Engine oil what's best

[Bigjohn84]

What oil should I buy? 5-30. 5-40, and what make? Castrol GTX? Triple QX?

 

[mattyholmz89]

Always lurking this forum... oilman recommended a 5-40 for my lcr millers nanotech or something it was... £45 for 5l with 1l free but made my engine a little quieter and supposedly can increase power output... not sure how but fast car did 2 dyno with a focus St and it increased bhp by like 4 I think somehow (possibly such a small increase could be down to other factors but I like it so far)

 

[mattyholmz89]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=257957&page=31

 

[Bigjohn84]

Well if you need advice this is were you come lol,,,Thanks matty, I'll look into that,

 

[mattyholmz89]

Hahaa I was talking about myself what else am I supposed to do when I'm at work... aside from pretend to work... Oilman os the guy to go to!

 

[Solaris]

Easiest way with oil.

Unmapped lc/r - 5w30 fully syn - castrol edge 100% of the time!
Mapped lc/r - 5w40 fully syn - castrol edge again.

I use the 5w40 as i drive a 260mapped LCR. Better consistency.

 

[leegreenaway]

What I just put in during my oil change

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/pv-121241...vehicleid=10502&yearfilter=2001&FitmentNotes=

 

[G.P]

I'd not even consider Castrol for our lawn mower..

 

[Solaris]

opieoils is deff the place to go!
But after all the oils iv ever tried, castrol edge is still top notch

 

[LCR33]

Mines run on Mobil 1 life fully syn 0 40 from day one (2005) and several people and garages have been stunned at how clean the engine internals are, I change my oil every 5000 miles too.

 

[Eric87]

Is the oil spec vw504.00 for LCR's?

 

[ben450]

I run 5w40 on my lcr I've used the platinum dealer stuff from TPS as I get it trade.

 

[jackoni]

Fuchs Titan Pro Race for me the past few changes...no complaints so far, never uses a drop

 

[Bigjohn84]

Is this oil ok to use?

SEAT LEON 1.8 T CUPRA R SHELL HELIX ULTRA EXTRA 5W30 ENGINE OIL 5L

 

[seatcdg]

I'd also like to know the answer to this question! Am i right in saying if the car is no longer under warranty its ok to use "better oils" than the vw 502/504 spec as per the manual?

I've got a Leon sx 1.6 16v and was planning to do an oil change using Silkolene PRO S 5W-30 Ester Synthetic. Can anyone advise if i shouldn't attempt this and why?

 

[sockpuppet]

I have been using castrol edge 5w30 for the last 90000 miles, it's 507.00 so better spec than the 5w40 505.01 that's recommended. The nanotech oil looks interesting, but I would like to see the results against a quality oil like castrol edge or mobil1 rather than a value brand oil.