hi all bought some oil today as im replacing my sump 2moro. was recommended to use comma 5w 50 fully syn as my turbo is dragging the oil up. is this right have now read a few post and none say 5 50's. dont wanna spend a fortune on oil but which is good or will do for the money?

 

i use mobil 1 15/50 fully syn....asked about and that seems the best one m8y

 

ta, think im gonna take this oil back then its way to thin. halfords stock mobil 1?

 

yer m8 38 quid i think...if you have got a carpairs by you it cost me 40 with a filter

 

5w 50 oil is alright to use

5w is the thickness of the oil when cold

50 is the thickness when hot

 

thats not bad shame carcraft dont do it get it cost have a mate who works there. trip to halfords in the mornin then. bought a genuine filter off ebay. thanks pal

 

no probs m8y

 

these engine get hot pretty quick or is that just mine, ha

do you think i should use the 5 50 comma or take it back an get mobil1?

 

if it was me i would use mobil m8

 

15w 50 is just thicker when cold, will take longer to get around the engine and to the top end

i used 5/50 in my rs turbo for years with no problems

 

sod it i'll put what iv got in no doubt i'll have a leak an have to re do the sump anyway

 

lol im no expert...

 

thanks every1 i'll use what i got an see how she runs with it in then when it leaks will change to mobil1 if its no good. It will leak read loads of posts saying its a pain in the arse an nowt ever goes right for me on this car lol

 

sumps all done and no leaks yet! touch wood

not 100% on the oil yet i'll take it a proper run 2moro

 

G2RSR is right.

Alot of people seem to think that you should look to use a thicker oil with a car this old but they're wrong. Ask any oil manufacturer and they'll tell you that 5/50 is what you should be using.

Millers is a good oil, have a look on this site for future reference Passionford members get discount.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-60214-mi...ngine-oil.aspx

Big-Dan.

 

cheers dan good site

 

We'll changed the sump for a new one used the 5 50 oil not tjhat bad little tappy but don't matter cos 2 days later all the oil pissed out between the oil cooler!

never touched the oil cooler took it a garage this mornin an he just took the oil cooler off an fitted the oil filter back sorted. He took it off cos it had no pipes to it so cant be doing any thing. god knows who built this car. any way now gonna get new oil tomorrow 15 50

 

ran mobil one in mine for over ten years. no probs