Paul,

Sound like a plan, if we get some interest I should be able to do some good prices for you.

Cheers

Simon.

Yep, I agree.

The Silkolene Pro R 15w-50 or the Pro S 10w-50 are the best options for an E30 M3, especially if driven with spirit.

Cheers

Simon.

I'm interested in the best stuff for a e36 316i, is there any way of turning the oil service light off without bringing it to a dealer or will they do it for free.

Mark

Red3 wrote: I'm interested in the best stuff for a e36 316i, is there any way of turning the oil service light off without bringing it to a dealer or will they do it for free. Mark

If your service light is lit then give it a service or at least change the oil ASAP as you don't know when it was done last.

My car was fully serviced last week including all belts.  I was just wondering how you would do it if you perform your own oil changes.  I always change the oil/filters on my fiesta and CBR1000 so no worries doing the work just resetting the dash indicator. Sorry for the confusion.

Mark.

Check Paul's link above, i think GSF car parts do a reset tool, 10% discount for club members

Ok, here's some sort of a deal excluding carriage which I'll have to work out nearer the time as it's done on weight.

Silkolene PRO S 5w-40, 10w-50 or PRO R 15w-50 all ester fully synthetic race oils.

Or normal price (excl carriage) per 5 litres is £32.49 (RRP £45!!!)

If I can get 100litres then it will be £30.50 excl carriage

If I can get 150litres then it would be £29.00 excl carriage

If I can get in excess of 150 litres then £27.50 excl carraige

To achieve the best carraige rate, it would need to be sent to a single address so it would be best to stock up!

I will also be at the Club day at Gaydon on 21st August so will be running a pre-order list for collection on the day nearer the time.

Cheers

Simon

i'm all in favour of getting whatever's best for my engine.

Will an indy mechanic have any problem if you arrive in with your own oil in preference to his?

Not had an oil change yet as one was done in Dec before i bought it but it's on the cards (down to 3 bars on the service indicator).

EDIT: prices just posted

llatsni wrote: HELLO? It is the only thing stopping all those expensive engine innards doing a good impression of a T-1000.

Just read it again....LOL

owenw wrote: i'm all in favour of getting whatever's best for my engine. What sort of dosh are we talking about here for a years supply? Will an indy mechanic have any problem if you arrive in with your own oil in preference to his? Not had an oil change yet as one was done in Dec before i bought it but it's on the cards (down to 3 bars on the service indicator).

Owen, you should be looking at 20L a year, so around £200stg

Robbie Bradford wrote: llatsni wrote: HELLO? It is the only thing stopping all those expensive engine innards doing a good impression of a T-1000. Just read it again....LOL

See, if Governor Swarzenegger had used a good engine oil in his Hummer this never would have happened!

Motul 300V is tops, equivalent to Silko PRO. 8100 is like Mobil 1 (100% PAO.

Let's have a bit of decorum so that I can see who's ordering and who's not so, please start a list like so:

1. Oilman 10L Pro S 5w-40

2.

3.

4.

5.

Thanks

Simon

Ok dude

Robbie - 20L Motul 300V 15w-50

How's that for starters?

llatsni wrote: eamo, red3, owenw - what exactly do you want

whatever's recommended for a 1993 316i...

The only thing that's mad about this price is how low it is!

Mobil 1 is £9 to £11 per litre. This stuff is in fact better as it's ester based and at £5 - £6 per litres it's a bargain. Halfords own costs about this and it's a modified mineral oil, not a proper synthetic!

Cheers

Simon

Here goes!

Fuchs Titan Supersyn SL 5w-40 4litres £17.50

Castrol RS 0w-40 4litres £23.00

Mobil 1 0w-40 4litres £28.00

Motul 300V 5w-30 4litres £29.50 (2x2L)

Motul 300V 5w-40 4litres £29.50 (2x2L)

Motul 8100 E-Tech 0w-40 5litres £25.50

Motul 8100 E-Tech 0w-40 4litres £20.50

Motul 8100 X-Cess 5w-40 5litres £24.50

Motul 8100 Eco energy 5w-30 5litres £22.50

10w and 15w

Castrol RS 10w-60 4litres £27.50

Mobil 1 15w-50 4litres £28.00

Silkolene/Fuchs XTR 10w-40 5litres £13.50

Castrol Performance 10w-40 5litres £17.50 (5x1L)

Motul 300V Chrono 10w-40 4litres £29.50 (2x2L)

Motul 300V Competition 15w-50 4litres £27.00

Motul 6100 Synergie 10w-40 5litres £16.00

Motul 6100 Synergie 15w-50 5litres £16.00

Gear Oils and others

Silkolene BOA 90LS 1litre £5.49

Fuchs Titan Gear 75w-90 1litre £3.99 / 4litres £16.99

Motul Gear 300 75w-90 1litre £8.99

Silkolene SYN 5 75w-90 1litre £8.49

Motul Gear 75w-90 1litre £6.49

Motul 90PA (LS) 2litres £8.99

Motul Dexron III 1litre £5.49

Fuchs Titan ATF 4000 (Dex III) 1litre £4.99 / 4litres £15.99

Motul Racing brake fluid (DOT 4) 0.5litre £5.49

Motul Brake fluid DOT 5.1 0.5litre £4.99

Silkolene PRO S and PRO R prices as posted!

Cheers

Simon

Simon what do you recommand for a 98 2.8 M52 (single vanos):

1)for engine oil?

2)for gearbox oil?

3)for diff oil, open diff, non LSD

I heard good and bad about Fuchs, what's your view?

Not sure; had to replace the ignition and a couple of bushings; cost me €320 and the garage I bought it off on March 1 refuse to refund that or the €130 I shelled out on their instruction for an airbag sensor and diagnostic.  The car has spent a total of 5 weeks completely off the road since I got it, and I've still to put 1,000 miles up on it.  The garages excuse for not covering what I've had to pay for it to work was "...and you only paid €12,000 for a 1998 BMW and we had to replace the clutch and flywheel costing us €1,500 and we only gave you 3 month engine and gearbox warranty so if you come after us for your money we'll come after you for that....".  And I still have to get an airflow sensor to stop it conking out.  So, bottom line, I have to look at the finances and see can I afford the proper oil!!!

I will be naming and shaming the garage post solicitor-talk; I still have copies of the ads for the car! 

Here's one of them... http://motornet.webzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=202181 - http://motornet.webzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car &carID=202181

Fey I think you have named them by posting that link

Topazman

llatsni wrote: Red3, Fey, the 5w-40 is perfect for the "normal" bmw motors.

Same for the 318is?

Just to put the prices in perspective, I had the 523i is for an "Oil" with the local main dealer today.  On the invoice, the oil line item is 7L @ €15 per L = €105, just for the oil! 

I'm sure they use fine products (can't say I actually fault their work) but you pay for convenience and laziness.

Actually that oil price is ex. VAT so the real price for the oil is over €120!  Holy s*it!

Thanks for the PM Steve.

Put me down for 5w-40 Silkolene PRO S x4

My last service was done by Capital cars. They use Castrol TWS motorsport, 7L @ €20 a Litre = 140.

My order:

Motul 300V Competition 15w-50 x 20 Litres. Only the best for my baby from now on

Also, i'm gonna sort me some gearbox and diff oil while we're in the groove!

Callin' Opieoils....come in, Simon

Robbie Bradford wrote: My last service was done by Capital cars. They use Castrol TWS motorsport, 7L @ €20 a Litre = 140.

You win!

Dergside wrote: Robbie Bradford wrote: My last service was done by Capital cars. They use Castrol TWS motorsport, 7L @ €20 a Litre = 140. You win!

....or lose lol

I would take 15 ltr of 5w-40 I think for my oil drinking e39

What is the story with payment.

Jimboh wrote: I would take 15 ltr of 5w-40 I think for my oil drinking e39 What is the story with payment.

I think Paul is taking care of the payment, he's such a nice bloke  

INTERESTED PARTIES LIST:
1. llatsni - PRO S 5w-40 - x4
2. robbie - Motul 800V 15w-50 - x4
3. eamo - ? - x?
4. red3 - PRO S 5w-40 - x4
5. owenw - PRO S 5w-40 - x4
6. BM Fan - ? - x?

I think you can do better than this chaps!

We'll leave it until later in the week and see if any more want to come in reducing the price.

Cheers

Simon

What other oils will my 93 316 need e.g. diff/gearbox.... i'll get some of that too.

Mark

mikerd4 wrote: im up for buying oil but have to wait until after the wedding and honeymoon so I think Im going to miss out unfortunately! Im due an oil service around july aswell!

I don't think the order needs to be rushed. We should try and cater for all members who are interested while at the same time reducing the overall cost to each member. I presume it'll be a couple of weeks between placing the order and delivery.

I'm happy to finalise my order now and wait for delivery if it means a few more members get sorted aswell as a better overall price.

I think it might be a good idea to let this run for another week!

Has anyone got an idea how much oil the Gearbox and Diff takes?

I'm gonna order Silkolene Syn5 75w-90 GL4/GL5 aswell.

Apologies for the OT

BM Fan wrote: @Fey - Thats not the way to do business. March 1 - surely thats still under the three month warranty until June 1, unless I'm completely thick!

Martin; this isn't the way I normally do business; I work in sales and if I treated my customers like that I'd be out of business a long time ago.  Unfortunately in this instance I'm in a situation where I feel I've been burned, and I think the people responsible should be put out in the open so that another unsuspecting individual acting in good faith could avoid a similar scenario.

I can only say that I'm sorry if you feel I'm acting wrongly.

IMO, you might as well wait to see if you get more.

Cheaper oil and carriage will work out more reasonable for a larger amount. We get absolutely stung for Ireland and most courriers won't even carry it.

You could always see if you could get a courrier to collect from us as this may work out better for you. Weight = 1kg per Litre.

Cheers

Simon

oilman wrote: You could always see if you could get a courrier to collect from us as this may work out better for you. Weight = 1kg per Litre.

This could work out very expensive, i get lots of stuff sent from the uk and most stuff costs about 10stg for about 2kg's.  Anyway of getting an estimate on carriage.  Might be cheaper to rent a van and collect it on the ferry.

My "guestimate" based on previous shipments is for around 100kg or 100litres it will work out around £1.00 per litre through our carrier.

Still with the oil being around £5.50 - £6.00 per litre this is cheap as the RRP on the oil is £9.00 per litre excl carriage!

Still a great deal if we can get enough orders together

Cheers, Simon.

Would the shipment be to southern ireland?

We just had a quote for another order to southern ireland by road (5 days), for 305 litres which worked out at £298 all in.

The price is relatively more expensive based on volumes so if we can get some decent numbers together, it would be worth your while!

If the shipment is to northern ireland then it's hellish expensive as there is no other way than air!

Cheers

Simon

I deal with a freight company who do road freight from the uk

we give them a lot of business so they should do a favour if you want me to get a price

Jim

oops

hit return bar again and again and again

TWS no, RS 10w-60 on the shelf.

How big to make it worthwhile? For me or you?

For me about 500litres! For you a mere 150litres should make things more reasonable but I can't get freight costs without total order size.

Cheers

Simon

llatsni wrote: BUMP Come on lads... get yer orders in. Richie/topazman - no interest??? All that money you've been making on bulbs there must be a bit left over to buy some oil. Paul

Don't need oil just got the car serviced and it will be the last service before the next purchase  I think Richie is in the same boat, speaking of bulbs yours are still here you haven't collected yet whats the story???? Give Terry a shout in the lockup

Topazman aka Aurthur

mikerd4 wrote: so you and richie are planning on getting new motors then niall?

No just me Terry can't change yet company policy

Topazman aka Aurthur

This is what I said so 160L should do it.

If I can get in excess of 150 litres then £27.50 excl carraige

Do you want me to get carriage costs on this total or leave a day or two? And carriage to where?

Cheers

Simon

Car looks like it will need a few hundred euros spent to get through the NCT so might need to hold off on the oil for a bit, F*&k those  salty english roads, sorry

Mark

Mark, just put it through as is and let them point out what needs doing rather than throwing money at it on someones say so. It'll work out cheaper in the long run.

Robbie - Just had car up on the ramp, everything is a nice shade of brown.. Suppose i could send it through nct and see whats needed. Pissed off as seller said it was immaculate and needed nothing and the new front shocks must be the new invisible ones cause we couldn't see them

Mark i'd still put it through. Mine is due for the NCT in June but i'm not too bothered as i'm sure they'll find some reason to fail it. I'll have a good look over the car myself and make sure obvious stuff like no blown bulbs etc.

As for the rust, my car started life in the north and has some nice brown patches on the underside. I gave it a powerwash underneath over the weekend and found some nice patches but nothing terminal.....i hope.

Hope it does'nt need too much work, when is your NCT date?

Red3 wrote: Robbie - haven't paid duty yet, pay day tomorrow, so will have to get a date after vrt'in it. Back box looks on the way out too....

Ah, well then your not too bad. Just take your time getting whatever needs attention and then call up the NCT crowd. My car has been in the south for over three years now and has'nt had an NCT in that time. I've been driving it daily to Naas and back up until about three weeks ago and it was never mentioned even when i was pulled for speeding. Of course i drive to Tullamore about two weeks ago and run into a Garda checkpoint for waste management outside the dump, the friendly Garda said if he stopped me again without the disc displayed i'd be looking at €1500!........what a joke

Anyway, i say drive it around until they stop you then apply for the test and you dont need NCT to tax your car either.

  dont need it to tax your car but when my car was recently off insurance deduct 12% of the payout for no   n c t

Paul

What sort of weight is 160ltr and where is the pick up so that I can get a price.

Jim

160 litres is 160 kilos.

Pickup would be Redruth, Cornwall.

I'll get a price too but where to?

Cheers

Simon

llatsni wrote: delivery would be to dublin city centre (dublin1 or dublin6) at this stage, and with my current credit card situation would there be any complaints if we waited till the 3rd week in june (when I get back from france??)... apologies i know this is at the 11th hour, but anyhows all you guys were keen that we hung on till others joined in???? else someone else is welcome to volunteer the use of their plastic friend!

I've no problem waiting Paul, thought there would be a bit more interest though

The cost for 160kg to Dublin is £222

If you can do better then I can pack it up for collection here in Cornwall.

Cheers

Simon