Which oil do you use...

[gruffalo]

Looking through receipts mine has had mobile one all it's life 55k miles in and cams and tappets look like new.

[chibbard]

gruffalo said:

Looking through receipts mine has had mobile one all it's life 55k miles in and cams and tappets look like new.

This is what I will be sticking to aswell as I have just done a 24K service (mobile 1 all of it's life) and everything is as new !!!!

[NilsP]

Little thread resurrection
Found this article on oils and it's pretty interesting.
Yes it's american and it's from a few years ago but I like that scratch test.
They lubricate a bearing and do a scratch test where they try to break through the film by adding weight
and rotating it against a race.
Some have 8mm scratches from just 2 lbs of weight, other just a 1mm with 8 lbs of weight.
so there's definitely a big difference between oils and some real surprises
Bloody hell that Royal Purple stuff looks awesome

Link --> http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

[greenracing]

Good find! Funniky enough I went to a Mazda club meet and sat through a penrite presentation about their oils and what all of the different numbers and letters meant. Didn't realise how good they were in comparison. I am currently using using Morris and the car had great pressure form coldduringg hot weather etc. Now I am in a US though looks like I will be changing brands!

[ukkid35]

I use Penrite HPR15 in my other car, the only disadvantage is that it is not widely available (I get mine at Moss Europe near Heathrow).

[Incognegro]

gruffalo said:

Looking through receipts mine has had mobile one all it's life 55k miles in and cams and tappets look like new.

I too only use Mobil Super 2000 semi synthetic (as recommended by Power) never had any issues. 10L for £45 from Opie Oils

[TVR8BLACK]

0 w 40 for my 4.5 as tvr handbook recommends

[FUBAR]

Im still trying to bed in the oil seals (slowly slowly) and am running 20/50 mineral from Halfords!

[Supateg]

FUBAR said:

Im still trying to bed in the oil seals (slowly slowly) and am running 20/50 mineral from Halfords!

I was led to believe it takes 30min to bed in a new oil seal.
I applied this method when changing the rear crank seal.
Ran it for 30mins at 2k (no load speed), checked for leaks all ok.

Anyone with any more insight on oil seal bedding in?

[Jhonno]

Supateg said:

I was led to believe it takes 30min to bed in a new oil seal.
I applied this method when changing the rear crank seal.
Ran it for 30mins at 2k (no load speed), checked for leaks all ok.

Anyone with any more insight on oil seal bedding in?

Shouldn't take long at all..

[FUBAR]

(I think its an oil seal...its something under the bonnet...all white noise to me!) its taking ages...long and short, faulty injector caused borewash?...its improved massively over 750 miles but still a little smoky on very hard acceleration from low speed...

[Jhonno]

Oil control ring (piston ring) you mean..?! That should be bedded in by now really.

[FUBAR]

Yup, them ...its gone from tons of smoke to now just enough to make me think "is it my eyes or is that smoke back there"...only happens on the first boot away after doddering around, and obviously when the oil is warm. Its progress