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[ians]

Funny enough that is what you will pay per can for semisynth on the TC deal..

[feeutfo]

I won't tell you what we did with a Rover 214 and a couple of gallons of diesel

No go on tell us. did it work? if you got nothing to loose on a £100 piece of snot thats 7 litres of diesel short of the scrap heap and rattles like a bucket of spanners, why not, if it gets your valves working,IF? Deisel better lube than marmite perhaps?
 NO good in 4k worth of v6 saloon obviously!he was not sujesting that in my case to be fair. What was story with the rover? Tell us tell us.

[Kevin Wood]

I still have a 5Ltr of CastrolGTX oil in garage never did change my 2.0CD over to semi synth  price on it £7.99 LOL  so one more oil change of std oil then will go the Synth route !

I spotted a 5 litre (metal) can of Duckhams "Q" 20w50 in dad's garage which was inherited when my great uncle passed away leaving his workshop to be cleared (found an entire Austin 7 under the junk!). He has been given strict instructions not to put it in his lawn mower let alone a modern car!

I notice they sell this stuff as a "classic" oil now, for 18 quid a can!

Kevin

[Dave-C]

Go with the oil changes, I do mine on my 3.0l which has done around 120k every 4k.... never get any mayo or crud....


[size=18]AND[/size] ALWAYS A FILTER CHANGE TOO !

DC

[feeutfo]

I won't tell you what we did with a Rover 214 and a couple of gallons of diesel

No go on tell us. did it work? if you got nothing to loose on a £100 piece of snot thats 7 litres of diesel short of the scrap heap and rattles like a bucket of spanners, why not, if it gets your valves working,IF? Deisel better lube than marmite perhaps?
 NO good in 4k worth of v6 saloon obviously!he was not sujesting that in my case to be fair. What was story with the rover? Tell us tell us.

Bump

[Kevin Wood]

I won't tell you what we did with a Rover 214 and a couple of gallons of diesel

No go on tell us. did it work? if you got nothing to loose on a £100 piece of snot thats 7 litres of diesel short of the scrap heap and rattles like a bucket of spanners, why not, if it gets your valves working,IF? Deisel better lube than marmite perhaps?
 NO good in 4k worth of v6 saloon obviously!he was not sujesting that in my case to be fair. What was story with the rover? Tell us tell us.

Bump

Must make the inevitable head gasket change less messy if you've internally degreased the engine first.  

Kevin

[davlad22]

I notice they sell this stuff as a "classic" oil now, for 18 quid a can!

Kevin

Does it congeal when it gets old?

[Kevin Wood]

I notice they sell this stuff as a "classic" oil now, for 18 quid a can!

Kevin

Does it congeal when it gets old?

It's just a very, very low tech oil from before the days when engines were even remotely demanding of their oil. Put it in a modern engine and it'll turn to sludge.

Kevin