Oil advice and recommendations here

[wee-jo]

What oil would be suitable for a stock engine? used for daily used with a abit of a heavy foot. I stuck 10-40fully synethic Total brand. my bottom end shell went, was told i used the wrong oil in it.

Thats worrying cause I just bought some silkolene 10w40 from toby

 

[Gee]

What oil would be suitable for a stock engine? used for daily used with a abit of a heavy foot. I stuck 10-40fully synethic Total brand. my bottom end shell went, was told i used the wrong oil in it.

Sounds like bull shit to me.

 

[Big_Daddy]

Sounds like bull shit to me.

Thats what i taught, i put fully asuming it would be best for the engine, the garage who diagnosed it, seem to be cowboys
Just need to know what would the best grade/ type for me.

 

[John757]

My Friend has a query as to what engine oil he should use.

Make - Honda
Model - CRX Del Sol
Year - 1993
Engine size/type - 1.6 DOHC VTEC

Any mods - Full Exhaust/Decat

Type of use - Fast Road

Additional info - Currently using Castrol Magnatec 10w - 40 engine has around 80000 miles on it.

What do you want a recommendation for? Engine Oil.

 

[oilman]

as far as i know it is close to the castrol edge 10W60 syntetic.

this is special made for high stressed engines.
got a botle with a unique batchnumber on it:rockon:
from there website http://www.oman-lubricants.nl/
they take some sambles back for testing after oil change

No need for 10w-60 grade, 5w-40 is ideal Do they do one in that grade?

Cheers

Guy

 

[oilman]

Oil Man,

I am currently using 5w/30 Redline oil and will change to 5w/40 as per your recommendation. However, Redline do not appear to do a 5w/40, so which brand of oil would you recommend?

I was thinking of Millers? They seem to have great feedback..

Redline, good but expensive. Here it 5w-40 styleee http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-1002-redline-high-performance-synthetic-motor-oil-5w-40.aspx

Or this one is well worth a look http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-1146-si...nthetic-oil-for-high-performance-engines.aspx

Cheers

Guy

 

[oilman]

What oil would be suitable for a stock engine? used for daily used with a abit of a heavy foot. I stuck 10-40fully synethic Total brand. my bottom end shell went, was told i used the wrong oil in it.

Tell them they are wrong, 10w-40 semi is fine. Total is french but ok, average kind of stuff.

Either 10w-40 or better still 5w-40 synthetic for a stock engine.

Cheers

Guy.

 

[oilman]

My Friend has a query as to what engine oil he should use.

Make - Honda
Model - CRX Del Sol
Year - 1993
Engine size/type - 1.6 DOHC VTEC

Any mods - Full Exhaust/Decat

Type of use - Fast Road

Additional info - Currently using Castrol Magnatec 10w - 40 engine has around 80000 miles on it.

What do you want a recommendation for? Engine Oil.

10w-40 semi is fine with regular changes, if he wants to treat it then 5w-40 synthetic.

Magnatec is ok, just well opver priced for what it is (bog standard semi 10w-40).

Cheers

Guy

 

[Gee]

Redline, good but expensive. Here it 5w-40 styleee http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-1002-redline-high-performance-synthetic-motor-oil-5w-40.aspx

Or this one is well worth a look http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-1146-si...nthetic-oil-for-high-performance-engines.aspx

Cheers

Guy

Putting price aside, would you go for Redline or Silkolene?

 

[wee-jo]

Oilman, I recently bought some 10w40 silkolene oil to replace the shawnky 5w30 I had prieviously. However, after reading what big lad said, will this bugger my engine up?

 

[oilman]

Putting price aside, would you go for Redline or Silkolene?

Makes no odds really, personally though I am more of a Silkolene fan.

Cheers

Guy

 

[oilman]

Oilman, I recently bought some 10w40 silkolene oil to replace the shawnky 5w30 I had prieviously. However, after reading what big lad said, will this bugger my engine up?

Is that the Silkolene XTR 10w-40?If so ideal, it wont bugger your engine.

Cheers

Guy

 

[justsumguy]

great info in here.
what about cold starts in hot places where the average temps outside would be 80 and above year round. Would 5w be too thin? Right now 10w40 in all cars, as always fully synthetic.

JP
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mobile 1

Cars: datsun 240z 72 I6 2.4, 86 mr2 i4 1.6l, 85 mr2, 93 paseo 1.5l

 

[wee-jo]

Is that the Silkolene XTR 10w-40?If so ideal, it wont bugger your engine.

Cheers

Guy

It was the stuff toytuning sell for higher mileage examples. So it should be fine yeah?

 

[oilman]

Yes it will be fine.

Cheers

Guy

 

[wee-jo]

thanks oilman, rep for you!!

 

[Starlet_Sam]

Make - Mazda
Model - MX5
Year - 1989
Engine size/type - 1600cc

Any mods - Turbocharged, aiming for about 230bhp in the very near future.

Type of use (road/track) - Road and track

Additional info (max oil temps, current oil used) - No idea, only just bought it.

What do you want a recommendation for? Engine, Gearbox and Diff.

 

[oilman]

5w-40 is ideal, go for a good one though so if you want the best then ester based, Silkolene, Motul etc.

For the gearbox and diff we find this works well http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-850-silkolene-silktran-syn-5-75w-90-fully-synthetic-gear-oil.aspx

Cheers

Guy

 

[Gee]

Oil Man,

Following on from your recommendation of Redline 5w/40 oil, can you please advise on the maximum operating temperature this oil would be able to sustain and for what period of time?

Basically, my normal operating temperature is around 80c, 90c on motorway runs. However, when pushing it I can reach 100c on hotter days.

Therefore, if I was really pushing it on a hot day, 5th gear, motorway for example, would my engine be safe at 100/110c degree's and for how long would the oil sustain this temperature before breaking down?

Thanks in advance.

 

[oilman]

Its more than up to the job, it will run around at 130degc all day long with shearing down, so normal service scheduling will be fine.

Cheers

Guy