BUYING OIL, SOME BASIC ADVICE FROM OPIE OILS.

[oilman]

How much oil is it using, say over 1000 miles? Unless it is excessive I would still go with 5w-40.

Cheers

Guy

[gtistar]

I reckon a litre and a half. Was thinking 5w 40 any particular make suit it better?

[oilman]

That's quite a lot of oil to burn over 1000 miles. There's two ways to go with it, 5w-40 synthetic as the best for protection, 10w-40 semi-synthetic as best for the wallet.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-656-5w-40.aspx

Out of those, the best ones are the Fuchs/Silkolene Pro S, Motul 300V, Redline and Gulf Competition. The Motul 8100 X-Cess, Millers XFS, Shell Helix, Fuchs Supersyn and Mobil Super 3000 are good, cheaper alternatives.

Here are the 10w-40s we have and I would either go for the Fuchs XTR, Shell Helix, Millers XSS or Motul 6100

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-657-10w-40.aspx

Cheers

Tim

[extra330]

which grade would you recomend for my 2000 gti 150bhp 105k miles turbo a bit tired and whines on 5w 30 though . looking for a budget oil while i save for a new turbo
thanks

[oilman]

Go for a 5w-40, Fuchs Supersyn is a bargain at the moment

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-984-fuchs-titan-supersyn-5w-40-high-performance-fully-synthetic-engine-oil.aspx

[extra330]

thank you

[AshP]

HI there just bought a 2.0 mk4 gti , I know it's not the best of engines but the car is straight and tidy runs well was wondering what grade of oil to put in it is just over 100k on the clock ...

better off with a thicker oil due to mileage?/

many thanks ash 

[oilman]

Hi Ash

A 5w-40 is ideal.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-656-5w-40.aspx

Out of those, the best ones are the Fuchs/Silkolene Pro S, Motul 300V, Redline and Gulf Competition. The Motul 8100 X-Cess, Millers XFS, Shell Helix, Fuchs Supersyn and Mobil Super 3000 are good, cheaper alternatives.

As a cheaper option, a 10w-40 will be fine and I would either go for the Fuchs XTR, Shell Helix, Millers XSS or Motul 6100

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-657-10w-40.aspx

Cheers

Tim

[AshP]

Thanks very much thats a great help , planning to do oil and filter as soon as it comes into my hands 

[james2]

Hi Guy, i have a 1999 MK4 vw golf gti 1.8T  AGU.
Im using 10w 40 castrol magnitec .Is 5w 40 better.And ok for my car.Whats better castrol edge or castrol magnitec.Also is K&N Performance Gold HP-2005 Oil Filter ok to fit on my car.
Kind regards,   james.