Bournemouth Type R

I have a 97 STI Type R, I have a guy that services my car but I only want the right/best parts to be used, so I supply the parts. I need an oil change and don't know what the best oil is for the car....anyone have any advice?

AudiMan

Any fully synthetic, so long as it's NOT 0w as thats to thin, Mobil1 or Motul I understand are good, mine's always done by a main dealer (warranty etc..) and they use BP Visco something fully synth, but as it's changed every six months (I only do about 8 thousand miles a year), it's like new when it comes out anyway.

Ian..

corradoboy

Be careful with the ANY synthetic theory. Many oils labelled as synthetic are normal mineral oils with synthetic addatives (hydrocracked). Also, Mobil 1 is a good oil, but not ideal for Scoobys. Motul 300V is the preferred, but I use Silkolene ProS at the mo'. Set aside an hour to read through THIS thread. The originator (oilman) supplies Silko, and will be stocking Motul soon. What he doesn't know about oil isn't worth knowing, or so it seems.

Gear Head

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When you say, 'Mobil 1 is a good oil, but not ideal for Scoobys.' why is this so??

corradoboy

IIRC the most common viscocity available of Mob1 is 0W40. Scoobs really need a minimum of 5W, or even 10W. Oilman would be better to answer the question though, as I'm just struggling to remember all that was in that thread I posted above.

New To Scoob

Don't know if Scoobys have haudraulic<sp?> lifters in them or not but I remember hearing RS Turbo engines that ran on Mobil 1 0W40 sounded like a bag of nails when first started after lying for a while as the oil had seeped from the lifters.

John.

Gear Head

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I use 15w50 though, is this ok? Was recommended by Power Engineering

ALi-B

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15w50 is fine

Mobil 10w-50 would be ideal, but you can only get that in France

oilman

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I would recommend using either a 5w-40 or 10w-40 / 10w-50 proper synthetic oil.

Silkolene and Motul are good ones and so is Mobil 1 (but only comes as 0w-40 or 15w-50).

My recommendation would be for one of these oils.

Cheers
Simon

Some tech data can be found here: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm

Details on Motul will be up later on this month.

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

I got 7 litres of Mobil 1 5/50 from Asda for £17.50 a few weeks back. Thats waht my Dealer uses (but charges a bit more for!!)

corradoboy

Just re-read some of oilmans posts, the 5W50 Mobil 1 is cheap as they are selling off old stocks as it is now discontinued. Apparantly it is very expensive to produce such a wide viscocity and requires lots of VI stabilisers which affect the longevity of the oils properties.

oilman

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Stick with a good 5w-40, 10w-40 or 10w-50.

Cheers
Simon

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm

RON

Bournemouth Type R

Assuming you're from Bournemouth, if you use Triton Motorsport at Hurn, they know exactly what your car needs, and are reputed to be one of the best independants around this area for scoobs!!

Ron.

little'un

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Motul 300V - always use it and generally the oil is changed in mine every 3-5K.


little'un

Jamescsti

When I had my engine rebuilt the guy who did it recommended 10W60 but don't know who makes it or where to get it from?

King RA

I use castrol RS 10w60 as recommended by many.

oilman

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hmm.

Not the best and too thick IMHO but we've debated this to death so no point in doing it again.

What does your handbook say to use?

Cheers
Simon

King RA

dunno it's in Japanese