£26.99

[Blue_SV650S]

Did an oil (and filter) change ... decided to 'go cheap' and get some Halfords own brand oil.

£27 ... £27!!!!

I am sure the chepo stuff used to be ~£17 ...

I am not sure it is a particularly good deal at £27 ...

£27 ... £27!!

CBA to go anywhere else so bought it anyway {grumble grumble grumble}

Anyway!

At ~£35 for an oil and filter change*, at what point does it become not economically viable to do oil changes?

i.e. how long will an engine keep running/going if you never changed the oil? (assuming oil is not consumed/kept topped up).



*admittedly it didn't use ALL the oil in one hit!!! but it did use the fatter part
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the 5L 10/40 carlube stuff ?
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any reason why you didnt pay an extra £3 and get the castrol power 1 ??

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[J.M.]

I just put some £6 or £7 stuff in mine from Morrison's, recommended by Paddy

Only covered 20-30 miles since doing it so far, but really having no problems with it.
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[Marmalade]

I've been using a 250cc scoot a lot recently.
An oil change is 1.2 litres of oil.

£12 for a 5l semi synth carlube or autocare oil works me out at £2.50 per oil change since it's got rinse out gauze filter.

Makes a change from putting 4 litres in a pan euro and an oil filter
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[Al]

I was surprised how much the halfords oil was as well, I'm sure it used to be less and they gave you free screwdrivers

Anyway I thought I'd check in my local Yamaha dealer on the way home and I got 4L of Motorex oil for £23. I haven't really herd much about it but it seems more of a reputable brand then halfords.
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[Alex A]

£27.99 for 5L Motul Semi-Synthetic at my local dealer, including a free filter.

You were ripped off.

[Ericck]

Nothing wrong with Halfords oil but £26.99 is a bit steep.

Changed my oil on 16th October and only paid £21.59 from Halfords(already had filter). So its gone up fair bit.

Next time look online, you can get good oil and filter details for less
than £26.99 delivered.

Also just done oil change on wifes KA, paid £26.99 for the Halfords oil but got a free £7.99 inspection torch, which I needed so not too bad.

Yes you paid for it but oil is your engines life blood and I for one wouldn't put crap oil in any of my vehicles. That said just because it is cheap doesn't always mean its not any good.
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[Cheeseybeaner]

Hein Gericke do their own brand stuff very cheaply and throw in a free filter (or they did last time I bought there.)
Yes Halfords was previously quite a lot cheaper, seem to remember £19:95 for 5l at one point.
Halfords oil is made by Castrol as far as I know.

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[0ddball]

A trade card makes it a fair bit cheaper. They don't hand them out to everyone but with a couple of fake wage slips it's easy enough to blag one.
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[Davie J]

Always get my oil from HG for the free filter

Seem to remember being told that HG oil was Motul oil rebadged.
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[von1papen]

45 quid for a 5 gallon drum myself of 10w40 synthetic, just need to get to a wholesaler really, 2 quid a litre for top stuff!

[boundy]

You a bellend or what? should of just phoned me and used my halfords card

[Jim Mc]

FYI but last time I was in Heine Gericke they were selling their own brand oil for £28 and the guy was going to throw in an £8.99 (lol 8.99?) oil filter for free.

Which from the one point of view is a bargain, but from the other point of view, who the f*k pays £8.99 for a £3.50 oil filer?

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[c-m]

Is it not cheaper to get a garage to do it?

A local garage only charged £4 for the new oil in my colleagues car.

I have old receipts in the history for my bike that show oil as hardly costing anything when it was done as part of a service.
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