Castrol Oil

[J_A_R_B]

Hi All

I was just wondering on people opinions of Castrol Oil? I know there are some opinions that Magnatec does not run well in williams/valvers but wondered if people had any experience with their fully synthetic oil range? Am I right in saying the Magnatec range is all semi-synthetic? The other thing was do people think 5w 30 is right for running in the willy/valvers. Would appreciate some opinions as have never used castrol oils before. currently using millers but found place that will do oil change for just over £30 using castrol fully synth and new filter.

regards

James

[BRUN]

yup Magnatec is a semi

its not highly regarded because for some reason it makes the engines very 'tappety'

ive experienced this myself and would never run Magnatec in an older Clio, it runs fine though in my mums G reg Nissan Sunny Estate

i presume you are talking about Castrol Edge ?........if it really is Castrol Edge then i dont know how they can do an oil and filter change for £30, the oil alone would cost that for 5L, more so at retail prices (~£50)

[J_A_R_B]

Thanks Brun

That is a very good point. Will double check it is but may be the older fully synthetic as believe recently they have rebranded there fully synth range.


James

[2 live]

iv used the castrol edge stuff in 2 williams'.....my findings were...it ran very high temps, low pressure..and the tappets were noisy.


this was in both williamses...wont be using it again fr sure.


shell helix ultra i find quite good.

[BRUN]

RS ?...........maybe they bought old drums of it cheap ?

[nyk]

castrol = shite

same experiences as 2live.

[J_A_R_B]

thanks guys won't be doing that then.

as you say you get what you pays for

thanks for the comments guys

regards

James

[nyk]

Mobile One what I use is £23 inc VAT from Costco for 4 litres, and an oil filter is about £3.

Do it yourself bud.

[J_A_R_B]

don't mind doing itself have previously just thought for that money worth having it done by somebody else.

with the shell helix fully synthetic which colour bottle is it that I am after no they are diff colours. how much is it as well?

regards

James

[Martin]

I've just changed using reno 10w40 semi synth.....VERY good pressure and well it always runs cool as, so not noticed a difference there....£7.50 + vat for 5l.