Confusing message above. Morris's are evidently still on the market. And also Silkolene(Part of Fuchs IIRC).
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Sorry...meant Silkolene was not Morris's'
Ted
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I've delivered to the Morris lubricants plant in Shrewsbury before, seems to me to be a long-standing, very professional outfit with a real pride in their history and their products. There's a customer sales counter with every type of oil imaginable displayed on shelves and in cabinets, from specialist historic vehicle oils through race oils to marine and industrial machinery lubricants. There is also a good display of how their packaging and design have evolved over the years.
Not many factories make for such an interesting and fascinating experience for visiting drivers or instil such confidence in their abilities and products IMO. To answer the OP's question: "Yay".
Edited by Dave_TD {P} on 26/11/2009 at 16:43
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That sounds really interesting, and my sister lives in Shrewsbury so I can see an afternoon out developing!
Can you just pop in?
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I have used the Multivis Semi Syn 10/40 since the early 1980s and have complete confidence in it. When I first used that oil in a VW Passat, I got a 5% improvement in fuel consumption and have continued to use it in various vehicles since then.
It is certainly fit for the purpose when an oil of that spec is required.
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Have used Morris' in Harleys for 20 years. Highly recommended.
Just out of interest; another poster mentioned Silkolene. I've also used their stuff and it's good, but did you know it's re-cycled oil? When they had the plant at Belper, Derbyshire I used to deliver there, they had tankers going all round the midlands collecting old oil which they re-processed there. Don't know if Fuchs still do that; their plant's at Stoke-on-Trent IIRC.
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Silkolene bike oils are excellent and reasonably priced too. The ZZR has a sumpful of their 10W/40 semi synth brew right now.
Used Fuchs semi in the first service I did on the Volvo. Engine was still sweet and smooth at change time, and is still sweet and smooth 6,000 miles later (now on Mobil Super S) so it seemed to do the job.
I'm not brand loyal with oils. I go for spec/grade first, then a "known" brand name, and the rest comes down to the deal available at the time. Have used Fuchs, Silkolene, Mobil, Total and Motul in the past few years in various cars and not a bad word to say about any of them. The only bad experience I've ever had was with Castrol GPS in the ZZR which made the cam chain tick on cold starts. As soon as I dropped the oil out and replaced it with Silkolene, it shut up and has never returned.
Cheers
DP
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Can you just pop in?
By the style of the "trade counter" I would guess you probably can, yes.
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You can buy it on line or phone them and ask for a local stockist. Their Offices are pretty near Shrewsbury Railway Station IIRC. Its a well kn. I know their local rep they are a busy national company.
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Another + vote for Morris's oils.
I used to use them exclusively when I had my Lada/Proton/used car outlet.
Excellent service and never ever had a complaint from my customers.
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I think most branded oils are much of a muchness these days. I have used Morris stuff in the past on my own stuff and we also currently use Morris oil at work on our fleet of trucks with no problems.
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