Having my 15K (75K actuall!!) service tomorrow....

I'd like them to put in some decent oil - any preferences????

Car is an MY95 5dr UK turbo BTW

Responses quickly - service tomorrow!!!

Cheers

Dan

 

Motul V300 and Castrol RS 10-60 are both good choice.
Jim

 

cheers jim,

what about Mobil?

Anybody?

Dan

 

I'm with Jim on this one, however if you insist on the Mobil, go for the 15W/50 at least. 0/40 is a no no as it gets to thin when hot.

WREXY.

 

OK.

If the dealer haven't got the Motul or Castrol (!), what else is there?

Sorry 'bout all the questions - just makng sure the dealer sort it properly....

Nice one chaps,

Dann

 

Motul 300V in the 15:50 grade as recommended by Motul themselves, Castrol RS 15:60 (be careful as halfords sell Castrol RS 0:40 which is not good IMHO)

Agree that these are not necessarily readily available so Halfords sell the Mobil 1 Motorsport 15:50 which should be ok, looking at their web site it appears similar to the other two.

Demon Tweeks sell the Castrol RS 10-60 and the Motul 300V 15-50.

Bob

According to Mobil the 0-40 also loses twice as much bulk due to evaporation when compared to the 15-50 Motorsport.

(edited cos I have now swapped the 4 and 6 keys back to their rightful places)

[This message has been edited by Bob Rawle (edited 23 July 2001).]

 

Dan,

Either buy it yourself and take it there, to him or use the Mobil 15W/50. You will need 4.5 litres to fill up, 4.5 litres includes filling up the oil filter too. So it looks like you'll have to buy a 5 litre container.

These are the best oils, look down the topics page of drivetrain and you will see this topic covered under, "HOT OIL, WHICH ONE" and also go back a couple of days in the topics page of drivetrain again and read the main bearing thread, oils are discussed again. The oils Jim mentioned appear to be the best. Then comes the Mobil 15W/50.

WREXY.

 

Sorry Bob. I Posted while you posted.

WREXY.

 

The crap version of castrol RS is 0-40 bob not 0-60.

Just filled my westie with Motul 300V 15-50 after running it on mobil1 motorsport last time out. Yikes, what a diference, my oil presure is nearly 1 BAR higher cold and is 0.75BAR higher hot. It doesnt look like pee either.

I couldnt get Motul or castrol 15-60 last time so tried the Mobil1 motorsport. errrmmm, i think i'll pass on that from now on!

 

People,

does Castrol do 0W/40, 10W/60 and 15W/60 as in Castrol RS, or is the 15W/50 sorry 15W/60 a typo?

WREXY.

Edited cause I made a typo 15w/50 instead of 15W/60

[This message has been edited by WREXY (edited 22 July 2001).]

 

Nice one chaps

Down to Halfords tomorrow if Listers haven't got it.....

Cheers

Dan

 

The Real Castrol RS is 10-60
the crap imposter version is 0-40
<B>DO NOT BUY THE 0-40</B>, It's $hit.

 

Thanks for verifying m8

WREXY.

 

Any tips on where to buy Motul oils from?

I'm having no joy looking on their website

cheers,
dela

 

demon tweeks sell it

 

Motul is(was?) one of the official Subaru's sponsors - look at Subaru-R.Burns posters...
If that means something...
Jim

 

it means nothing. Well, except a sponsorship deal was done.

Mobil sponsor and are on McLaren F1 cars, i wont be using Mobil1 again.

 

Yes but you haven't (yet ) a Mclaren!...
Ok mate, I mean that you can see a lot of race cars, including Subarus, using Motul oils.
That is important, not the sponsorship...
Jim.