Quick one about oil?

[honahont350]

Need to grab some extra oil before I head off on my 3,000 mile trip on Friday, What oil should i take?

Thanks

J

[yi8tvr]

Tell me your joking..

If not no wonder the SP6 has had so many problems.

[Daftlad]

A fully synthetic 15/50......Mobil 1 perhaps.

[rev-erend]

Daftlad said:

A fully synthetic 15/50......Mobil 1 perhaps.

Don't think that is the recommended oil.. that would be OK in old V8's..

I think it's Mobil 1 0W 40 ..

[smithyl23]

yi8tvr said:

Tell me your joking..

If not no wonder the SP6 has had so many problems.

Jesus man he was only asking what oil to use. You may as well have saved your energy and not written that useless comment.

I would take whatever oil is in the tank Mobil one 10W50 is in mine as anything less i've been told is too thin by a few people.

People might tell you they use different i'm just telling you what i use in a T350 RR

[Daftlad]

smithyl23 said:

yi8tvr said:

Tell me your joking..

If not no wonder the SP6 has had so many problems.

Jesus man he was only asking what oil to use. You may as well have saved your energy and not written that useless comment.

I would take whatever oil is in the tank Mobil one 10W50 is in mine as anything less i've been told is too thin by a few people.

People might tell you they use different i'm just telling you what i use in a T350 RR

I use 15/50 for the very same reason in both our Sagaris and Tamora. 10/50 is easier to get hold of I understand.

I wouldnt dream of using the 0/40 unless thats all I had as a top up.

There is a sticker in general gassing for oils and there are some cleverer peolpe than me that can advise.

[icraigmy]

I use shell 5/40 in my Tamora. This was used in the last service.

[grumbledoak]

I'm guessing you are past the running-in period (?)

At the 6k service the dealer replaced the oil with Mobil 1. 0/40 IIRC though many here say it is too thin (so I'm keeping an eye on it). They even gave me a "free" carton to carry around.

I'd phone your dealer and ask what they put in last, and get some of that. It is very likely to be Mobil 1.

[Daftlad]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=13&f=13&t=237643&h=0

Maybe 0/40 is the better oil? :rushesofftodumpoilfromtwocars:

[bogie]

unless you regularly start/drive the car at minus 10degs then 15/50 is better..keeps the oil consumption down ...I use Silkolene Pro-R in all my cars ..the Saggy has just had 6K mile service and I think Ive maybe put .5L in it in 6K miles ...on the old tuscan post rebuild using the 'recommended' 0/40 it would drink 1L every thousand miles, then changed to 15/50 and it dropped to about 1L every 3-4K miles

[bogie]

ps - Oilman posts on some of the forums - from Opie Oils:

www.opieoils.co.uk/performance_lubricants/silkolene.aspx

you can get club discount if you register on the site

[yi8tvr]

honahont350 said:

Need to grab some extra oil before I head off on my 3,000 mile trip on Friday, What oil should i take?

Thanks

J

I do apologize for my unnecessary remark. I use Mobil 0-40 as recomended by TVR since the birth of the SP6 engine. I do tend to keep the oil 1/2 litre over filled being a dry sump. I also sometimes use a petrol additive (Millers) mainly on track days (Not octane booster) as i dont belive that works.

Some say that 5-40 is ok but anything thicker and you had better get expert advise as i belive this could cause oil way problems which are already well documented.

Hope this helps....

Mark.

[maxx-waxx]

If you speak to Dom he recommends 10-40 semi synthetic for the S6. So many different recommendations is hard to know which is best

[Hilti]

I use Castrol 10/60 fully syntthetic in mine, never had any problems.

J