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Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
Hi I've got a 2.0 16v with 140k on clock thinking of dropping oil and changing it. I would like to know whether to use a semi or full synthetic oil any opinions
Thanks
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
What can you afford!?
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
Either it wants a full service before winter it gets quite cold up here, so come October it'll get full service just unsure on semi or full with it been high miles.
(28-08-2014, 04:35 PM)Piggy Wrote: What can you afford!?
This is what I plan to use 6 litres Shell Helix HX7 10W-40 £35
Or the alternative is Fuchs TITAN SYN MC 10w-40 6litres £26
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
Why 6litres!?
You can gey the shell helix stuff a lot cheaper than that. I run it and its done well
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
Sorry it comes as a kit with oil filter. Would you recommend the shell helix? I thought it was a funny amount a iirc it only holds about 4 litres any way
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Toms306 - 28-08-2014
Semi synth is fine on an XSi engine. For 306s I've always just gone for the cheapest brand/offer on ECP, they're not fussy like more modern engines are lol.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 05:08 PM)Toms306 Wrote: Semi synth is fine on an XSi engine. For 306s I've always just gone for the cheapest brand/offer on ECP, they're not fussy like more modern engines are lol.
Thanks I'll go to sdl order cheapest 10w40 and an engine flush jobs a gooden
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Toms306 - 28-08-2014
Cheapest brand, I wouldn't recommend the actual cheapest Tesco value oil lol.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 05:32 PM)Toms306 Wrote: Cheapest brand, I wouldn't recommend the actual cheapest Tesco value oil lol.
"Every little helps" lol
I think at sdl there cheap stuff is gulf tec plus
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Toms306 - 28-08-2014
Ah, that'll be fine then.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
Dont cheap out on oil. Magnetex stuff is just clever marketing imo but for the sake of a few quid more...why not get decent oil which is essentially the blood for the engine.
Would you infuse yourself with the cheapest plasma substitue you could find??
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 08:26 PM)Piggy Wrote: Dont cheap out on oil. Magnetex stuff is just clever marketing imo but for the sake of a few quid more...why not get decent oil which is essentially the blood for the engine.
Would you infuse yourself with the cheapest plasma substitue you could find??
Your right I think for the sake of £10 I'll go for the shell oil.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - impotentials - 28-08-2014
I have a 150,000 mile gti and have always used castrol magnatec 10w 40 part syn, it has always run well. Spends you moneys, makes your choices
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
£10 over 10,000 miles or so, that 1p for every 10miles...not exactly a huge amount to spend to lengthen the life of your engine!
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 08:57 PM)impotentials Wrote: I have a 150,000 mile gti and have always used castrol magnatec 10w 40 part syn, it has always run well. Spends you moneys, makes your choices
Thanks I'll have a look.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
Plus if you use eurocarparts Ive just sellected a oil filter and HX7 Shell oil for you engine and it comes to just over £22 delivered mate
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 09:00 PM)Piggy Wrote: £10 over 10,000 miles or so, that 1p for every 10miles...not exactly a huge amount to spend to lengthen the life of your engine!
When you put it like that is worth the extra money.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 09:03 PM)Piggy Wrote: Plus if you use eurocarparts Ive just sellected a oil filter and HX7 Shell oil for you engine and it comes to just over £22 delivered mate
That's even better I'll get some order tomorrow and get it done next week
Thanks for the advice.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
No worries.....
There is a rep button
Dont leave it too late as theres a 50% off sale, not sure when it ends
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 09:06 PM)Piggy Wrote: No worries.....
There is a rep button
Dont leave it too late as theres a 50% off sale, not sure when it ends
Sorry is it the little plus next to reply ?
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Piggy - 28-08-2014
Ahhh cant do it till 100posts it seems!
Thats weird
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Niall - 28-08-2014
More to the point, what sort of use does your car get? Thats the biggest deciding factor.
When i used a standard engine, i found the happiest it ever was was with the standard Peugeot oil which is Total 7000. Now I'm on a rather modified engine, I'm using Shell helix ultra but will probably change when i do the next service soon.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Adam-m-h - 28-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 09:45 PM)Niall Wrote: More to the point, what sort of use does your car get? Thats the biggest deciding factor.
When i used a standard engine, i found the happiest it ever was was with the standard Peugeot oil which is Total 7000. Now I'm on a rather modified engine, I'm using Shell helix ultra but will probably change when i do the next service soon.
Hi and I use it daily to go work (60miles per week) and pottering around in it doesn't really any stick
I was going to use shell hx7
Re: Engine oil recommendation - MisterGTR - 28-08-2014
Any reason not to use something like mogul 5w50 or even mobil 1 0w40 which have better lower temp protection
RE: Engine oil recommendation - RetroPug - 29-08-2014
(28-08-2014, 10:33 PM)MisterGTR Wrote: Any reason not to use something like mogul 5w50 or even mobil 1 0w40 which have better lower temp protection
Peugeot recommend 5w 40, in fact they specifically recommend Total Quartz 7000 or 9000 for the gti-6 engine at least, where 7000 is semi-synthetic and 9000 is fully-synthetic.
Total Quartz 9000 I run mine on this.
I think there was a way of getting it slightly cheaper on here with a discount code iirc.
Any good quality 5w 40 should be fine. As for using other grades, maybe if you are sure of what you are doing, but I wouldn't even bother looking into it myself unless it was for track or I lived in a particularly cold climate, and varying too much from recommended spec could cause problems I'd say.
RE: Engine oil recommendation - Tom85 - 29-08-2014
These guys are really good if you want to buy Total Quartz:
http://www.nielsencdg.co.uk/acatalog/Total-Quartz-7000-10w40-Petrol-Diesel-Engine-Oil-148647-5L-TOT_148647.html#SID=1074
Free shipping on £60+
I bought 4 x Total Quartz 7000 5L bottles just over £60 delivered
Re: Engine oil recommendation - MisterGTR - 30-08-2014
Cheers. Will keep it simple and go with recommended. Ta