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[Shackeng]

5w-20 or 5w-30 at a reasonable price, other than Halfords on TC (which I have)? Even with TC it is going to be pricey from them.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

TB's favourite, ECP.

I bought two 5 litre cans of Shell Helix 5/30 for £20 delivered.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.....or Carparts4less which may be cheaper.

[Kevin Wood]

Or wait for it to be on offer at Halfrauds, although the price of that is creeping up.

My next batch might be a 20L job from the auto factors, I think.

[Shackeng]

Or wait for it to be on offer at Halfrauds, although the price of that is creeping up.

My next batch might be a 20L job from the auto factors, I think.

That's what I was hoping for, better I check Andrew Page then.

[TheBoy]

5w-20 or 5w-30 at a reasonable price, other than Halfords on TC (which I have)? Even with TC it is going to be pricey from them.

If this is for the Mundano, you need more info than that.  It will take a low SAPS oil, so you're looking at also the C number.

If it takes the specific Ford specification oil (Ford spec oils start MC) that my Jag does, you're in for a bumpy ride, hopefully yours may take the older, low spec which is more common.  I had to go to Opie (who, incidentally also offered the wrong spec based on reg) in the end to get anything at a reasonable price

Check the glovebox manual for the exact spec, as the likes of ECP do NOT offer the right oil by registration in my experience.


As AP are part of the ECP group, they too may offer incorrect oil.

[Shackeng]

Mmmm, thanks, Ford actually reccommend Castrol, which, because of our Oof antipathy to it, I was going to look for something else a bit cheaper, as retail oil prices are ridiculous. 

[TheBoy]

Mmmm, thanks, Ford actually reccommend Castrol, which, because of our Oof antipathy to it, I was going to look for something else a bit cheaper, as retail oil prices are ridiculous. 

Castrol are what Jag recommend, and seem to be one of the few meeting Ford spec WSS M2C934B which my car needs.

ECP and similar suggest oils meeting the lesser (and unsuitable for DPF) WSS M2C913-B


So, as said, check glovebox manual for Ford Spec, and match to that.


A bit out of date, but check https://www.oilspecifications.org/ford.php

[biggriffin]

Any euro6 truck oil is low saps and 5/30, iveco, and daf oils, available in 5l up to 210l drums. Also good to 70/80,000k.

[TheBoy]

Any euro6 truck oil is low saps and 5/30, iveco, and daf oils, available in 5l up to 210l drums. Also good to 70/80,000k.

I don't know huge amount about it, but when I was looking for mine, it appears there are different types of low SAPS, classified as C1, C2, C3 etc, and it appears you have to use the right type to maintain the life of the DPF.

Whether or not there's protectionism and scare mongering, I don't know.  But everything I could find seemed to suggest not deviating to a different base.

My manual does say I can use C2 in emergency (M2C934 is C1)

[biggriffin]

Any euro6 truck oil is low saps and 5/30, iveco, and daf oils, available in 5l up to 210l drums. Also good to 70/80,000k.

I don't know huge amount about it, but when I was looking for mine, it appears there are different types of low SAPS, classified as C1, C2, C3 etc, and it appears you have to use the right type to maintain the life of the DPF.

Whether or not there's protectionism and scare mongering, I don't know.  But everything I could find seemed to suggest not deviating to a different base.

My manual does say I can use C2 in emergency (M2C934 is C1)

This may help

https://www.oilspecifications.org/acea.php

[STEMO]

I use whatever the local garage put in, if they even bother to change it. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes the local garage won't be fussy.  It'll get whatever they have in the 50 gallon drum that they managed to get at the lowest cost. 

[BazaJT]

Local Ford stealer uses Fuchs oil.Some is delivered in a tanker and is pumped into a big holding tank which the techies then programme to deliver however many litres they need for the vehicle they're working on,while a couple of grades/specs are delivered in 50gal drums.

[Nick W]

Yes the local garage won't be fussy.  It'll get whatever they have in the 50 gallon drum that they managed to get at the lowest cost. 

It's just bloody oil for a common car. Professionals don't opps about buying  Aardvark-special-wonder-oil(with extra marketing wank)-in a-gold-plated-collector's-quality-tin just because some 9 year old girl on the internet intimated it was somehow  better.