Millers Oil VSPe Batch Date or Expiry Date ?
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Millers Oil VSPe Batch Date or Expiry Date ?
Hi chaps,
A question if I may please. I bought 6 tubs of this last year on ebay...
20170314_161910 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Now I only noticed recently that the date stamped on it is well past, as it is 4-4-16...
20170314_162016 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Does anyone know if this is just a 'batch' date rather than 'expiry/use by' ? I am presuming this stuff must have a very long shelf life so its more than likely just a batch date. ? Any comments much appreciated.
All the best,
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A question if I may please. I bought 6 tubs of this last year on ebay...
20170314_161910 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Now I only noticed recently that the date stamped on it is well past, as it is 4-4-16...
20170314_162016 by nicholas bowler, on Flickr
Does anyone know if this is just a 'batch' date rather than 'expiry/use by' ? I am presuming this stuff must have a very long shelf life so its more than likely just a batch date. ? Any comments much appreciated.
All the best,
Nick
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Hi Nick,
I definitely wouldn't drink that, it will be well past it's best.......
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I definitely wouldn't drink that, it will be well past it's best.......
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Re: Millers Oil VSPe Batch Date or Expiry Date ?
Nick,
On a serious note (well, less idiotic anyway ) I recently bought a bottle to try. I've just been out to the garage to check the stamped date and it shows a date from last year. Therefore, I would imagine that it is the production date.
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On a serious note (well, less idiotic anyway ) I recently bought a bottle to try. I've just been out to the garage to check the stamped date and it shows a date from last year. Therefore, I would imagine that it is the production date.
Andrew.
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Would not recommend it Andrew...just tried drinking a tub to report back my findings here..... and must admit I did feel a bit dodgy afterwards mate.....Andrew 2.8i wrote:I definitely wouldn't drink that, it will be well past it's best.......
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Thanks Andrew. It certainly seems to be a production/batch date of some kind then. Cheers !Andrew 2.8i wrote:I recently bought a bottle to try. I've just been out to the garage to check the stamped date and it shows a date from last year. Therefore, I would imagine that it is the production date.
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Nick,Fordoholic Nick wrote: It certainly seems to be a production/batch date of some kind then. Cheers !
I think so. I bought mine from Opie Oils, I've bought loads of stuff from them in the past and they seem trustworthy.
I wouldn't have thought they'd be selling old stock that was paSt it's shelf life.
I was a bit reluctant to use this stuff at first because of the cost as one bottle only treats one tankful of fuel. However, some of the outlay should be able to be recouped by filling up with regular unleaded instead of super. As the VSPE contains octane boosting ingredients, it seems unecessary to buy the higher octane petrol.
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Re: Millers Oil VSPe Batch Date or Expiry Date ?
Andrew I do this very thing. Use regular unleaded with this VSPE additive. Yep at first I was a bit put off by the price too but if its good for the engine its good for me tooAndrew 2.8i wrote:However, some of the outlay should be able to be recouped by filling up with regular unleaded instead of super. As the VSPE contains octane boosting ingredients, it seems unecessary to buy the higher octane petrol.
If B112 was my daily runner too then it could get very costly but as its a 'weekend only' car its not so bad.
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but Nick's question has got me thinking.
Does anybody think that Millers VSPe could degrade over time, even if the bottle is not opened?
Just curious as I've bought a big job lot that will probably last me until the end of next year, if not a little longer.
Thanks in advance!
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Does anybody think that Millers VSPe could degrade over time, even if the bottle is not opened?
Just curious as I've bought a big job lot that will probably last me until the end of next year, if not a little longer.
Thanks in advance!
Andrew.
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I would think it would be fine Andrew.Andrew 2.8i wrote:Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but Nick's question has got me thinking.
Does anybody think that Millers VSPe could degrade over time, even if the bottle is not opened?
Just curious as I've bought a big job lot that will probably last me until the end of next year, if not a little longer.
Thanks in advance!
Andrew.
I have bought 2 x 5 litre Millers engine oil presuming that's ok if unopened until required.
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I also use millers as it helps with the ethonal on the pipes I hope it will last me a few years so should be ok to store .
Here is what I use .
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Re: Millers Oil VSPe Batch Date or Expiry Date ?
I was thinking of using this in mine. It's been backed by Fuzz Townsend.
https://www.classic-oils.net/TetraBOOST-E-Guard-15
I'm also lucky that there is a garage about 4 miles from me that sells 4 star, albeit at quite a price per litre.
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I'm also lucky that there is a garage about 4 miles from me that sells 4 star, albeit at quite a price per litre.
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There used to be a list of stations that sell 4 star on the FBHVC website, but it's been blank for a while now. I assumed that the Government had outlawed the sale of it, so it is nice to hear that it is still available. The last time I saw some for sale was about 5 years ago at a small garage in Leicestershire, the sort of place where a man in overalls fills your car up for you.Paul G wrote:I'm also lucky that there is a garage about 4 miles from me that sells 4 star, albeit at quite a price per litre.
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We had another post on here of all the good things about it I know my valves have all been done but it helps with higher octan as well . As I am guess here and it was Peter who has this larger bottle I got as the small ones are about £8 a shot .
Christ 4* never thought I would see that again . Also how much is that a litre, think I payed £1.41 Saturday for super unleaded .
Christ 4* never thought I would see that again . Also how much is that a litre, think I payed £1.41 Saturday for super unleaded .
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I hope Paul can answer this one as I'd like to know too. To give you an idea, When I saw it in early 2014, it was £2.40 a litre when regular unleaded was selling for around £1.30.Jasonmarie wrote: Christ 4* never thought I would see that again . Also how much is that a litre, think I payed £1.41 Saturday for super unleaded .
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I have seen that. What I can't understand is that the 500ml bottle you've got treats 500 litres of fuel, but the smaller bottle as shown in Nick's photo is 250ml and treats only 50 litres. If it is exactly the same stuff, after all it has exactly the same name, why does your bottle treat five times as much fuel per litre as the smaller bottle?Jasonmarie wrote:Here is what I use .
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I'll give them a call tomorrow and see how much it is. it is a small they serve you type garage but it's also a Ford dealer, Platts of Marlow.Andrew 2.8i wrote:I hope Paul can answer this one as I'd like to know too. To give you an idea, When I saw it in early 2014, it was £2.40 a litre when regular unleaded was selling for around £1.30.Jasonmarie wrote: Christ 4* never thought I would see that again . Also how much is that a litre, think I payed £1.41 Saturday for super unleaded .
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Hi chaps,
Funny this thread of mine was resurrected by Andrew as I am down to my last tub of VSPe and need to buy some more. There are quite a few similar products on the market like the one that Paul mentioned but as the Capri has been running well on VSPe I think I will stick with this while it is still easy enough to get. Will be interesting to see the 'batch date' on the ones I get.
Wow ! Amazing Paul has a petrol station near him still selling 4 Star. The last place I used to get it from is now a car wash business but it still has a bit of thee old price sign for the 4 star
All the best
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Funny this thread of mine was resurrected by Andrew as I am down to my last tub of VSPe and need to buy some more. There are quite a few similar products on the market like the one that Paul mentioned but as the Capri has been running well on VSPe I think I will stick with this while it is still easy enough to get. Will be interesting to see the 'batch date' on the ones I get.
Wow ! Amazing Paul has a petrol station near him still selling 4 Star. The last place I used to get it from is now a car wash business but it still has a bit of thee old price sign for the 4 star
All the best
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Just saying... If you upgrade your cylinder head to a Vulcan Stage 3 head, you will no longer be required to use any additive, therefore saving money in the .... very long future
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*UPDATE*Andrew 2.8i wrote:I hope Paul can answer this one as I'd like to know too. To give you an idea, When I saw it in early 2014, it was £2.40 a litre when regular unleaded was selling for around £1.30.Jasonmarie wrote: Christ 4* never thought I would see that again . Also how much is that a litre, think I payed £1.41 Saturday for super unleaded .
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Just phoned Platts of Marlow and the 4 star is £169.9 per litre. Don't know how that would compare with using super unleaded plus an additive?
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Re: Millers Oil VSPe Batch Date or Expiry Date ?
Accordingly to google the current average price of fuel...
petrol - 128.4
Diesel -131.6
Super Unleaded - 139.3
Premium Diesel 145.6
Not sure how accurate that is or how they figure it out mind
petrol - 128.4
Diesel -131.6
Super Unleaded - 139.3
Premium Diesel 145.6
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I think the additive is to be used with regular 95 RON unleaded petrol to increase the rating to 97 RON. 4 star is 97 or 98 RON, if I remember correctly?Paul G wrote:Don't know how that would compare with using super unleaded plus an additive?
The cheapest I've seen the Millers additive, if bought in bulk, is £10 per bottle (getoffroad.com). That treats 50 litres per bottle, so will add 20p to the price of petrol per litre. Using Danny's prices, that makes unleaded plus a Miller's additive 21p per litre cheaper than the 4 star petrol.
The Tetraboost costs £23.25 per bottle if a case is puchased. A bottle treats 108 litres of fuel to make an additional cost of 22p per litre.
VSPE multishot adds only 5p to each litre of fuel.
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