LHM...5Litrres or more??

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:07 am

Anyone know of any suppliiers who are still doing LHM in either 5 litres or 20/25 litre containers?? I only seem to be able to source 1 litre containers of it now..

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:05 pm

You ever thought of contacting a Texaco Sales Rep? Thats what I did with the help of an internet search to get some numbers etc.

Ended up getting pointed to a guy they sold Drums of LHM to and brought it loose so to speak.

I would have thought any Citroen specialist (probably not dealers) would buy in a bulk drum of the stuff?

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:59 pm

If their version of lhm appeals, Carlube (part of the Tetrosyl group) seem to supply their version of lhm+ in a slightly bizarre 4.5l size as well as the 1l size.

I don't think the price is particularly economical though, and you'll probably have to persuade the shops to order it in.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:16 am

4.5l is odd? no way, it's a real measure; the good old fashioned gallon,

retrodriver · Post by **retrodriver** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:42 am

I got a gallon, yep a 4.54 litres container from my local parts place for about £12 not so long ago, made by Silver Hook lubricants.

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:51 am

One thing you may wish to consider is that the LHM+ supplied by some more budget brands (eg. not Total, Bendix, Castrol etc.) seems thinner in consistancy than the real stuff. In the Xantia I found this led to a buzzing effect through the brake pedal when hot, however I could not comment on whether it may cause a similar issue with the BX. In fact, it may even be helpful, given as many BX's have power steering issues when the car is cold, the LHM being a tad thinner may to a degree mask this...

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:36 pm

4.5l is odd? no way, it's a real measure; the good old fashioned gallon

OK - not so strange for a UK company. Just perhaps a tad eccentric for a product designed to be used on cars where all capacities are expressed in litres - unless Rolls-Royce somehow contrived to make a full fill of lhm for its licensed use of Citroen technology an imperial measure. I'm old enough to remember more widespread use of imperial measures.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:54 pm

jonathan_dyane wrote:the LHM+ supplied by some more budget brands seems thinner in consistancy than the real stuff.

It's also less brightly coloured, which as anyone knows is a vital technical characteristic of genuine LHM...

DLM wrote:imperial measures

Wasn't the initial agreement that we should keep the mile and the pint? But we seem to have lost the pint somewhere along the way...

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:04 pm

we seem to have lost the pint somewhere along the way...

Been to the pub lately? Not that they serve LHM....

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:12 am

DLM wrote:
we seem to have lost the pint somewhere along the way...
Been to the pub lately? Not that they serve LHM....

I seem to recall reading that David R drank a pint of a concoction in the pub that looked like LHM.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:17 am

Try a Green Demon...Midori (melon liquor), vodka and lemonade. That looks pretty similar. I may even bring the ingredients along to the National!

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:24 am

mat_fenwick wrote:Try a Green Demon...Midori (melon liquor), vodka and lemonade. That looks pretty similar. I may even bring the ingredients along to the National!

Ooh nooo

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:25 am

....or even the Hydraurincage version..........substituting Orange Curacao for the Midori!!

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