Recent content by jtay2024

This oil has been in my 1.6 I-Dtec diesel about 100 miles. The last oil was in for about 8000 miles so I'm impressed with how clean this engine is running. Usually people just accept that diesel oil goes black pretty much straight away.

Vehicle - Honda Civic 1.6 I-Dtec Millage - 72686 Oil Out - Shell Helix Ultra 0w-30 C2/C3 Oil Filter Out - Genuine Honda Oil In - Castrol Magnatec 5w-30 C3 Oil Filter In - Genuine Honda Fancied a change of oil. Have used the Shell C2/C3 oil for the last 3 changes. Wanted to see what Magnatec...

Normally my Civic 1.6 Diesel gets Shell Helix Ultra C2/C3 0w30 oil. This time I fancied a change and I've often found my cars sound nice and quite on Magnatec so it's got a straight C3 5w30 this time. Will be interesting to see if I notice any difference.

Interesting video comparing a before and after on Redline SI-1. I love this guys no nonsense approach to his videos. He's done quite a bit on Restore & Protect as well! I'm impressed by the improvement on the injectors mostly!

I thought that was just me as well. I love a mooch around the car section in random shops when I'm traveling.

*Removed* - Do not want to derail the topic at hand. Apologies.

This is likely spot on. There seems to be a lot of questioning about whether Ukraine has money or not in this thread which is rather odd. Like Scrllock has said, a lot of people in Eastern Europe work on their own cars. Way more than in the likes of the UK and the US. It's no surprise that...

In the UK we have shops that are like that (Halfords, Eurocarparts and the odd little own brand shop) however that above is on hell of a selection! Looks like they take their oils seriously in Kyiv.

Thanks for the recommendations of the oils. I'll look into the use of 5w30. With regards to the C5 vs C6 oils, I am trying to work out whether there would be a benefit in a car that requires only a C5 oil. My logic is that due to the fact that C6 oils are designed to stop LSPI in cars that...

It's a petrol.

Morning all! I was looking for oil for my Dads car last night. He has a 1.5 Ecoboost Fiesta ST. It comes with 200hp but his has been tuned to about 240hp now. His oil spec is a Ford standard, of which most oils that meet it are C5 rated. There are however some oils that meet C6 as well. That...

Very likely! However I suppose when you know that what you're aiming at will likely be in visual line of sight it probably isn't that much of an issue any more.

From what I have read about these drone boats from the russian side they are really getting worried about them. There isn't really a good way to defend against something like this. Small boats with very little heat / radar signature are incredibly hard to track on water. Their only way to defend...

Exactly my thoughts on his work too! Top guy with a lot of good knowledge. 👌

In the UK it seems to be entirely based on how affluent an area is. For example, a fuel station out in the countryside will have a £0.25 difference between regular and premium, whereas a fuel station in a cheap part of a city may only have £0.08 - £0.10 difference. (From what I've seen around by...