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Hello my friends, where is the best place to get my filters and what grade of oil would you recommend for my van?
1900 petrol 78,000 miles.
Cheers, jimi

GSF... 15w/40 or 20w/50

kevtherev wrote:GSF... 15w/40 or 20w/50

Thanks for that kev

And don't forget Morrisons currently has their Texaco Havoline oil on offer for £4.99.

''What grade of oil?''. Where's Red Westie, he's missed his cue.

I don't know if I'd call GSF the best place. Most convenient, perhaps, but the quality of their parts is somewhat variable. I've had decent Mann stuff and non-branded crap from them, listed as the same part number....

But Morrisons stores or petrol kiosks have recently had an offer on 15W40 5 and 1 litre containers of Texaco Havoline oil. (£4.99 for 5l) you may get lucky and find a store that still has some.

Martin

Without hijacking, oil for automatic box? Haynes has it down as power steering fluid - is that right? Final drive is gear oil but i'm just wondering if Haynes is still accurate?

horns wrote:I don't know if I'd call GSF the best place. Most convenient, perhaps, but the quality of their parts is somewhat variable. I've had decent Mann stuff and non-branded crap from them, listed as the same part number....

GSF used to sell VW Quantum oil until a couple of years ago. Now they sell Fuchs Titan which is excellent quality oil. All the oil & air filters I have bought from GSF have been Mann.

When I bought some there 3 weeks ago, they told me they were discontinuing Fuchs in favour of some cheap-looking brand I'd never heard of...

I guess you've been lucky with the filters. I've ordered the exact same part number from the same branch and had Mann one time and a no-name copy the next.