bertie Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Comma-Motorsport-5w-50-Fully-Synthetic-Performance-Oil_W0QQitemZ200075960162QQihZ010QQcategoryZ28641QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem Just checking but as far as I can tell it is and it's £19.99 rather than £32....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILL FLY Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 yes, but this is the same stuff and available from Halfords here See willfly.net for more info. If you don't spin you ain't trying Happiness is knowing you have just a tad too much power DVA 1.8K R345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Target price for the comma is £18 inc vat form your local comma agent, for 5 litres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 But is it the correct oil for your car? X/FLOW 1700 DD 1990 ROAD USE ONLY..SO FAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 My car is a 2003 R400 so I believe the Caterham motorsport 5w50 is the correct oil currently reccomended by Caterham. Am I wrong? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadsport06 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 This is the one that they put in the k-series and the one in my car and going in this Sunday on an oil and filter change. (Unless there is a change in the weather and I get a bag of chips to eat on the prom at Aberystwyth) BRG and Yellow nose VU06 XZX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 This is the spec of oil currently recommended by caterham for the K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoDunc Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 The Comma Motorsport Caterham oil is different to whats in Halfords. Spekaing with Comma some time ago they tell me there are currently 64 different blends of 5/50 oil they produce and what is supplied as Caterham oil is unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadsport06 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Would they not say that anyway? Surely CC would say they have an exclusive deal for the oil and only a slight difference. Myles uses fully synthetic halfords without any probs from reading his site. BRG and Yellow nose VU06 XZX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Spekaing with Comma some time ago they tell me there are currently 64 different blends of 5/50 oil they produce and what is supplied as Caterham oil is unique Where as they told me that it is all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 ...Spekaing with Comma some time ago they tell me there are currently 64 different blends of 5/50 oil they produce Yeah right!! And I've dropped off a Christmas tree!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Don't I recall many threads elsewhere on here that confirmed the Comma CC oil is the same stuff as Halfords (Trackday/Performance - I can't be ar$ed to go and look at the bottles in the garage) 5W-50 fully synthetic oil, or whatever it is called ..... (edit - Motorsport Oil ... just looked at website.) ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Edited by - Stationary M25 Traveller on 11 May 2007 20:03:51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoDunc Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 You did ask bertie and I've told you what I've been told by Comma. Just trying to help. May be worth climbing back onto that Christmas tree of yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Agreed. We seem to have different opinions here, and a further call to Comma may find the answer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoDunc Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Good shout Mav. I'll email the guy I know there and try and get it in an email I can cut and paste onto here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Sounds like a plan Dunc . When I got my info, I'd called Sales who then put me through to technical, so thats where my answer came from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Sorry Dunc, I wasn't having a go so I appologise if it sounded like it. It's just that I would never expect tham to say anything else. Companies like to keep the mystery alive to protect their margins. There was a similar situation on Yokohama A048 tyres where there was a "special" LTS version for the Elise only avilable from main dealers and muck more expensive than the normal A048. They've dropped it now and a guy at Lotus told me while I was there a few weeks ago that there was in fact no differance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZZA Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Bertie, having worked in the lube oil blending field for a short time I would say that the number of blends around the same base oil can be quite mind blowing!as there are many different service factors that influence the product make-up. Barry R400 Duratec No. 001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Fair play, maybe there is something to it, you clearly have a better knowlege of the subject then I. I'd be suprised but I can accept I might be wrong, that'll be twice now, the last time was 1978!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Dunc, Did you get a reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoDunc Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Must admit it hasn't been top of my list. I'll chase it up and see what comes back. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen grant Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Without wishing to open a can of worms (and apologies if I just did...) Is 5w/50 the correct spec for all k's, or just the bonkers ones? It's just that I had thought that 5w/40 was correct for mine (160bhp-ish). thanks, stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 CC now recommend 5w/50 for all K. The 5w/40 will be fine though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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