R5FORD

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whats the best engine oil to use on a 2wd cossie? cheers

Cawood

i used mobil 1 motorsport 15-50

R5FORD

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yh im the same at the mo but it cists a fortune out here..

Dicko&Vacant

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we use valvoline 10w 40 i think

tabetha

10/40 way too thin.
I use SILKOLENE PRO S 10/50.
Mobil is a joke IMO, certainly does not perform like a premium oil in tests.
tabetha

rapidcossie

anything with 50 or 60 as ast number should be cool as long as its fully syn and changed regulary

costina

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15/50 MOBIL 1
Matt Lewis is cheap for this look on ebay

Cawood

is it? what you heard about it? this include the motorsport stuff?

bigal1978

granville is the daddy when it cums to oil

ECOS95

http://www.randbmotorsport.co.uk/sho...p?ProductID=42

oilman

The Mobil 1 15w-50 is good stuff but not the best (group IV oil), if you want the best then you are looking at an ester based synthetic such as the Silkolene Pro S 10w-50 or the Motul 300v 15w-5(group V oil).

Trouble with Mobil 1 is you pay over the odds for the "Mobil" name.

Cheers

Guy
http://www.opieoils.co.uk

tabetha

Cawood.
I don't go by hearsay, I was reading some tests done by certain people and Mobil 1 did not do very well, particularly for retaining viscosity ie it got thin and runny, but by No means as bad as CASTROL R.
Moby did not do so well in wear tests either, it must be remembered that the test were some of THE top oils, so any that get there are still excellent.
Real shockers for bad performance were CASTROL R, CASTROL SLX, ROYAL PURPLE.
From my own experience with MOBIL 1, I would not use it again, from the noise of the very hard worked engine it was obvious it was getting thin and castrol RS was even worse.
Don't get me wrong it is a excellent oil, but if you can have better you would wouldn't you ?
tabetha

Cawood

sound, cheers for the info tabetha n oilman

i change the oil in my cossie about every 2k anyway

so one of these 2 are gonna be better then Silkolene Pro S 10w-50 or the Motul 300v 15w-5

what are the prices oilman? and are they good for RST & cossie?

boXXer

Saying that, when i changed my running in oil to Silkolene 15-50, my tappets havent stopped knocking since. Any idea what it could be? there wasnt a faulty batch of oil or anything was there? as it looked really thin when i put it in.

tabetha

THIN!!, it's like purple treacle.
2000 miles is way over changing it.
tabetha

boXXer

well mine wasnt.....

What grade is the red one, as i may have that.

boXXer

ah, also, in the same batch, my mate changed his oil as i ordered it for him too, and his started knocking aswell....

oilman

No its not too thin, is tapping when hot or when cold, or both?

Cheers

Guy.

boXXer

both

oilman

Hmm, have you tried the 10w-50?

Cheers

Guy.

boXXer

what colour is what? i cant remember. I think i have red in ATM.

oilman

Both the Pro R and Pro S are red/purple.

Cheers

Guy.

boXXer

oh, so why do they come as different colours?

oilman

All enigne oils are clear, they add dye... normally golden to make you think it looks like oil. The dye in Pro S and Pro R just happens to be purple/red.

Cheers

Guy.

boXXer

yeah, but what i meant was is the dye weight specific?

oilman

Not sure what you mean, but only the Silkolene Pro S 10w-50 and the Pro R 15w-50 are this colour. The Pro S 5w-40 is golden.

Cheers

Guy.

costina

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Guy, whats the price for Pro S 10/50 and Pro R 15/50

Thanks

Paul

SS1

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https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=273242

i use SILKOLENE PRO S 10/50. myself though same as the last owner of the car

i purchased 10 liters of PRO S 10/50 from OILMAN

5 days before his special offer

tabetha

I find SILKOLENE PRO S is definitely grape/purple in colour, and smells nice too, saves on glue and lighter gas I suppose, wonder if it does as much harm ?
tabetha

coswurv

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i use gtx magnatec and i havnt ever had any tapping or problems using it.

Carlsworth

in the rave days, even puncture repair kit glue was tried,...but anyway,..

i also use silkolene pro s
since changing to that in my liner, the engine seems to rev slightly quicker

tis good shit



carl

Daviet

i got the silkolene as recomended by oilman and my engine has deffo been louder since not realy loud but can deffo hear a difference
and was like a new engine with valvoline in it before.
going to go back to valvoline next time and see if theres a diff

gingeRS

i use the silkolene stuff and havent noticed any difference in my engine being louder

probably because my tappets arent worn and are set correctly

Stu @ M Developments

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Silkolene Pro S.

costina

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Did'nt know that hyd tappets can be adjusted

Unless ur running monster power and there shimmed ones

May try the silkolene stuff once i ran out of mobil 1

That won't be long then

boXXer

what i mean is, isnt red for pro s, and purple for Pro-r?

And i definately noticed a huge difference in noise when i changed to silkolene, and so did my mate, both at the same time.... I currently have the red oil in my car. (cant remember which weight it was)

boXXer

well, after trying to get on with it. ive decided im ditching it! Might try some pro s, as i found out i have pro R at the moment. But arent they both 50w? So it wouldnt make a difference.

OrionRST200bhp

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im using castrol edge 10w-60.

boXXer

in what car mate?

OrionRST200bhp

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4x4 cossie.