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Castrol GTX Cheap In Tesco
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26-10-2014, 08:37 PM
Was in Tesco yesterday, saw they had 2l of Castrol GTX for half price so £6. Along with ECP's current sale it means I have all my service stuff for just under £20.

Got a few as my stock from the when Asda did the 4l for £10 has run out.
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26-10-2014, 09:11 PM
Yeah but it's Castrol GTX.



Its like saying I can buy horse piss for 10p/l. Thats all well and good but I'd much rather drink beer at £4/l
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26-10-2014, 09:17 PM
(26-10-2014, 09:11 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Yeah but it's Castrol GTX.



Its like saying I can buy horse piss for 10p/l. Thats all well and good but I'd much rather drink beer at £4/l

Theres nothing wrong with gtx though.
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26-10-2014, 09:20 PM
Nothing "wrong" with horse piss either.
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26-10-2014, 09:24 PM
So what problem have you had with gtx?
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26-10-2014, 09:25 PM
GTX you could compare to a ford. Its a good car but incredibly basic and won't do anything in a fantastic way. Its a good cheap basic oil
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26-10-2014, 09:55 PM
I use the Triple QX stuff from ECP. Its cheap enough to swap regularly, and its very highly rated. Used to be really resistant to veg as well in my XUDs.
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27-10-2014, 07:23 AM
Viscol 10w40 for me . Only a tenner for 4.5L and apparently made by the people who make rock oil?
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27-10-2014, 07:34 AM
(27-10-2014, 07:23 AM)lolsteve Wrote: Viscol 10w40 for me . Only a tenner for 4.5L and apparently made by the people who make rock oil?
I've thought about trying that but the Merc takes 5 litres so I'm not using anything that isn't supplied in 5 litre containers, because the 1 litre top ups aren't cheap.
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27-10-2014, 08:24 AM
Gutted. although you never get all the old oil out anyway so maybe there'll be half a litre hanging around somewhere in there
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27-10-2014, 08:39 AM
I hate this new trend of 4L and 4.5L bottles!

You browse through and think, ohhh thats a good price...then realise they have short changed you a litre of oil Angry
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27-10-2014, 11:41 AM
Annoyingly with the Merc I have to buy a top up bottle as well, because it takes 5 litres but used some as well, it uses a litre in about 3k, so halfway through the service interval (I do it every 5k) I have to chuck a litre in Sad
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27-10-2014, 12:31 PM
Then buy a few of the Viscol tubs. Use number 1 for filling up , number 2 to finish filling up and the top up and the remainder for the top up after the next service, number 3 for service 2
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27-10-2014, 06:18 PM
The lolvo needs 5.9 litres, its shit haha.
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27-10-2014, 06:19 PM
(27-10-2014, 06:18 PM)Anton Wrote: The lolvo needs 5.9 litres, its shit haha.

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27-10-2014, 06:23 PM
Yeah think i'll just buy a 25 litre barrel.
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