engine oil - for a MY99 SPORT

which oil do you think is the best ??

brand and price - pros n cons

 

while i'm at it - whats best brand for gearbox n diffs etc

 

Do a search mate

 

oh very helpfull

good job these advice pages are here to give advice and not for moronic w4nkers to take the pi55

 

A lot of people swear by Castrol Syntrax for Gearbox and rear diff, I use it and it's good, makes the gearbox feel smoother (my 'box suffers from poor selection normally, I'm saving for a rebuild)

For engine oil, the turbo's tend to like either Mobil 1 or Castrol RS (amongst others) but whether the Sport needs such a high spec oil is debateable, a semi-synth is probably good enough, unless you drive it very hard.

 

cheers

 

BadlyMan, for someone with as many posts as you it semms that you do not actually spend much time reading the pages in the first place, and far too much time in the muppets. I think you'll find that my above comment was not mean't to extract the michael, but infact be more helpful then you can imagine.

Most peeps would read your thread and go, "oh, no, not another guy asking about engine oil. Why doesn't he do a search, afterall, thats what it is there for..."

Here is the url of one of the first hits you get when doing a search on engine oil.... http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadID=169402

I would appreciate it if you could remove your above comment about my "moronic" ramblings before a mod gets hold of you....

Ta

 

the comment was a generalisation - was not aimed at you - if it was i would have put "Dan B stop being a moronic wotsit".

i took your advice and did a search - and guess what did'nt find anything about impreza sports oil

 

I think the sport has exaclty the same engine as the turbo. 2lt, flat 4.... i would use exactly the same oil as for the turbo.

 

p.s. WTF is this then? http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadID=121587

 

Castrols RS 10:60
Mobil 1 Motorsport 15:50
Motul 15:50

 

I have found Elf HTX 802 or Synthese 5W-40 (cheaper) to give the best dyno results