What oil for a standard coz?
 

What oil is best for a standard 4x4 cosworth? mobil 1?

Castrol rs 10w60 or Mobil 1 15w50 ;-)

Don't fret about brand of oil. Just choose a good filter and the right grade.

I'd ude a Ford filter and any synthetic 5w30. Mobil 1 is a good choice. Take your pic really.

Don't forget, it's not the oil that's synthetic, it's the additives that are. I've seen guys pay 4x the normal amount for the "good stuff". Multiply that over a couple years and you get the cost of a rebuild and the engine is protected just as well.

Your driving habits, warm up and cool down habits along with the proper grade will have FAR more effect than brand. Buy what you think is good but buy the right grade. Use a Ford filter.

The internet contributes to the BS, just go with what has worked for 20+ years.

i think 5w30 is too light though. the manual recommends 20w50.

i just started using some synthetic 20w50 and i can at least tell that it's running smoother now.

5W30 way too thin, use a 50 weight, or if a little tired use a 60 weight.
Mobil 1 is fine, as it is ester base, if you use 5W30 it will drink and not protect very well at all under hard use.
tabetha

Thanks very much what we saying then grage 20w50

full or semi synthetic?

KidsRS where do you live? If you live in the UK then you should either buy Mobil 1 Motorsport (15w50) from Halfords, or order some Silkolene off Oilman off here, if you don't mind waiting/paying for delivery.

domt get it from halfords u can get 10 litres for £50 from matt lewis. its £50 for 4 litres at halfords:grin:

i ran 5w/30 in mine, dont do it!
Mine rattled its bollocks off with it in and used loads of it.
Its much happier on 20w/50, i usually use mobile 1 motorsport, going to try silkolene next though.

i am using mobil 1 0w/40. i am begining to think it is a little thin. i have been recomended castrol rs which is thicker and will stop my slight tappet noise on warm up. is this a good oil to use ie better than 0w/40?

Castrol RS10W60 is now edge, and still crap, it drinks it like water, I've used it, mobil or silkolene is best, especially if used hard or a little worn.
As said Matt L for mobil 1 01922 692424.
tabetha

aye matt is the man just orderd 10litres at a very good price.

cheers will stick to mobil then.

can you order ten litres on his site through ebay? i tried looking with no luck. any links?

dont bother with any of the above - by far the best oil i have EVER used is Silkolene Pro S 10/50 - its simply the best

do a search on here for silkolene pro s and loads of people use it in there Cossies

buy it from oilman on here or visit his website www.opieoils.co.uk (you get a discount) - he can also give you all the you need on oils

Matt

Last used Silkolene, now gone Motul 300V
or Motul Specific Ford 913B 5W -30 or better than the specific 8100 X-cess 5w-40 Oilman/Opie do Motul too

Z

tried the matt lewis on ebay and he got back to me saying he does not sell oil.
have i got the wrong one? just looked at the opie oils site the the oil i use is more than halfords. dont see a discount really

listen to this man me howd,thats were i get my oil from and oilman seems to know his stuff,just put silkolene in mine and it sounds sweet

pro s 10/50

If you mean about ORIGINAL recommendation, maybe this will help you mate ;-)

http://www.souleyman.ru/pic/cos_oil.gif

ordered from matt lewis on his ebay page got 2x5 litres of my oil with a 1 litre bottle too for a stupidly low price . brilliant

valvoline vr 20/50

mate depends on what power ur runing mines 4x4 and runing 340bhp ive been using 15/50 mobil 1 for 4 years and its been fine but with ford recomended one it rateld

i was told by karl norris to use millers motorsport oil cant remember the grade but it really made a difference compared with the mobil 1

hi mate your cozzie is phat what power runing.the thing is ive used mobil one and on idle theres no rattles and on fullboost theres no smoke or viberations where as with standered ford grade oil or casterol it used to pis it out from the crankshaft seal.

at the mo its running t34 stg1 gunship but soon to be on greys

torco 20 /50 semi synthetic found perfect on my 10.2 sec stressed yb which i use on the road as well:top:

what chip live map or preset.mines runing ahmed stg3 t34 darkgreens 26psi 500 int and rad 340bhp with 350ftpounds.if ur gona through it on rollers johnnoble motorsport best people ive tried most of them.

gt35 l6 livemapped bd14 cams ported and balanced on a 2wd did 10.22 140mph

:007:hi ive got t34 its got a lot of lag. what about the gt35 is that lagy and how many reves does that com in.t34 comes in at 3/grand. i was thinking to go for gt28.

live mapped by karl norris of norris motorsport and will be going back to him too

just got to do a bit more on it and save a little cash

i have a resto thread in the restorations and rebuilds section called my 2wd saff