Buying oil in 20 ltr bulk

[Conor]

Hi team!

Now that I have finally bitten the bullet and picked up a Clio 172 Cup, I now have 3 engines to manage the oil in, with the Clio being track biased.

Turns out i'm on 5W-40 in all.. so I am thinking about buying a 20ltr drum of Millers Trident.

Has anybody used this for MB - Seems I cannot find a bad word said about it and it seems well priced at about 4 or 5 quid per litre, which is hella cheaper than the Castrol Edge and Petronas that I used last two times.

Is @Wighty our resident oil baron here..? Was it he who I read about changing oil verrrrry frequently. Where do you buy it buddy?

EDIT: I'm looking at this Millers Oils TRIDENT 5W-40 Fully Synthetic. Delivered for £4.85/litre .. That seems pretty ace to me.

 

[Mark A]

You can buy the MB stuff from most dealers for +/- £3/L, just check the bay and most dealers will match.

 

[Conor]

You can buy the MB stuff from most dealers for +/- £3/L, just check the bay and most dealers will match.

Interesting... I didn't realise that. That being said, I would need to it be compatible with the Renault also. I will have a look, thanks.

Wow, I had forgotten that those "lube cubes" were such good value. Unsurprisingly no markings about Renault or other brand specs.. so I need to figure it out. At that kind of money I could buy a set of each anyway.

I assume oil doesn't go off...as long as it's stored appropriately.

 

[onefortheroad]

Ive ran. Fords. Kias ,vauxhalls and mercs on the lube cube . My theory was if its good enough for a merc everything else is getting it .

 

[Wighty]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-L-Gen...456975?hash=item1eb6e4a64f:g:8jIAAOSw7DBcwc0s
I may have done the odd unnecessary oil change

 

[Wighty]

There was a discussion a couple of weeks ago that you may be able to pick up the above oil at an MB dealers for £50 (avoids the extra postage cost ?) ...this hasn’t been confirmed yet though , you could enquire ?

 

[Conor]

There was a discussion a couple of weeks ago that you may be able to pick up the above oil at an MB dealers for £50 (avoids the extra postage cost ?) ...this hasn’t been confirmed yet though , you could enquire ?

Interesting... While it says "free p&p" I am assuming the debate was based on the assumption that the postage was built into the actual listed price..

I can try my local dealer....but it's ****** Chelsea. I am not a fan and they love to charge.

 

[Wighty]

Interesting... While it says "free p&p" I am assuming the debate was based on the assumption that the postage was built into the actual listed price..

I can try my local dealer....but it's ****** Chelsea. I am not a fan and they love to charge.

Might be worth a phone call to parts though , depends how much it costs you to drive there and pick it up to save £12?

 

[js190d]

Euro car parts sometimes have 20l cubies of oil on sale. Recently got some Gulf semi syn 10/40 20l for £35

 

[JBell]

I would buy the genuine MB stuff for the mercs and get whatever the Renault needs separately

I had a Clio 182 Trophy, hilarious car to drive, like a rollerskate, went round roundabouts on 3 wheels

 

[Gazwould]

MB specs aren't all that and if you're going to fun thrash a little Clio then you need a better spec than the decades old Reno spec at the time .

 

[Conor]

I would buy the genuine MB stuff for the mercs and get whatever the Renault needs separately

I has a Clio 182 Trophy, hilarious car to drive, like a rollerskate, went round roundabouts on 3 wheels

I cannot tell you how excited I am to get it on track...it's all spec'd and ready to go.

Inclined to agree on your suggestion too. I'll get the cubes of MB for MB's then something a bit more track oriented for the Clio.

The MBs will take the most oil, and the MB oil turns out a lot cheaper, so I can spend that extra on the Clio and hopefully keep it in good stead.

MB specs aren't all that and if you're going to fun thrash a little Clio then you need a better spec than the decades old Reno spec at the time .

Yessss... I would have thought that alright. But there is very little online about Renault oils, Renault themselves don't seem to have much info.

 

[joderest]

I bought 10 litres of the Merc 229.51 oil off e bay, £40 delivered, works out at £4 a litre.
I do not have anywhere to store a 20 litre one now.

 

[Gazwould]

If you're going to really thrash and who wouldn't the Clio , I'd go for a racing Ester marketed oil .

 

[Wighty]

Have a look at Opie Oils website

 

[LostKiwi]

Euro car parts sometimes have 20l cubies of oil on sale. Recently got some Gulf semi syn 10/40 20l for £35

Not much use for any MB that needs 229.5x spec oil as that's fully synth.

 

[Conor]

If you're going to really thrash and who wouldn't the Clio , I'd go for a racing Ester marketed oil .

Hmm.. I shall see. It's rather expensive. Now don't get me wrong.. i'm all for not skimping. I would rather get cheaper oil and change far more frequently, say after every 3rd outing or something.

Have a look at Opie Oils website

Yeap, epic. That's where i'll likely order from. Is that where you built your pipeline to?

 

[LostKiwi]

Hmm.. I shall see. It's rather expensive. Now don't get me wrong.. i'm all for not skimping. I would rather get cheaper oil and change far more frequently, say after every 3rd outing or something.



Yeap, epic. That's where i'll likely order from. Is that where you built your pipeline to?

When we were racing oil was changed every event.

 

[ianplymouth]

I cannot tell you how excited I am to get it on track...it's all spec'd and ready to go.

Inclined to agree on your suggestion too. I'll get the cubes of MB for MB's then something a bit more track oriented for the Clio.

The MBs will take the most oil, and the MB oil turns out a lot cheaper, so I can spend that extra on the Clio and hopefully keep it in good stead.



Yessss... I would have thought that alright. But there is very little online about Renault oils, Renault themselves don't seem to have much info.

I run Elf 9 sport and change it after 3 track days

big end bearing shell by Ian Austin, on Flickr

115k miles total, 20+ track days in the last 18 months and 20k miles in that time, not my daily

 

[ianplymouth]

and that is the worst bearing out of all of them