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I use Tesco car cleaning products and I think they are excellent but I have never used any oil that is cheap to buy. Is my prejudice justified?
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note down the spec and grade and then compare to what your handbook says
you can google the specs to see how good/bad it is
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Can recommend the groundnut oil for stirfries (..or any application where lightness & unobstusive flavour/aroma are needed) - their olive oil range is so-so & never used their top grade walnut oil , so can't advise on that.
Hope this helps!
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Can recommend the groundnut oil for stirfries (..or any application where lightness & unobstusive flavour/aroma are needed)
Groundnut oil is good because of the low impurities, which gives it a high smoke point, which is obviously vital for stirfries.
But you can now get rice bran oil, which has a slightly higher smoke point again and is very good for your engine ;)
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I've been told that some cheap oil is the stuff that's already been used once. Apparently it's collected, 'cleaned-up' and sold again.
Is this true? If so is it any worse than oil that's just come out of the ground and been refined?
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I've been told that some cheap oil is the stuff that's already been used once. Apparently it's collected 'cleaned-up' and sold again. Is this true? If so is it any worse than oil that's just come out >> of the ground and been refined?
Fact all oil comes from a fractulating columb (sorry spelling) regardless of if it's new or has been reprocessed which is by the way a very clever science of filters magnets heaters etc. It's the base stock that's important I know of onw oil thats sold at £15 for 5 litres and the same stuff in a different can and label sells for £40+ in Halfords
Thats the thing.. branding, price and advertising has very little to do with quality where oil is concerened.
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Recycled and cleaned standard car oils offer the same lubricating protection as "new" - it's the additives that are important.
You are unlikely to get top quality additives in a £5 five-litre can of recycled as with top brands, but in a "banger" or older car it won't really matter that much.
By the way, as garages and quick fit centres seem to pour all used car engine oil into the same large container for disposal, you wouldn't know what type of oil was being re-sold..:-)
Edited by Stuartli on 04/02/2008 at 14:22
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I was thinking of using the semi synthetic so I would find it reassuring if someone could say its the same as brand X in a different can.
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I doubt if Tesco have their own oil refinery so it probably is. The question is, which Brand-X though?
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