Mobil 1

[raviramyead]

Does anyone know the cheapest place to get hold of 10 litres of Mobil 1?

thanks

 

[hotblack944]

France []

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: raviramyead

Does anyone know the cheapest place to get hold of 10 litres of Mobil 1?

thanks

A while back Costco had it on special offer £17.50 for 4 litre pack ... I bought enough to last a while []

 

[steve lyden brown]

As someone who is just about to take my 996 on a very long business and pleasure touring holiday in France, can I ask that you please expand on your remark about France being a cheap place to buy Mobil 1 ?
Is that everywhere, in certain hypermarkets, gas stations, or whatever ?
Cheers,
SGLB

 

[Guest]

Steve & All,

The cheapest will be Supermarkets (= Auchan, Carrefour, ...) if they do some promos, then specialists (= Norauto, when you see a Auchan Supermarket you'll see just beside Norauto, sister company).

Petrol stations have to be avoided, specially on the motorways!

Hope it'll help!

Cheers,

Fab

 

[garyw]

I'm off to France next week, so will have to decide on bringing back wine or Mobil 1!!
Will keep my eye out for the supermarkets and get some for sure.

 

[steve lyden brown]

Thank, Fab For the info. I can see that I'll be giving the bars and cafes a miss in favour of checking out the supermarkets !
Cheers,
Steve.

 

[garyw]

Well had a great trip to Europe and the ring, then went shopping, Mobil 1 at 30 euro and a bit, but none of the viscous that I required[:'(]
Next time maybe.

 

[steve lyden brown]

Did you find Mobil 1 at that price in France as well as Germany ? And in supermarkets, for example. You mention viscosity- was it difficult to find the right viscosity ?
Steve.

 

[Mark_Bennett]

The grade available in French Supermarkets until recently was 5W-50.

I noticed that Mobil have now re-packaged the oil into 5 Litre (rather than 4) containers, and it is now 5W-40.

Both grades are perfectly within the accepted range of the current models.

 

[steve lyden brown]

Ten out of ten, Mark, for the helpful level of detail you supplied on Mobil 1.
Many thanks,
Steve.

 

[lazza]

Try here www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm

We are working on a discount scheme with these guys.

Lazza

 

[garyw]

The Grade I have always used is the 0w-40 and this is what was just put in mine at the service at the OPC along with a 1ltr top up of the same 0-40.
I'm no oil expert so didn't take any chances in using a different spec oil, whilst I could be saving over £15 for the 4ltrs how much could it be costing me long term?
I went to the supermarket close to the Chunnel and Shell station, it was all 5w-40 in 4ltr containers, there was a car parts store across the carpark to which I also looked and again 5w-40.
Had no time to visit supermarkets in Germany, Damn[]

 

[Guest]

What's the correct viscosity for air cooled turbos ? I hear that 0-40 Mobil 1 is far too thin and leaks out all over the place on older engines. Is 15-50 the correct choice ?