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Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:21 am
by HEo2TEC
Which engine oil is best, castrol edge, mobile 1 esp, millers, fuchs, and what about grades i know 5w 30 is recomended but has any one tried 10w 60 or any other grades
Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:15 am
by V8Fletch
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:33 am
by adsgreen
Why would you want to put in 10w60 unless you're doing some serious track/endurance work?
It will sap a fair bit of power and not give any useful advantage.
BMW use 10w60 in their m cars but the engine oil pathways are designed for the heavier oil.
To be honest, with modern oils grade is not as important as it once was. you can get a semi synth 10w40 and a fully synth 10w40 and they will perform completely different.
Titan fuchs pro s, silkolene are all good oils. Ideally a fully synth (a proper fully synth not a pretend one) ester based oil I find to be the best.
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:42 pm
by HEo2TEC
I went for Mobil 1 ESP Fully Synthetic w5 30 in the end
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:52 am
by PetrolDave
The grade is less important than ensuring it meets the required VAG spec as that covers grade, longevity, etc.
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:24 pm
by sonny
HEo2TEC wrote:I went for Mobil 1 ESP Fully Synthetic w5 30 in the end
how much did you get it for and where did you buy it?
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:54 am
by bigsteve
Looking in to the oil debate and found this info at opie oils
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-749-vw-50400-oil.aspx
hope it helps
Steve
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:12 am
by adsgreen
Fuchs or motul for me.
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:29 am
by sonny
My 40k miles service is due this month, so looking at sourcing the oil myself to keep costs down.
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:51 am
by Steve_C
sonny wrote:My 40k miles service is due this month, so looking at sourcing the oil myself to keep costs down.
That's what I did last week. Saved me £90!
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:45 pm
by S14
Just as a heads up i can get the Castrol Edge 5w-30 Fully synthetic 4L for £28 if anyone is interested..
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:52 pm
by Steve_C
S14 wrote:Just as a heads up i can get the Castrol Edge 5w-30 Fully synthetic 4L for £28 if anyone is interested..
Good price. I paid £35 a couple of weeks ago.
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:14 pm
by PJC
S14 wrote:Just as a heads up i can get the Castrol Edge 5w-30 Fully synthetic 4L for £28 if anyone is interested..
Bargain, pity I don't need any.
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:33 pm
by sonny
S14 wrote:Just as a heads up i can get the Castrol Edge 5w-30 Fully synthetic 4L for £28 if anyone is interested..
Interested..
Re: Which engine oil is best?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:57 pm
by HEo2TEC
sonny wrote:HEo2TEC wrote:I went for Mobil 1 ESP Fully Synthetic w5 30 in the end
how much did you get it for and where did you buy it?
Hi there Sonny i got it from camskill £38 for 5L it was the cheapest i could find, I've just done the oil change and took it for a spin it feels a lot smoother and it seams to have more of a kick at 5500 rpm
