oil

[canelloni]

after fitting new head gasket at the begining of april i swapped the oil filter on re build have now run the car for 500 miles so gonna change the oil was just wondering if you guys have any suggestions which to use ? :roll:

[MatBrown]

A good quality 10w 40 semi/synthetic is fine.


Mat.

[canelloni]

so no particular make prefered

[MatBrown]

Motul/Fuchs.
Renault use Total/ELF.
Avoid Castrol.


Mat.

[manxseven]

Why not Castrol :shock: got 16 litres in the garage :o

Simon

[Tommo]

I have used Shell Helix Ultra 5w 40 for many years, it's good stuff

[schakal]

comma stuff is cheap and cheerfull , been using for 8-9 years now

[katbloke]

Why not Castrol :shock: got 16 litres in the garage :o

Simon

It makes the tappets rattley as hell

[canelloni]

What about mobil 10w 40 semi synthetic

[Wobba]

What about mobil 10w 40 semi synthetic

Yea fine I think.

[diditno]

use silkonlene pro race 15/50 in mine, expensive, but worth it i think

[Coops]

your turbo'd, doesnt count ;-)

i use cheap 15/40 semi synth from the motorfactors, think its comma, does the trick!

10w/50 pro s similar to diditno in the turbo

[Tommo]

I wouldn't spend big £'s on expensive oil, I went through that phase when I first bought my Williams, waste of money imo. In fact some of the more expensive oils (Mobil 1 for example) was horrible oil.

Regular changes are the key.

I only use Helix Ultra as I get it cheap from CES in Chester. I have also used Helix semi syth which is good and fairly cheap.