Castro Edge 5w30 Deal!

Russ.C · 06-16-2016, 08:37 AM

Euro car parts until 16:00 today are doing an offer on castrol oil, BOGOF. This makes edge 5w30 less than £20 a bottle! Better be quick!

Code:FREEOIL10 for 5w30 or FREEOIL11 for 0w30

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/en...86382839924224

djgandy · 06-16-2016, 09:00 AM

Was just about to post this. Great deal..

Shame not on the 10W60

imy · 06-16-2016, 09:09 AM

that's a great offer! Although its not LL04 its LL, is this suitable for 335i?

Rudz · 06-16-2016, 09:33 AM

Ordered cheers, 0W30 is ll04, great for 335i

Thermobaric · 06-16-2016, 09:38 AM

Thanks. Great timing. I have an oil change coming up.

imy · 06-16-2016, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rudz

Ordered cheers, 0W30 is ll04, great for 335i

really? 0w30 over 5w30?

Thermobaric · 06-16-2016, 09:53 AM

Put your reg into the Castrol oil finder and it will tell you the optimum type.

djgandy · 06-16-2016, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imy

really? 0w30 over 5w30?

It really makes no difference. If you look at the scientific numbers instead of the marketing numbers both oils are practically the same.

imy · 06-16-2016, 10:08 AM

ok thanks!

MattOz · 06-16-2016, 10:26 AM

Always used 0W30 in my 335i. Believe BMW did the same at service. The litre I bought from BMW was certainly 0W30 Titanium FST. I've just bought a load more from ECP!

Ajerthan · 06-16-2016, 01:04 PM

Aww, I missed out!

Chappers 71 · 06-16-2016, 01:26 PM

Dot be to disappointed as tesco & sainsburys regularly have it on offer for £9.99 a litre

Rudz · 06-16-2016, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappers 71

Dot be to disappointed as tesco & sainsburys regularly have it on offer for £9.99 a litre

: twice the price of this deal?

Chappers 71 · 06-16-2016, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rudz

: twice the price of this deal?

Op stated £20 a bottle, how big a bottle? If op is saying the offer is £20 for 4 litres then yep that's a great deal, but you can't buy it with your club card points, can you & anyway £9.99 a litres a good price & is better than £14 a litre which is the normal price

RajB · 06-16-2016, 01:50 PM

I got the email but dealers for mine have always stated 5W-30 and used that at my oil service 6 weeks ago.

Oh well.

Thermobaric · 06-16-2016, 01:51 PM

Yep. They were the 4L bottles.

imy · 06-16-2016, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RajB

I got the email but dealers for mine have always stated 5W-30 and used that at my oil service 6 weeks ago.

Oh well.

Yep this is what I thought. Got mine changed 6 weeks ago with 5w30.

Got 0w30 with this offer. Will keep it for my next change.

Chappers 71 · 06-16-2016, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imy

Yep this is what I thought. Got mine changed 6 weeks ago with 5w30.

Got 0w30 with this offer. Will keep it for my next change.

Castrol 5w30 has been used in mine since new & it used to be recommended by castrol but they recently changed it to 0w30 for the n54. I believe from reading castrols bumpf that it works slightly better from cold than the 5w. Maybe I'll put the 0w in next time, just depends if it's on offer in tesco or sainsburys

Russ.C · 06-16-2016, 02:27 PM

From what I understand castrol used to recommend 5w30 which used to be LL04 approved, since it has changed to "titanium FST" it seems to have lost the LL04 approval on the back. Since then caatrol has recommended the 0w30... That's for my n57 anyway.

Occasionally Amazon have some good prices on oil, worth signing up on "camelcamelcamel" as a price tracker... Set a price you want and it sends and email once reduced. Almost always beats the supermarket prices. Also has a previous price graph:

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Castrol-EDGE-Engine-Oil-0W-30/product/B000R9TTS8

Russ.C · 06-17-2016, 04:30 AM

So... I Emailed Castrol for clarification on the 5w30 losing the LL-04 branding. Here is the answer:

Thanks for the email. Since the introduction of the Titanium formulation BMW have moved the goalposts with their tests meaning that you cant formulate an oil now that meets both the requirements of BMW and VW in the same oil - hence the EDGE 5W-30 LL does not carry LL04 approval. We normally suggest the EDGE 0W-30 now for BMW

However there is light at the end of the tunnel - as your car is not a brand new one asking for the latest LL04 spec ( I assume this from your comment saying last 4 years ) ) - the EDGE 5W-30LL will still cover the old LL04 approval so I wouldn't worry about it in your car, although the 0W-30 would be better as it has enhanced cold temperature performance.

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Russ.C Private First Class 15 Rep 192 Posts Drives: E92 330D M Sport Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Berkshire iTrader: (0)	From what I understand castrol used to recommend 5w30 which used to be LL04 approved, since it has changed to "titanium FST" it seems to have lost the LL04 approval on the back. Since then caatrol has recommended the 0w30... That's for my n57 anyway. Occasionally Amazon have some good prices on oil, worth signing up on "camelcamelcamel" as a price tracker... Set a price you want and it sends and email once reduced. Almost always beats the supermarket prices. Also has a previous price graph: http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Castrol-EDGE-Engine-Oil-0W-30/product/B000R9TTS8
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Russ.C Private First Class 15 Rep 192 Posts Drives: E92 330D M Sport Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Berkshire iTrader: (0)	So... I Emailed Castrol for clarification on the 5w30 losing the LL-04 branding. Here is the answer: Thanks for the email. Since the introduction of the Titanium formulation BMW have moved the goalposts with their tests meaning that you cant formulate an oil now that meets both the requirements of BMW and VW in the same oil - hence the EDGE 5W-30 LL does not carry LL04 approval. We normally suggest the EDGE 0W-30 now for BMW However there is light at the end of the tunnel - as your car is not a brand new one asking for the latest LL04 spec ( I assume this from your comment saying last 4 years ) ) - the EDGE 5W-30LL will still cover the old LL04 approval so I wouldn't worry about it in your car, although the 0W-30 would be better as it has enhanced cold temperature performance.
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