Oil - again....

[steve11]

After all this talk of putting 0w40, 10-w60, Semi, Fully, Crisp N Dry in the speed 6, I'm totally confused.

What is TVR officially advising? Anyone got a new handbook they can check?

Cheers

[nubbin]

I think you'll have plenty of time to discuss this with the factory, by the sound of things....

[targarama]

Carlube 10W 40 Semi synthetic from 1,000 miles to 6,000 miles
Carlube 0W 40 Full synthetic from 6,000 on

But most dealers use something else. Carlube sponsored the Tuscan racing or something I think (and probably gave TVR a tanker-load of oil in exchange for TVR recommending it.

[chris watton]

Yes, my last dealer used vegatable oil!
(5W-40)

[sportie]

I have a Sagaris manual and the information posted here is not whats in the latest manual....

It says for Sagaris

0 to 1000 miles Carlube Triple R 15w 40 mineral oil
1000 to 6000 Carlube Triple R 10w 40 semi-synthetic
6000 miles on Carlube Triple R 5w 40 fully synthetic



>> Edited by sportie on Wednesday 18th May 17:53

[guymarks]

have been recommended Mobil Motorsport 15-50 by mine. I seem to be in the minority

[MikeGF]

I am finding it difficult, well imposible actually to find some semi synthetic oil for the 1000-6000 stage. Where can I get it??

Cheers
MikeGF

[chris watton]

Just checked mine for the first time since it's 6K service, its up to the max level on the dipstick, and the engine's stone cold!!!
(carlube 5W-40 btw)

[sportie]

Mike try here

[url]www.xtrememotorsport.co.uk/products.aspx?Main_Category=10&Sub_Category=1[/url]

[nickfb1]

It pointless asking this question because many dealers out there use the oil from a supplier that they have a tie up with, for example the 10W-60 castrol rs that one dealer uses is with the approval of tvr but not the recommended tvr grade oil as listed above, also tvr power now use the semi synthetic one all the time on the S6 according to Dom.

Answer is who knows? your guess and all that

[targarama]

chris watton said:

Just checked mine for the first time since it's 6K service, its up to the max level on the dipstick, and the engine's stone cold!!! (carlube 5W-40 btw)

Are you saying Yikes thats high or Yikes thats low?

My theory goes that it should be a bit higher than max on cold. I checked mine yesterday when stone cold and the oil level is well above max - this is after the Cadwell Park trackday and about 600 miles of road driving in the past 10 days (I topped it up a bit before I went to Cadwell to be sure it didn't run low).

[targarama]

MikeGF said:

I am finding it difficult, well imposible actually to find some semi synthetic oil for the 1000-6000 stage. Where can I get it?? Cheers MikeGF

I bought a litre of Halfords oil for top up during this time (used about half of it). It was either 15w 40 or 10w 40 semi synthetic (green coloured container IIRC).

[chris watton]

targarama said:

chris watton said: Just checked mine for the first time since it's 6K service, its up to the max level on the dipstick, and the engine's stone cold!!! (carlube 5W-40 btw) Are you saying Yikes thats high or Yikes thats low? My theory goes that it should be a bit higher than max on cold. I checked mine yesterday when stone cold and the oil level is well above max - this is after the Cadwell Park trackday and about 600 miles of road driving in the past 10 days (I topped it up a bit before I went to Cadwell to be sure it didn't run low).

I thought it was too high, but after what you've stated, I shant worry

[targarama]

chris watton said:

targarama said: chris watton said: Just checked mine for the first time since it's 6K service, its up to the max level on the dipstick, and the engine's stone cold!!! (carlube 5W-40 btw) Are you saying Yikes thats high or Yikes thats low? My theory goes that it should be a bit higher than max on cold. I checked mine yesterday when stone cold and the oil level is well above max - this is after the Cadwell Park trackday and about 600 miles of road driving in the past 10 days (I topped it up a bit before I went to Cadwell to be sure it didn't run low). I thought it was too high, but after what you've stated, I shant worry

It's only a theory. Someone once said that the oil level when cold would be lower than when checking properly (hot, immediately after shutdown). However, I think that the sump fills up after shutdown (you can hear it trickling in if you listen carefully), thus the level 10 seconds after shutdown vs 1 minute or 3 days is going to be lower. I'm happy to be corrected, but this seems logical to me.

[madbadger]

Mine seems to stay on Max when hot, cold or in between.

Maybe someone has painted my dipstick?

[steve11]

nickfb1 said:

It pointless asking this question because many dealers out there use the oil from a supplier that they have a tie up with, for example the 10W-60 castrol rs that one dealer uses is with the approval of tvr but not the recommended tvr grade oil as listed above, also tvr power now use the semi synthetic one all the time on the S6 according to Dom. Answer is who knows? your guess and all that

Which is why I wanted to know which Grade TVR recommends in their manual and not what various dealers use. I would rather buy the correct grade and ask the dealer to use that instead of them using oil they may have got a good deal on.