Lidl and Aldi Car accessories

[Hell Razor5543]

This coming Sunday (02/06) Lidl are doing a few car related items;

https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/car-care/a1004 ... Sales_Week

[myglaren]

Electric Hammer.

[Vic Evans]

Manual chainsaw.

[Rp0thejester]

Stuff the car related stuff, aren't they doing a beer pump!!!! Or was that just an online rumour???

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks to James I have just returned from Lidl with these:

MTMO

The ratchet is much better quality than I expected and will make a decent breaker bar when extended, although that is not my intended use:

MTMO

I am pleased with the contents of the oil pump box, all for a tenner, which will aid oil changes in engines with the inset sump plug issue!!

MTMO

All in all well worth my aborted trip to Welwyn Garden City , whose Lidl doesn't open until 11am, followed by my successful trip to Harlow where I found ample stock of both items. Thanks again James!!

[Vic Evans]

I've had one of the oil pumps for a few years now & it's a great bit of kit.
It's particularly useful for oil changes on my umpteen garden & agricultural machines where the drain plugs are invariably so close to the chassis etc the used oil runs everywhere but into the pan.
One tip.
The discharge pipe comes in a coil which is a pain as it springs everywhere so difficult to keep in waste container & is a swine to clear oil out of when finished. I used to wazz it around my head to clear it but finally cut the tube to a more sensible length, for my requirements, & straightened it by warming & hanging up with a bit of weight. It now hangs on barn wall to keep it straight.

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks for that Vic. I know what you mean as I had the same issue with my dipstick hole sucker's tube. That too hangs down the wall now, with a 35mm socket on the end, ready for action!

[CitroJim]

Good buys I'm tempted to search out an Aldi and see if any are left..

[mickthemaverick]

Searching out an Aldi won't do you much good Jim, they are in Lidl !!

[CitroJim]

Searching out an Aldi won't do you much good Jim, they are in Lidl !!

Ahh, now we have one local to here. I shall take a look... Could have sworn it was Aldi...

[MattBLancs]

I've got the exact same pump as pictured, haven't used it for oil changes as yet, but several goes pumping out diesel (a few times with the long winded C5 "runs for fraction of a second" saga and recently on the HDi Coupe when I found I had a leak when tank was full and it was jacked up high enough)

I used a "quite dead" car battery that is going for scrap (indicates about 8 volts) and the pump chugged along quite happily on that too.

That extendable ratchet looks good, might treat myself to one of those

[mickthemaverick]

Yes I'm impressed with the ratchet bearing in mind it was only 12 of your finest British pounds!! Ironically my old 1/2" drive ratchet threw a wobbly a week or so ago and will now only "ratchet" in anti clockwise mode so no good for doing things up. This couldn't have come up at a better time and was the main reason for my visit, the oil pump being a bonus because I was there!!

[MattBLancs]

Twelve quid!? I can definitely stretch to that!

[Hell Razor5543]

Next Thursday (01/08) Lidl have some car care items for sale;

https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/car-care/a1005 ... Sales_Week

They also have a load of Parkside equipment for sale on the Sunday;

https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/parkside/a1005 ... Sales_Week

[myglaren]

Some interesting and tempting stuff there James.

Very little of which I would need.
Only the F clamps as I broke of of mine recently.

And Lidl is my go-to shop. Have recently been to Aldi, Morrisons and just today Asda.
All disappointing and expensive in comparison.