As Comma Oil celebrated 60 years serving the UK aftermarket, the PMM team were invited to come down to their mixing facilities in Gravesend to get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on.   The oils industry is the perfect encapsulation of modern car repair: Globally sourced, with intensely local appeal. Just as your Mini is now made in Germany or ...

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The good news for the UK aftermarket is that the car parc is ageing. But along with the increase in work comes added responsibility to ensure customers’ cars run as smoothly as ever. Here, TotalEnergies outlines how age resistance technology is helping preserve older vehicles.  As the rising cost of living bites, seven out of 10 independent ...

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After anti-dumping action by the UK Department for Business and Trade, Aztec Oils says knowing the true origin of your engine oil has never been more important. Last December the Secretary of State for Business & Trade gave the green light for anti-dumping measures to be put in place to combat oils being imported from Lithuania ...

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2025 was another year of change in an increasingly complex oils and lubricants market, as VLS Chairman Darren Frogson explains to PMM. Not quite an ‘annus horribilis’, but 2025 certainly posed continued challenges for the automotive aftermarket, and particularly for engine oils and lubricants. These essential components of modern vehicles play a vital role in ...

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Choosing and using the correct antifreeze coolants can be confusing. To give you a better understanding of them, Morris Lubricants’ technology manager, Adrian Hill, answers some FAQs and gives his top ten tips. It is commonly known, given the product category name, that antifreeze coolants help protect the engine against freezing in the winter, but ...

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To help workshops meet the growing demands of an increasingly diverse vehicle parc, Castrol is continuing to bring cutting-edge oils engineered for the latest engines and emissions-mitigating technologies to the market. The company’s latest additions to its MAGNATEC and EDGE lubricant ranges are designed to deliver enhanced protection and be compatible with the latest powertrains. ...

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JLM explores the shifting relationship between drivers and diesels. As they’ve said before, diesels aren’t dead yet! In December 2023, we contributed an article to PMM: ‘Electric Dreams or Diesel Demand?’ The crux was that the second-hand market for diesel vehicles would remain buoyant, that once the buzz surrounding EVs had died down, it would ...

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Are gasoline particulate filters, GPFs for short, the unsung hero in the fight against emissions? JLM Lubricants UK’s Mike Schlup argues that they are. Petrol cars fitted with a gasoline particulate filter are renowned for being amongst the cleanest cars on sale. Reassuringly for the motorist, there’s no evidence that the filters will suffer the ...

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Wynn’s gives its advice on different fuel types and how to improve engine performance with oils and additives. Understanding the various types of fuel, the oil functions, and how lubrication additives work is essential for drivers to optimise their vehicle’s performance. Petrol: Its fuel is derived from petroleum. It powers various vehicles and machinery globally, ...

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Let’s take a deeper dive into Castrol’s latest range of engine oils for the automotive aftermarket – the Magnatec range. To ensure independent garages and mechanics continue to have access to the best products, Castrol has released several new lubricants as part of its Magnatec range to meet the evolving demands of the market and ...

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