Oil for 172

[abbs_172]

Can anyone reccomend where I can get some good quality Oil for my Cup!

 

[Man-Chun]

Try Demon Tweeks . Either Redline, Motul, RS Castrol can be bought from them.

Chun.

 

[BRUN]

http://www.a-pp.comwww.a-pp.com

buy the Silkolene Pro S, its the dogs

 

[greeper]

Silkolene, Silkolene, Silkolene, it is the best. I have no cold start problems, no jerkiness on cold mornings and starts first time every time since using this. It is the best though a little expensive but def worth it.

 

[abbs_172]

Thank you please,will ask reno to put that oil in when its due!

 

[greeper]

You may have to buy it yourself and give it to them to fill your car, safer that way.

 

[Jas]

I take Mobil1 fully synthetic to my dealers and get them to use that - it also works out cheaper than their oil!

 

[BRUN]

you WILL have to buy it yourself, dealers have there own oil and wont be willing to get you a diff type

 

[Pugboy]

anyone tried synta gold?, its available from vw/audi dealers and is a fully synthetic oil but not too overpriced like some others... I used to use it on my 2.0 s16 pug for ages, found it excellent and not too searching as mobil 1 can be...

Dont be fooled by marketing, mobil 1 is excellent but they dont get gp sponsorship for free, comes out of our pockets..

On another note, is it best to postpone the first oil change a while?? i used to change it every 3-5k in the pug but it had 30k on it when i bought it. some people say that a new engine will not bed in properly if a fancy oil (ie mobil 1) is put in too soon and that a mineral oil is put in at the factory to allow this bedding in to occur...

Im almost at 2k now in the cup and am in 2 minds as to whether to change it now or leave it a while longer..

Any thoughts anyone?

pugboy

 

[Mav]

Jas,

Mob1 is 0 rather than 5, cold rating. Will the lower visc oil not hurt the engine cold?

 

[ChavyBoy]

No the lower the visocity the better it flows when cold but it might be a bit to thin and make the engine noiser.

BTW guys dont let renault do the oil change unless its a normal service follow my guide and it only costs about £25 instead of £80 + (I am not saying I dont trust them but I know I have put the oil in I bought, are you sure they will ?)

http://www.cliosport.net/articles/oilchange/index.asphttp://www.cliosport.net/articles/oilchange/index.asp

 

[abbs_172]

My Cup is at 3,000 now and I too am wndering whether to change my oil and filter, I know its well before the 12,000 mile service, however, will this do my engine any harm?

All advice please, and thanks for the posts!

 

[ChavyBoy]

Abbs,

I changed mine at 1k and I am going to change it at 6k and then let the monkeys at renault change if at the 12k service. Basically every 6k I am going to do any oil change.

I do mine on a regular basis cause I drive the car fairly hard and its piece of mind for £25.

 

[Jas]

Mav, on newer engines the 0 rating is ok, but imho wouldnt recommend it on older engines (6+ years old). Saying that, I had it in my old 16v (1994) and it was great, 110,000 miles when I sold it (2 years ago) with no probs.