Fuchs Engine Oil?
15 April 2009, 06:19 PM
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Fuchs Engine Oil?
Anyone used this? Is it any good? if not any recommendations.
Using Castrol at the moment and my car but have been told not to cus it's ****e(no explaination)
Using Castrol at the moment and my car but have been told not to cus it's ****e(no explaination)
15 April 2009, 06:55 PM
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Yep been using Fuchs semi synth 10/40 in my 1.9Tdi Leon for 7 years or 142,000 miles. Cant fault it at all. About £20 for this from GSF.
The impreza has covered about 30,000 on Fuchs fully synthethic oil 5/40, about £25 for 5 litees. When I get back from holiday the diff and gearbox oils will be replaced with fuchs stuff.
People are very quick to write castrol off with little or no reason, personally I wouldn't. I sometimes wonder if the same armchair experts have put the wrong Castrol oil into their motor, the Magnatec stuff I have used in the past and cant fault it, there are lots of people get hung up on the wording on the bottle - it says synthetically engineered, as opposed to synthetic oil or semi synthetic oil, is that your mates reasoing for stating that it is crap?
If its for your alfa mate, just put in the stuff that meets the oil spec in your handbook and ensure you change it on schedule, a bit of mechanical by way of allowing the fluids to come up to temprature before you dart her on will extend the old girls life somewhat too.
The impreza has covered about 30,000 on Fuchs fully synthethic oil 5/40, about £25 for 5 litees. When I get back from holiday the diff and gearbox oils will be replaced with fuchs stuff.
People are very quick to write castrol off with little or no reason, personally I wouldn't. I sometimes wonder if the same armchair experts have put the wrong Castrol oil into their motor, the Magnatec stuff I have used in the past and cant fault it, there are lots of people get hung up on the wording on the bottle - it says synthetically engineered, as opposed to synthetic oil or semi synthetic oil, is that your mates reasoing for stating that it is crap?
If its for your alfa mate, just put in the stuff that meets the oil spec in your handbook and ensure you change it on schedule, a bit of mechanical by way of allowing the fluids to come up to temprature before you dart her on will extend the old girls life somewhat too.
15 April 2009, 07:20 PM
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As said my friend who told me not to use Castrol didn't give me an explaination, i just took his word as he is quite worldy. He was the one that actually recommended Fuchs as he uses it on his M3 and 325touring but thought i'd get the SN masses opinion.
Alfa romeo recommend 10/40 semi synth Selenia motor oil but i think its more to do with them being owned by Fiat/Alfa at one point.
Alfa romeo recommend 10/40 semi synth Selenia motor oil but i think its more to do with them being owned by Fiat/Alfa at one point.
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19 April 2009, 11:10 PM
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Fuchs make some very good oils, we sell a lot of them. They are good value for money as well as giving good performance. If you want top performance, go for Silkolene, who are owned by Fuchs.
Castrol make some good oils, but often they cost a lot for what they are. Castrol Magantec is very similar to the Fuchs XTR, but comes in smaller containers and costs more. Their strength is the Edge range which meet many manufacturer specifications as well as being good oils. They also produce some very good gear and diff oils as well as brake fluids.
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Castrol make some good oils, but often they cost a lot for what they are. Castrol Magantec is very similar to the Fuchs XTR, but comes in smaller containers and costs more. Their strength is the Edge range which meet many manufacturer specifications as well as being good oils. They also produce some very good gear and diff oils as well as brake fluids.
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20 April 2009, 11:07 AM
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I use Fuchs Titan Supersyn SL 5w-40 in all my cars and not had any problems. They also run quietly too and no oil pressure issues even on my big Chevy motor. GSF sell it very cheaply indeed....
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21 April 2009, 10:15 PM
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Oilman is there any chance of getting a good rate of delivery to Norn Iron? was just about to order your Fuch's Service pack but delivery was £18
21 April 2009, 11:32 PM
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shes red, white and purple.
Cant say im too keen on the kwak racing green lol
thinking of a respray but not sure what to airbrush into it.
bulletproof engine in them and plenty of go with that bit more go if you want it lol.
Cant say im too keen on the kwak racing green lol
thinking of a respray but not sure what to airbrush into it.
bulletproof engine in them and plenty of go with that bit more go if you want it lol.
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22 April 2009, 07:25 PM
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to be honest, i hate all the people on this website and couldn't be arsed talking to them in order to set up a group buy?
How about i ring you, and get the oil and delivery for £40 on the dot, i get my car serviced and then tell everyone how fooking awesome Opieoils is?
How about i ring you, and get the oil and delivery for £40 on the dot, i get my car serviced and then tell everyone how fooking awesome Opieoils is?
22 April 2009, 08:22 PM
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I may be able to do a deal, but I don't know what service pack you were looking at. Let me know and I'll see what I can do.
We're pretty stuck on courier charges and they are too high for NI, but we only charge what we have to pay. We're looking at setting up a new system using the Royal Mail, so I think NI would cost the same as mainland UK, but due to restrictions with oil and thing like octane boosters, it's taking quite a while to work out what we can and can't do.
We're pretty stuck on courier charges and they are too high for NI, but we only charge what we have to pay. We're looking at setting up a new system using the Royal Mail, so I think NI would cost the same as mainland UK, but due to restrictions with oil and thing like octane boosters, it's taking quite a while to work out what we can and can't do.
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They also have a branch in N.I. They generally do 10% off over here on the mainland, so if a deal can't be struck with OpieOils, then maybe worth looking here if it's any good to you: GSF Car Parts - Belfast Branch Map
25 April 2009, 11:24 PM
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I may be able to do a deal, but I don't know what service pack you were looking at. Let me know and I'll see what I can do.
We're pretty stuck on courier charges and they are too high for NI, but we only charge what we have to pay. We're looking at setting up a new system using the Royal Mail, so I think NI would cost the same as mainland UK, but due to restrictions with oil and thing like octane boosters, it's taking quite a while to work out what we can and can't do.
We're pretty stuck on courier charges and they are too high for NI, but we only charge what we have to pay. We're looking at setting up a new system using the Royal Mail, so I think NI would cost the same as mainland UK, but due to restrictions with oil and thing like octane boosters, it's taking quite a while to work out what we can and can't do.
27 April 2009, 07:32 PM
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WHOOO-HOOO! Oilman just struck me a very good deal guys and i am more than happy now!
Thank you very very much Tim
PS. Have you checked out DHL for doing your deliveries in my past job we used to use them for delivery alot of heavy equipment and where generally charged around £7/8 per parcel.
Thank you very very much Tim
PS. Have you checked out DHL for doing your deliveries in my past job we used to use them for delivery alot of heavy equipment and where generally charged around £7/8 per parcel.