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In this cold weather, it is beneficial to use an oil that has good cold start flow properties as it will get to the parts of the engine that need it far more quickly. The "w" number which means winter is the key here and the lower the better. It may seem odd but a 15w or 20w will struggle...

Castrol RS 0w-40 pao Halfords 5w-40 hydrocracked Halfords oil is made by Esso currently and to a minimum spec/budget. Cheers Simon

Indeed, we ran an Elise with a Honda engine in it (tuned) in the Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone this year on the same oil for the full 24 hours! Of course it was a true pao/ester synthetic. Cheers Simon

Hydrocracked I'm afraid, Group III basestocks. Cheers Simon

Mobil1 is good 100% pao.

If you say so! Morris, hmm now where do I start? It is a public forum you know ;) Cheers Simon

It's a hydrocracked oil, not in the same league as ester based ones like Silkolene and Motul and almost the same price per litre as well. They do have Ferrari on the bottle though ;) Cheers Simon

Yep, good that one http://www.opieoils.co.uk/TechSpecs/Mobil%20and%20Motul/300VPower.pdf Cheers Simon

Email: sales@opieoils.co.uk http://www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm Cheers

moi!

Close, try castor!

I TOTALLY AGREE. Cheers Simon

I would steer well clear of 10w-60 as it's way to thick which will cause friction, heat and engine wear plus lower BHP at the wheels and poorer fuel consumption. The oil for these cars is sae 40 which is 14cst at 100degC, sae 60 is 24cst at 100degC, that's a whole 70% thicker than...

Oil should be changed anually regardless of mileage. Cheers.

Nothing wrong with quality there, however the SAE60 is way, way out of grade. You dont want to go any thicker than an SAE50 for a heavliy modded/tracked car. Normally a good 5w-40 is ideal. Cheers.

A word of caution – You get what you pay for! Below is an article written by John Rowland, Silkolene/Fuchs Chief R & D Chemist for 40 years. This article is something that all car owners should read and understand before buying oil and I’ve posted this with Johns permission. Cheers Simon

I can recommend the following for quality: Silkolene SYN 5 75w-90 Motul Gear 300 75w-90 Cheers Simon http://www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm

The more modded or extreme use that the car is, use a better quality oil. 5w-40 can be petroleum based or synthetic. Synthetic (pao/ester) is the top quality one. Basestock categories and descriptions All oils are comprised of basestocks and additives. Basestocks make up the majority of...

Fine choice sir. A true ester/pao synthetic sat at the top of the oil tree. You can always drop me a mail for prices sales@opieoils.co.uk Cheers. Guy.

Oddly enough your not far off the mark there! The ultimate and best lubricant of them all is Castor oil, however it is natural so degrades fast and has no ability to become a multigrade, but its the best. Cheers.

I think the question was "best", semi-synthetics are far from that. Cheers Simon

Best is what you asked? Silkolene or Motul...........................and I sell Castrol and Mobil! Cheers Simon

As stated above. Cheers Simon

Of course you can. Cheers Simon.

Yes you do, we have a carriage free offer on at the moment as well! The following oils are offered "carriage free" until the 14th November. To order, just call Guy on 01209 215164 (Mon-Fri Office hours) and quote November Offer. ENGINE OILS Motul 300V 5w-30, 5w-40, 10w-40...

For best protection use 5w-40 synthetic (Silkolene PRO S 5w-40 or Motul 300V 5w-40) in the engine and fully synthetic 75w-90 in the gearbox (Silkolene Syn 5 75w-90 or Motul Gear 300 75w-90). These products are proper fully synthetics (pao/ester) Cheers Simon

Actually, this time of year 5w-40 is better for the engine. Less wear on cold start. Don't use 15w-50 unless the car is very heavily modded and running higher oil temps. Cheers Simon

You'll find a lot of decent ones here including Motul and Silkolene. http://www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm Cheers Simon

For a range of decent fully synthetic 5w-40's take a look here. http://www.opieoils.co.uk/lubricants.htm Cheers Simon

Engine oil synthetic 5w-40 4.9L Gearbox/Diff 75w-90 fully synthetic GL4/GL5 3.4L Cheers Simon