Not a bad deal for semi synth oil. $55.99 from Supercheap.
This is a good alternate oil for Motorcycles with wet clutches.
Mod Note: Sparesbox eBay Product Image has Premium Mineral, however OP has confirmed that they received Semi-Synthetic which matches Nulon Product Page for Nulon X-Pro
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Shouldn't have to is more the point, I won't give them any more of my business as a result. Just giving others the heads up if they wanted to buy this for next weekend don't bet on it arriving in time.
I got mine delivered in 2 days 🤷
It really depends on what you order, I ordered a clutch kit once, took a month.
I don't think it depends on the order, cause I have ordered specific parts for vehicles and generic parts for multiple vehicles and I couldn't work out a reason behind it(business I worked for wanted to use them exclusively for some reason, beats me why) so I had a good sample size and it was so sporadic on what would arrive quickly and what would take ages, sometimes oil would take weeks, other times I would have a specific transmission filter kit arrive next day.
I have no issues with the product or anything else, its more just a heads up that if time is of the essence its worth looking elsewhere.
is it worth going full synthetic?
I bought this for a Honda Fireblade. Honda specific HP4 (4L) 10w30 is semi synth and I usually use Penrite MC4ST (4L) Semi 10w40 anyway.
You get 5 Litres here instead of 4 with the bike specific oils.
As long as you change at the recommended intervals, full synth not required for street riding and don't use "racing oils" for street cars or bikes.
Apologies for the neg, but this price is for Mineral oil, not Semi-synthetic! They have very similar bottle designs and the cheapest semi-synth 10W-40 from sparesbox is $43~.
I'd use this over a semi or full synth, bro. Modern mineral oils are nothing to sneeze at, they've come a long way. Mineral oil is going to slow/stop your engine seals from leaking over time as well.
The benefits of synthetic oils in modern cars are wasted on <15k servicing. There's a very minimal increase in fuel efficiency due to the W numbers being at 0 or 5W, and that's just the fuel efficiency over the period it takes an engine to get to operating temp.
For me personally, I use 15W40 mineral, in place of 5W30-40 semi/fullsynth and have noticed shht all difference in fuel economy.
I'm not sure that's suitable for wet clutches on bikes… cars ok
Nps Neg away… I received the bottle today, its Semi Synth.
Care to share a pic of that?
I would like to see as well. Would be unforgiving if they gave you the wrong bottle.
@Gronkmaster69: It would in fact be winning to receive the wrong bottle, in this case Semi instead of what appears to be mineral.
@Ngr73 on the bottle, does it have JASO MA in the specs?
Since rebadging to X-PRO, I haven't seen it on screenshots.
Thanks.
Yeah, that's a shame.
I might have to stick to the Gulf Western 10W-40 for my motorbike.
See my comment below about Castrol Edge. Not labelled as "JASO MA" but many, including me, using it in bikes with wet clutches.
This is clearly premium mineral not semi synthetic.
You realise Semi Synth is actually mineral based oil with synthetic additives…. all clever marketing
On the ebay listing you can clearly see it say premium mineral not semi synthetic.
https://imgur.com/gallery/hN4V2cD
Clever marketing or not, it's still mineral oil.
I wish I could upload a pic of the bottle as it states Semi Synthetic instead of Premium Mineral on it.
This is it…. https://www.nulon.com.au/products/engine-oils/x-pro/xpr10w40
Thanks for sharing. Checked on Nulon's website and seems to work for my 2003 Camry. Got one.
A much better (but bit more expensive) choice is the top-of-the-line synthetic Castrol Edge 5W-40 5 Litre for $54.99 from Amazon
Exceptional oil that can be used with motorbike's wet clutches* but not with modern diesel engines with a DPF
*they didn't apply for the JASO MA label, but it is widely used by hobbyist and amateur racers
5w 30 LL nulon apex at bunnings for $35
Only buy from sparesbox if you aren't in a rush. They do deliver, they do have decent pricing, but they also have terrible customer service(just zero communication basically) and take absolutely forever to ship stuff out. If its a time sensitive service look elsewhere.