Castrol Edge 5W40 Engine Oil

[beep-beep]

Well the clio is due a service and I am just wondering on your view on Castrol Edge Engine Oil?

 

[EngineerD]

IMO, as long as it meets the Renault specifications it's fine.

 

[montana]

looks good enough to me, it meets the Renault spec and is fully synth so go for it

 

[Dave Hester]

Asda are doing 5litres of 10w/40w for a tenner

 

[lombom]

i use silkolene titan 5/40 fully synth good oil is that

 

[montana]

Asda are doing 5litres of 10w/40w for a tenner

oh sweet lord....

 

[EngineerD]

Asda are doing 5litres of 10w/40w for a tenner

Even though I think it does meet the Renault specs...I would steer clear.

 

[stevescort172]

opie oils have some good deals on oil at the moment have a look on there, he's also on here giving advice on the correct oil for your car

 

[montana]

opie oils have some good deals on oil at the moment have a look on there, he's also on here giving advice on the correct oil for your car

From opie i just got 10L of Gulf Competition racing 5w40 for £60 delivered, not sure if this offer is still on

 

[Dave Hester]

Even though I think it does meet the Renault specs...I would steer clear.

Why?? its just unbranded castrol magnetec, using this and and changing the oil every 4 months is just as good as using anything else.

Clios dont have race engines so stop being anal about oil

 

[EngineerD]

Clios dont have race engines so stop being anal about oil

changing the oil every 4 months

...

 

[beep-beep]

I will probably order from opie next time, but Im actually from Ireland and wanted to service the car at the weekend and the local motorfactor had castrol and Gulf oil, decided to go for the Gul oil as it seemed to have better spec and recommended by the motorfactor. The castrol was €40 for 4L but the Gulf was only €40 for 5L so suited better also.

I will probably get a roasting for buying the Gulf oil now, but what harm!

I change the oil every 3 months anyway so cant do that much harm!ha

 

[montana]

Why?? its just unbranded castrol magnetec, using this and and changing the oil every 4 months is just as good as using anything else.

Clios dont have race engines so stop being anal about oil

magnatec in branded form is bad enough!

 

[stevescort172]

the gulf oil is a good recommendation from opie oils youll be fine with that, 5w-40 fully synth yes

 

[Fred@BTM]

castrol + renault = no

 

[montana]

castrol + renault = no

why not fred?

 

[5678]

Just bought the Opie Gulf 5-40 for mine. The members price is very good.

 

[montana]

Just bought the Opie Gulf 5-40 for mine. The members price is very good.

the competition racing stuff?

 

[Sir_Dave]

From opie i just got 10L of Gulf Competition racing 5w40 for £60 delivered, not sure if this offer is still on

I just ordered 10L of Motul 8100 X-cess 5W-40, & 10L of Motul Specific LL-04 BMW for £95 delivered at Opie.

Cheap & perfectly decent stuff.

 

[Russ_16v]

IMO get the best you can afford

 

[5678]

Wow, excellent service from Opie... Gulf oil is out of stock, I need it for this weekend, so they will send the more expensive Fuchs Pro S instead for the same money. Nice.

 

[Russ_16v]

^^ Great oil IMO, what I use

 

[1975DCS]

I have had bad experience with Castrol RS 10W-60 in my previous car (Opel Astra GSI Turbo) there have been traces of burnt out oil... For my new Renault Twingo RS I bought Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40 (RN0710), mainly because I use Shell V-Power (RON97), as RON98 is more difficult to find these days, because it is replaced with RON95 Eco fuel everywhere. But Total Quartz 9000 5W-40 and Twingo RS OEM oil, Elf Excellium 5W-40 were on my shortlist to, but Elf is difficult to find and Total has sold the only 2 Total gas stations in my town. And I could buy the Shell with serious discount!

Silkolene and Fuchs are from the same factory, right? And a different class / style of Synthetic, right? Nice too!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Silkolene the name doesn't exist anymore and has been rebranded as Fuchs which is the manufacture

 

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