Due for a service

[Beech36]

right car is due for a service and tbh i when it comes to oil i dont have a clue. whats the best oil i can put in thats not megga expensive. i do put my foot down quite often dont no if tht will help wt oil to get

[wadoryu]

10-40 or 5-40 fully synth spend about 30 if not on offer, I'd change oil twice a year.

[stevo67]

Halfrauds were doing a deal on castrol 5 litres for £17.00.

[Gandi699]

5w40 fully synthetic is too thin. Use semi 10w40. Asda do 4l of castrol gtx, which is enough, for £12

[Gordzilla]

Halfrauds were doing a deal on castrol 5 litres for £17.00.

It's 4 litres is it not ?

[greyjasper51]

It's 4 litres is it not ?

+1 its only 4 litre container...

[m4tt274]

4L will have you sorted. no need for fully synthetic, semi will do, it was designed to run on that after all. 10w40 most importantly, i change mine every 5/6k but you don't need to do it that often 10k would probably be fine.

[wadoryu]

5w40 fully synthetic is too thin. Use semi 10w40. Asda do 4l of castrol gtx, which is enough, for £12

*facepalm*

[Gandi699]

*facepalm*

What? 5w40 has better cold protection yes, hot is the same. but these engines were designed to run on semi synthetic stuff. I had 5w40 fully synthetic in my track car and felt it was more tappety on the 5w40 expensive stuff rather than the 10w40 castrol that in it now

[Ross]

5w40 fully synthetic is too thin. Use semi 10w40. Asda do 4l of castrol gtx, which is enough, for £12
Too thin for what?

[blackie_2k5]

10/40 semi synth

[wadoryu]

What? 5w40 has better cold protection yes, hot is the same. but these engines were designed to run on semi synthetic stuff. I had 5w40 fully synthetic in my track car and felt it was more tappety on the 5w40 expensive stuff rather than the 10w40 castrol that in it now

It's only thinner when cold, it isn't actually any thinner.

[luthor1]

So when cold it has a thickness of '5' and when hot it has a thickness of '40', so it's thinner when cold than hot since bigger numbers are thicker? 40 is thinner than 50, so that means it's best to change your oil when the engine is stone cold because it's thinner!!

[Ross]

So when cold it has a thickness of '5' and when hot it has a thickness of '40', so it's thinner when cold than hot since bigger numbers are thicker? 40 is thinner than 50, so that means it's best to change your oil when the engine is stone cold because it's thinner!!

Not sure if srs...

[wadoryu]

So when cold it has a thickness of '5' and when hot it has a thickness of '40', so it's thinner when cold than hot since bigger numbers are thicker? 40 is thinner than 50, so that means it's best to change your oil when the engine is stone cold because it's thinner!!
Kinda, but not quite. The first number is just relavent to the viscosity when cold, it doesn't suddenly because a lot thicker. It is still a 40 oil, oil gets thinner when hot so I can see why Ross is hoping your joking.

In the end there is enough information in the engine sections about oil that arent too complicated to understand. I suggest everyone reads them, or better yet just phone opie oils and get them to send you some delicious oil.

[Gandi699]

Too thin was the wrong choice of words I think so my bad there but after reading some threads but some of the popular engine builders, semi synthetic 10w40 is what they use and what the engine is designed for. People probably havent had any major problems running a 5w40 but why pay more for it when the correct grade is cheaper off the shelf?

[wadoryu]

Too thin was the wrong choice of words I think so my bad there but after reading some threads but some of the popular engine builders, semi synthetic 10w40 is what they use and what the engine is designed for. People probably havent had any major problems running a 5w40 but why pay more for it when the correct grade is cheaper off the shelf?

A true syntetic not a cheap one will give decent and better protection than a semi, in the end you will have no problems whatsoever using a 10, for me the price wasn't different so bought a 5.

[Baz]

Well Autodata says.......
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e242/baznett/Saxo%20Autodata/SaxoPt2.png

[luthor1]

kinda serious but not quite.... when it's cold it "acts like" a 5 weight oil, when warm it "acts like" a 40 weight oil.

5w40 is too thin in this country for this engine in IMHO, use 10/40 semi

[stevo67]

It's 4 litres is it not ?

Your right yeah my mistake,still not bad though.:wall:

[Gordzilla]

Your right yeah my mistake,still not bad though.:wall:

Awesome deal, I bought 8 litres last night for my Civic ( the oil is a fav on the owners club ) and it arrived this evening.

[blackie_2k5]

i noticed this deal on sat..i think ill have to invest as i need some tbf :p

[DUFC]

Whats better for a furio btw, fully synthetic or semi?

[Baz]

semi as I posted in the picture earlier. That autodata info was for the Furio

[DUFC]

Whats the difference between the both? Lol