1999 Chimaera 500, what oil?

[plangston]

I have been told by so many what oil to use, the hand book says 5-50 and the bible says 0-40, I got some 5-30 in france.......
so what is best? I dont use the car every day, at wwekends for a blast meets and a 2500 miletrip once a year.

[Chimpandtonic]

Everyone seems to have their favourite oil.

For me it's Millers CSS 20w60.

One things for sure, you need Zinc in it.

[Andy JB]

I've become a bit of an anorak with stuff like this. For the Chim 500 i recommend 10w 50 having tried all the variants. Also the recommended viscocity by Opie oils.

IMO the 0&5w tend to be too thin partculurly on long distance runs & foreign climbs & the engine is tappety, silimarly the 20w oils tend to be a bit too thick on cold/winter start ups - you can hear the circulation.

So 10w50 or 60 provides for a good range of circumstances incl hot running & cold starting without any undue noise. Choose an oil with ZDDP content like Silkolene & synthetic will remain stable for longer than mineral.

[quantum_man]

I use 0-40 Mobil 1 in my 4.0 Chimaera HC ... hope that's the right stuff !!!

Edited by quantum_man on Tuesday 6th March 16:51