engine oil?

does anyone know what is the best engine oil for a n/a soop??

any decent fully synth oil will do mate

If its bog stock then the OE recommended oil is 10W30 semi synth. 10W30 can be a bit hard to find, though so plenty of people use 10W40. I ran mine on 10W40 castrol Magnatec on 9000 mile changes for about 90,000 miles and then switched to something a bit thicker and more expensive as the engine was getting long in the tooth. I'm up to just over 130,000 miles now and I use Mobil's fully synthetic 15W50.

You'll find that most people on here will recommed a fully synth oil because thats just the bets kind of oil, however the NA engine isn't particularly highly stressed so I don't see that using a semi synth would hurt it. Whatever floats your boat, really. Just get the viscosity right (theres plenty of schools of though on that, too) and then spend as much money as you want to give you a warm feeling about your engine. Just don't put any old mineral stuff in it.

There's a billion threads on oils. A search will turn up a lot of stuff.

thanks for the info,mines on 108,000 atm so i'll look for somethin like the mobil1

cheers, Lee.

thanks for the info,mines on 108,000 atm so i'll look for somethin like the mobil1

 

cheers, Lee.

I'm not sure what grades Mobile 1 comes in but it might be a bit thin for an old engine.

I use Mobil1 Fully Synth but at 0W40 it might be a bit runny () for a 'mature' engine.

And £46 for 4½Ltrs isn't exactly cheap either. I wouldn't put it in an NA.

yeah i understand lol

didnt mean to put the 1 on the end,i no that'd be to runny for my 'mature' engine

If you can find your local GSF (German Swedish & French) car parts they sell:

FUCHS XTR SEMI SYNTHETIC 10W40 OIL 5L GENERAL USE-SEMI SYNTHETIC £10.70

Now, that's a bargain.

They also do a 5W40 supersyn fully synthetic at £15.40.

Plus VAT of course.