Fully synthetic Oil for £8.49
The Filling Stations at Morrisons Supermarkets are currently offering Havoline Oils in 5 litre containers at half price.
The offer covers fully synthetic, part-synthetic and mineral oils so there is plenty of choice. The fully synthetic oil (pictured) is only £8.49, part-synthetic is £7.49 and mineral oil is £4.99.
You will need to check which specification of oil your bike or car takes but these are Havoline (i.e. Texaco) Oils and they should be decent stuff.
The synthetic SAE 5W-30 which I bought for my car meets ACEA: A1/B1, API SL/Energy Conserving (whatever they mean) and also Ford WSS-M2C913-B.
Thanks to John Taylor for tipping me off about this bargain, very helpful. By the way John says he has used fully synthetic oil on his GoldWing and has had no clutch trouble. (Fully synthetic oil has been said to be unsuitable for motorcycles which have wet clutches because they can cause clutch slip.)
To locate your nearest Morrisions Store visit their website by Clicking Here. The search facility includes an option to check that the Store has a Filling Station; these Havoline Oils are on sale on in the Filling Station Kiosks.
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Car oils should not be used in motorcycles as they have friction modifiers added.
Hein Gericke sell good quality semi synthetic bike oil, which has all the approvals, JASO etc. for use in GoldWings.
By the way I contacted Honda technical some years ago (pre 1800) and asked about using fully synthetic oil. They replied that you should not use it in a GoldWing under any circumstances. One of their Staffies did and couldn’t stop the clutch slipping despite ‘flushing’ the engine a number of times. Hope this is informative.
Very helpful, thank you. Sounds pretty authoritative if you got it from Honda.
I use Halfords mineral oil (for motorcycles) in my own GoldWing on the basis that I change it fairly often, so no point in paying extra for part synthetic. And having heard/read about the potential clutch slip problems I suppose I was steering well clear of even part-synthetic for that reason too, although I suspect that was being over cautious.
I have tried to get the hang of all these oil categories but gave up confused. I suspect they just guarantee a minimum compliance and may therefore not exclude the possibility of additives which could have an adverse effect on a motorcycle. Is anyone expert enough to explain them to us?
I don’t profess to be an expert, but after some research have come to the following conclusions:
Oil which meets JASO(Japanese Automotive Standards Organisation) standard MA is the standard to look for. This Organisation uses tests which are specifically for motorcycle oils. They also use the recommended viscosity rating with regard to the ambient temperature.
Oils meeting JASO MA shouldn’t cause any clutch slip as this test standard is specifically for 4 stroke motorcycles with wet type clutches.
Whether mineral or semi-synthetic is your choice as long as they meet the JASO MA standard. Halfords oils are fine; they are usually made by a major manufacturer and re-labeled. Fuchs (who own Silkolene) in Stoke on Trent use to make a lot for Halfords and they are a very well respected name in the industry. Don’t know if they make for them at the moment.
For more info on JASO visit http://www.jalos.or.jp/onfile/jaso_e.htm
Kindest Regards to all
Well done John. Excellent work.