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mozzawily
25-05-2006, 10:26
Hi Guys,

I will be changing my Oil on a Williams 2 with 65k miles, which is best to use? Semi/full Synthetic? Do i get the oil filter from renault? How many litres does it take to fill up? is it 4.5?

Sorry for all the questions but its my first Willy service!

D

Laine_16v
25-05-2006, 10:30
Use 5W-40 fully synthetic for the best protection. Get a genuine filter from renault, i bought one from halfrds and it was too big and i couldnt fit it between the subframe and the engine, £6.50 wasted.

I think it will take around 5-5.5 litres of oil to fill it up.

Martin
25-05-2006, 10:36
as above really i usually use fully synth as it's better for high temps on track but if you are changing it regularly semi synth will be fine.

2 live
25-05-2006, 10:45
i find the non reno filters, with the nut on the end, are better to fit....if they get too tite, easy to throw a spanner on th end

Laine_16v
25-05-2006, 10:48
i find the non reno filters, with the nut on the end, are better to fit....if they get too tite, easy to throw a spanner on th end

Aye they look good, what is the name of the company that makes em, and where can you buy them from?

2 live
25-05-2006, 10:51
think fram...halfords i get mine from usually....£3.50 tho

Rott
25-05-2006, 10:56
It was a Fram one i took off last time, it had the nut fitting on the end, bought another fram one to replace it and there was no fitting on it, gonna b a night mare next time round, damn french :roll:

Rott
25-05-2006, 10:58
Hi Guys,

I will be changing my Oil on a Williams 2 with 65k miles, which is best to use? Semi/full Synthetic? Do i get the oil filter from renault? How many litres does it take to fill up? is it 4.5?

Sorry for all the questions but its my first Willy service!

D

Welcome to Bashed knuckle HELL by the way :lol:

mozzawily
25-05-2006, 11:08
Thanks for the reply guys, any brands which are better than others? Ive always used mobile 1 or castrol RS on my various 4 wheeled terrors.

Rott
25-05-2006, 11:22
I used to use Mobil1, but a ralliart specialist advised Castrol for my Evo, have used it since, never had a problem, kept the lash adjuster drains a lot cleaner than the mobil1 did, also hear that shell Helix is a good oil, and Millers!

2 live
25-05-2006, 13:58
helix ultra gets my money usually.

have jus tried some castrol edge stuff in geds.iv already replaced it...done less than 10 miles.....bit too thin i think lol


altho asda have 6 litres of 15/40 havoline for less than a tenner..so mite try that for a few hundred miles

mikeymikewakey
25-05-2006, 17:59
I just got 6 litres of 5w40 Fully Synthetic ELF oil and a genuine renault filter for 39.96 from Renault. The parts gaffa gave me £17 discount which was nice, got the oil for £5 per litre plus vat.

Mike

smokey
26-05-2006, 11:33
Silkolene Pro S 5w40 from www.opieoils.co.uk and a Purolator oil filter from them too.
Speak to oilman off of here regarding discount as it is his business

mozzawily
27-05-2006, 16:29
Went and got my renault oil filter from renault and i was shocked how small it was all my previous cars have had a filter twice the size, did the attendent give me the right part?

The Filter is about 60mm in size.

Also whilst enquiring about oil i was told my car required 15w-40 which i thought was too thick so i didnt buy the oil.

Saw some total Quartz 10w-40 for £9.99 is this stuff any good?

Thanks for you help guys.

Allan
27-05-2006, 17:05
Have tried filters from halfords / renault / gsf / bbperformance cant say i have found much diff with any of them i just change my oil every 3k and use fully synth, the oil is usualy still clean when i change mine :S

although does mean i do 3 or 4 oil changes a year compaired to 1 for most poeple

also do gear box at the same time :)



Oils i have tried mobile 1 seems to burn off too quick and you pay shit loads

Elf semi syth the stuff renault recommend, is a nice oil runs well although it doesnt do so well if you thrash the car about lots...

Castrol fully syth was very good just cost a fortune, no problems

At the moment im running chevron 10 w 40 fully synth runs well and works at high temps and the bouns that its only £11 for 4L

mozzawily
29-05-2006, 11:55
Is the filter ment to be that small guys? 60mm? Reason i ask every car ive owned has had an oil filter twice the size.

Thanks

D

stew
29-05-2006, 12:47
yeah the filter is really small on willams, as it had the stupid oil cooler sandwich plate, meaning fook all space between the block and radiator.

its a small filter so change it about every 4-5k.

:wink:

mozzawily
29-05-2006, 14:57
Thanks stew.

Still puzzeled why some young spotty attendent recormended me to use 15w-40 in my Williams, Surly its too thick!

richy
29-05-2006, 15:02
im now using ELF exellum 5w40 engine oil in mine, changing it again after only 300+miles! got a good reason tho lol

and i always use genuine filters for sake of a few quid!