to refill the reservoirs!

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:45 pm**

my water comes out of a bore hole 220 ft down.i should bottle it really dales mineral water,i can see pound signs .

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:51 pm**

Provided there are no dead sheep in the stream 1 mile uphill!
Cryptosporidium for all!

Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:27 am**

The conservation of matter and the water cycle don't count as recycling.
Water from clouds and mountain streams is a more attractive proposition than humans and treatment plants.
I'll pass on the dead sheep though

Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:52 am**

The oil is heated under vacuum to remove moisture and volatiles - then fine filtered, and finally additives are , well, added to bring it up to spec.

The thing with the Asda (and potentially Morrisons) oil is that they don't say what spec/ 20W50 can mean a whole variety of things. If it had an API rating on it I'd be with you. But atm it's good enough only for my car with knackered rings and the minor (well, ital-engined-minor) and the healthy-engined-DAF get API rated staff.

Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:58 am**

when i first had a minor in 1968 the only oil i could afford was the cheapest i could find
it was fine for the moggie

Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:35 pm**

That's still the case for me ! Poverty in retirement!

Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:45 pm**

I just randomly found an unopened bottle in the fiesta in a bag with reciept detailing a children in need lanyard & the oil for £4.27

Posted: **Wed May 13, 2009 7:33 pm**

asda oil is API rated.

Posted: **Wed May 13, 2009 7:39 pm**

As is Morrisons 20W50 oil - and still only £4something today in Hamilton.

Posted: **Wed May 13, 2009 10:07 pm**

asda oil is API rated.

It wasn't when I looked last year...
Is this new?