scoobysmiff

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I need to do an oil change, no probs there then, however the issue i do have is that i'm a squaddie serving in Germany and i the best oil's that i can find are either Mobil 1 0-40, Castrol RS 0-40, and Liquid molly 0-40 (which is the most expensive?)
One of the guy's at work has this Liquid molly stuff in his Audi S4 and he recons it great and has actually lowerd his engine temps?

What is the opinion of the oil gurus, has anyone used Liquid Molly in a scoob?

I have a UK MY99 with just a full decat and induction kit at the moment

Tidgy

get silk pro s 10-50 shipped over mate

scoobysmiff

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who would be best to get it from then?

stockcar

wouldn't personally use a 0w oil in a classic car...............10w min.............

alyn

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

Exactly, just because the oil works in an audi, doesn't mean it will work ok in a scoob.
10w?? minimum.

Tidgy

theres a guy, well two, called simon and guy they use a name on here and most forums called oilman, they sell oil for good price, did me a 5l 10-50 pro s for £42, not sure if they ship overseas.

fingers crossed they see this lol

SineSTI

15/50 Motul 300V. Perfect choice, if you can find it.

cmpequeno

hello,

received today 6 litres of motul 300v 15w50 from the uk to my classic used to use 0w40

scoobysmiff

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cool, cheers all for the replies, i shall do some searching and see what i can find

MR400

Ian, check out Scoobyshop, always worth looking in their first.

scoobysmiff

iTrader: (2)

Cool, will do that, I also have one of the German civvies who work for me trying to find me a Silkolene dealer out here, will see if he can find a Motul dealer as well.
I'm thinking about the 15w of these oils that i'm being told to use, where i live in Germany the temp in the winter gets very very low, last year it was constantly -18 degrees, would this cause me an issue?

Shark Man

If your seeing -18degrees, use 0w-40 during the winter

The only difference between 10w-40 and 0w-40 is the latter uses thinner basestock and more viscosity improvers to attain better cold temperature performance...not an issue if you change oil regulary enough.

Brit_in_Japan

Are you living in the sticks? I would have thought you could get an equally wide range of oils in Germany as you can in the UK.

scoobysmiff

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i'm not in the sticks but they are a strange bunch over here, you have to use the correct type for your car or they will not sell it to you, same as tyres, you have to use approved tyres for your car or it is illegal and the feds can nick you for it. A new law for this winter is that you MUST have winter tyres on during winter, if not you will get prosecuted and your insurance is invalid.
They very correct about it all, if it isn't aproved for your car then you are liable to prosecution???

Peanuts

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dial 0191 410 3770 and ask for Alyn, I have no doubts he can sort you out with whatever you need

Carlos13

I have used Alyn at AS Performance twice for gearbox oil. On both occasions the sale was dealt with professionally and the oil arrived next day as promised.

Brit_in_Japan

Really? Is there a website you can go to which shows what the "approved" oil or tyres are for every model of car? Sounds a bit dictatorial to me, if it meets the required tyre design standard, it withing the allowable size range and has a sufficiently high load rating, that should be good enough. What happens if it's an old car and the manufacturer doesn't make the OEM tyre any more?

I used winter tyres in Japan. Whilst it wasn't a legal requirement, I was heading off skiing regularly and it was soooo much more convenient to have winter tyres than to fiddle around trying to fit chains in the slush. They are undoubtedly better than summer tyres when the temperature falls below 7 degC, and especially in snow and ice conditions.