was told by my local scooby dealer tht mobile 1 is too thin to run in scooby engines - anyone know anything about this????

 

There's been alot of threads about oil, do search using the search button at the top of the screen or use the clicky below...

Fully synthetic 15W/50 Motul seems to be a good one... i was using 5w/40 fully synthetic changed to 10w/40 today (couldn't get hold of 15w/50) seems smoother but that could be my imagination

Clicky

 

10w40 is recommended, fully synthetic. I pay the extra for Silkolene.

 

i have been told semi synthetic for first 5k miles, then after than fully synthetic

 

Castrol RS 10w60 every 3k miles
Very hard to get hold of now though, and a bit pricey.

 

You can get Castrol RS 10-60 from www.castrolclassicoils.co.uk they do free delivery if you order over £30.00 and 16 litres for the price of 12 if ordered before end of year. Takes only a few days to arrive too.

Andy.

 

i have been using 10w/40 or 5w/40 castrol magnatec for about a year now, founmd the 10w/40 to be slightly better as it silenced a faint noise of the tappets

 

Mobil 1 15w 50 fully synth..........WRX 01 25000Mls (sweet)

 

Couldn't find any mention of the 16 for 12 offer on the website, just that they'd do 4x4 litre case for £99.96 which is only £12 less than buying 4 individual 4lt bottles (£111.96).

 

"Mobile 1"?

Which version of the oil was your dealer talking about? There are two different types of Mobil 1. The 15w/50 "Motorsport" version is fine during the summer. The 0w/40 normal version is a bit thinner than ideal for summer use, although it's not a bad choice in winter, especially if you do a lot of short-trip commuting that wouldn't otherwise allow the oil to attain optimal temperature.

At this time of year, a mixture of the two is probably optimal. As has been stated above, the important thing is changing it every 3-4000 miles. The 10K service intervals on the MY01< cars is far too long for the oil.

[Edited by greasemonkey - 12/30/2003 10:17:39 PM]

 

I use Castrol RS but am also finding it a bit pricey. I went to France a couple of weeks ago (where I'd previously bought Castrol RS) and saw some Castrol GTX5 on sale. Does anyone know about this stuff?

 

I'm usingh the Mobil 1 which the dealer recommends and put in after the run in period which is 5w/40 I think.

Bearing in mind greasemonkeys comments should this be OK until the weather warms up a bit?

Also I have an Audi A6 2.8 Quattro with 160k miles - I noticed recently the dealer (Audi specialist) is putting 5w/40 oil in it. This will be too thin for an engine with this many miles on won't it?

What would anyone recommend? - the car only uses a bit of oil and is split mint - no knocks or rattles from the engine. Wonderred if the Magnatec 15w/40 would be OK??

barney

 

The 3 for 4 (4 litres) offer is not on the website. I was informed by them by e-mail when I asked about stock.

If you ring them up you should get the offer.

Andy.