An old question I am sure, Engine oil?

[bfg1961]

Presently rebuilding my v8 s, the engine went into the refurbed chassis last night,and thoughts have turned to things like Lubrication, and I wondered what present thinking was on engine oil. The car is for road use, so will not be thrashed..........(too hard), any thoughts gratefully received.

Many thanks

[phillpot]

Endless advice/suggestions on Chimaera and general TVR forum.... for example.

I think a high Zinc content is often reccommended to minimize cam wear

[Oldred_V8S]

I have read many many posts on this and the item below got a good write up.

http://www.classic-oils.net/Product-349/Products-b...

Paul

[Spanish S2]

Hi there, as in the bible, Mobil 0 40 fully synthetic is popular. But can give a lower oil pressure. Alternative Mobil 15 50.

[Mr Plow]

Oldred_V8S said:

I have read many many posts on this and the item below got a good write up.

http://www.classic-oils.net/Product-349/Products-b...

Paul

This is what I run in mine Not too pricey either.

[Barkychoc]

While running in use a boggo mineral oil you want a little bit of wear for all the new parts to bed together.

[v8s4me]

I've got good old fashioned Castrol GTX 15-40 in mine at the moment, although it is semi-synthetic now. Well after all it is a good old fashioned engine; have you seen the size of the gap between the cogs in the oil pump? Think about your gearbox oil as well. Don't let anyone suggest ATF! Use a good quality synthetic or semi-synthetic gear oil.

[mikel003003]

I found 0w40 too thin I use mineral oil now