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Products That Need Passports

Products That Need Passports

This drum of Shell ISO 100 Synthetic Refrigerator Compressor Oil has travelled more than most of us, recently at least, arriving at our depot in Washington via Hamburg and Aberdeen!

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What is Limited Slip Gear Oil

What is Limited Slip Gear Oil

LS oil for LSD in a 4WD – how’s that for a bit of techno-jargon? It’s really not that bad. Simply, limited slip gear oil is oil for the limited slip differentials of 4-wheel drive vehicles (primarily, although it’s also what allows high-performance cars to perform burnouts!).

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Taking Care of Your Tools

Taking Care of Your Tools

A tradesman has to take good care of their tools, and what Tyne & Wear Oils are finding is there is a demand for best quality in terms of “guns, taps and pumps” as we call them.

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Oil Trade Counter Still Open For Business

Oil Trade Counter Still Open For Business

The Tyne & Wear Oils Trade Counter is still open for business! We’re finding a lot of customers are buying ‘just enough’ at the moment, which is fine, things are still a little uncertain, and it makes sense to budget wisely.

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Major Brands at Tyne & Wear Oils

Major Brands at Tyne & Wear Oils

Major Brand Oil? Tyne & Wear Oils has you covered. The requirement for a specific internationally recognised major brand oil can be the result of what is displayed on the side of a machine, in a service manual, recommended by a maintenance engineer, or even simply ‘grandfathered in’ by having been used for so long.

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Supporting Local Businesses

Supporting Local Businesses

A car can be a simple mode of transport to get you from A to B, it can be a beast of burden for work purposes, or there is a category of people for whom a car exists as an object of abject passion for which nothing is too much trouble.

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Keeping Connected at Tyne and Wear Oils

Keeping Connected at Tyne and Wear Oils

Tyne & Wear Oils Depot Manager Leah Peters finishing up on another Microsoft Teams meeting. Be it managing our Biffa regional contract, or touching base with Oilfast Head Office, some meetings are just better with the personal touch you get from seeing someone’s face. Leah is now fully conversant with Teams, Zoom and TeamViewer!

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AeroShell Fluid Aviation Oil

AeroShell Fluid Aviation Oil

AeroShell Fluid 61 is a synthetic hydrocarbon base hydraulic fluid specially formulated to provide excellent oxidation stability for the oil and good corrosion preventive protection to the hydraulic system, keeping aircraft hydraulics moving and their components preserved.

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0W40 Fully Synthetic Engine Oil For A Bentley!

0W40 Fully Synthetic Engine Oil For A Bentley!

0W40 fully synthetic engine oil is a slightly more unusual oil specification than, say, a 5W30 Ford specification oil.  But when you have a 6L 635HP Bentley that specifically asks for a 0W40 fully synthetic engine oil, then that’s what you need to get!

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