Hi all quick replies needed if possible:

Need to do an oil change today as have some long drives planned and can't order or pick-up oil from anywhere other than Halfords locally.

I'd like to know people's thoughts on Halford 5W-50 Fully Synthetic Oil?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165581

The car is an '05 WRX running 360/350....

Thanks in advance!

 

I would avoid that tbh, surely you must have a car spares shop nearby that stock Millers oil at a minimum?? or a scooby specialist with silkoline pro s 10-50?

 

I've searched around - to no avail. I know of one Supposed specialist Subaru garage, but I wouldn't let them supply me with oil, let alone any work on the car.

Any reasons why you would avoid the Halfords stuff? - I think its manufactured by Lucas oils...

 

Oil snobbery

 

Ive used halfords 5 50 had no issues.

 

LOL @ Oil Snobbery...

If I could I would purchase some Millers/Silkolene.

I am going to give the Halfords 5W50, it has a picture of a Classic Impreza on it

It states its use if for Track days and "enthusiastic driving" -

 

i have used halfords 10/40 semi for approx 4 years and not had any problems, before that i used vauxhall 10/40 semi for 1 year and never had any problems with that either.

 

nothing wrong with halfords oil

 

I think its under rated because its cheaper than all the other brands & it has the halfords brand on it. I normally use 15w 50 Mobil or Motul & i would not hesistate using the 5w 50 at all.

 

have been looking into this halfords stuff and its manufactured by comma, just got a cracking deal on some on eBay for £25 delivered, this is the comma branded stuff not the halfords , same oil bar the container

 

COMMA Oil is fine

HALFORDS Oil is fine

Lot of utter tosh spoken on here about expesive oils ... they are expensive because the simple buy them - not because they are better than the cheaper brands! As said above - Oil Snobbery ....... snobbery costs money!

The issue I would have is the 5W is too thin when cold .... and 50 is treacle when hot, hence sapping power.

Stick with 10W-40.

 

they are not "cheap" for a reason ....go figure

 

They are 'not cheap' because, as I said, Numpties pay the inflated prices ... end of.

 

Look out - troll alert!!

Having read a number of reviews on things like Halfords screenwashes and other products, it usually comes out that their advanced stuff is middle of the road, and their basic stuff is crap and therefore cheap for a reason.
I spent £58 on Millers oil and a OEM Subaru filter and sump crush ring from Scoobyparts because I know it will be good and I don't have to worry about it.
Save money if you want, it might not be terrible. I'd rather play it safe and not take the chance.

[EDIT]
Oh and having re-read this and noticed the figures you're running on a WRX - using Halfords oil - probably not the best of ideas..
On those figures people on my oil change thread were saying Millers or Silkolene 10w50 or 10w60 mate.[/EDIT]

 

pay your money, pick your choice.

I'm a firm believe in cheaper oil with more frequent oil changes.

 

i,ve used it in my classic 2000 turbo with no issues but wouldn,t use it in the sti just my choice

 

iv used halfords 5w/50 in my classic sti ver 3, and its a awersom oil! Infact its the oil i use for winter driving.

 

ita all very well saying it is good or bad, but really need to see the specs of the oil rather than just pub talk

 

I was in Halfrauds today, and picked this up for a look.....

...I soon put it back and grabbed 5Ltrs of Mobil1 15/50, when i saw it was on special offer

 

I won't even put Halfords oil crap in my 1.1 pug runaround

Saying that they usually have an offer on where 4 litres of 10w 40 semi synth mobil oil is cheaper at £20 than their own branded stuff at £25. Go figure

 

I was told years ago fully synthetic was too thin and stick to semi synthetic. Fully synthetic gets past the rings. This seems to be verified by the fact that I had very little oil consumption with semi synthetic and a lot more with fully synthetic. I've heard magnatex is very good but I've used Halfords semi synthetic with no issues, normally 10w 40 in cars and high performance bikes. If you are really worried just do more frequent oil changes.

 

Do you really understand what you've just said?

Any 'type' of oil could be too thin or too thick. You really need to look at it's properties - 0/50, 5/40, 10/40, 15/30 etc etc as a minimum. Then select the correct one for your car and it's usage. I expect Halfords oil is adaquate, but a lot of people prefer to use a higher quality oil.

 

halfords 5w50 is i believe made by comma, there is nothing wrong with halfords own brand oil look at its api and acea spec, thats the important thing to be looking at when selecting a oil for ur car, imo its as good as any of the top brands, and like always with a subaru engine is oil changes some specialist say every 3k, im useing mobile 1 15w50 in my classic sti at the moment and i change my about every 5k and thats driving it hard, you also get a free 8 peice screw driver set when u buy halfords fully syt oil atm too.

 

halfords 10w40 semi every 6k. Nothing wrong with it.

 

Was told by Subaru to use 10w40 Magnatec in my 55 plate STi. Will do.

 

I thought Magnatec was semi synthetic? I wouldn't use semi synthetic in a Subaru.

 

It is, That's what Subaru have said to put in and it's what they use when servicing.

 

Yes I understand it, I used fully synthetic in my gsxr600, used oil, I used semi synthetic it didn't, same sae! My rs turbos used to use mobile 1, top of dip stick to bottom in 3000 miles. Power engineering used to recommended not using fully synthetic in Subarus (may have changed now). The sae refers to the viscosity at a nominal temperature hence the 2 numbers so in theory it should be the same thickness when very cold and very hot. If you look on the side of the can it states what specification it is made to, different maufacturers seem to use different specifications. Different manufactures also recommend different viscosities, for different countries at different temperatures. 10w40 semi synthetic should be fine!

 

guys been following this thread since the begining as My car is coming up to 4.5K now and is due for its first oil change, Ive looked at Halfords oil but wonder why we dont just buy our oil from Subaru

What do they use Semi or fully synthetic?? my car needs about a pint of oil but I dont know whats in it from the factory so dont want to put a pint of the wrong stuff in

 

i use an ester based oil as my main concern is shearing down, sure you may use halfords 5w50, but how long before it becomes a 30 or even 20 weight? Millers cfs for me, £50 a gallon, saving £35 on a gallon of oil is a bit short sighted imo.