Oil grade in Cup

[BikeMan]

I need to top up the engine oil in my Cup. What type/grade do Renault recomend? I cant make heard nor tail of the handbook...

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Ideally you should get the Elf Synthetic from a Reno part dept but a good quality full synthetic should be compatible

 

[BikeMan]

Cheers - but what grade??

 

[BikeMan]

Right - I bought some Mobil 1 Fully Synthetic 15/50 from Halfords and Im using that.

The manual seems to suggest using 10/30 or 10/40 or 10/50. Whos using what in their 172 or Cup????

 

[George16v]

Ideally use 5W40 but will probably only be able to get 10W40 which is fine

 

[Oliver-K4M]

Castrol Racing 10W-60!

 

[BRUN]

FULLY SYNTHETIC 5W-40

i would NOT use Mobil 1 Motorsport in a Cup !.........its a bit thick for it, its a new car !

change it to the 0W-40 Mobil 1, and id bet you notice a power increase

if its just a top up mate then use Mobil 1 0W-40 / Total Quartz 9000 5W-40 / Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40

all of those are fully synthetic

 

[tonykart]

5W50 Elf Excellum !! the only oil we use in Clioracing !!

 

[BikeMan]

Cheers folks - it was just for a top up. Ill get some lighter stuff next time

 

[BenS]

Brun,

I used Mobile 1 0W-40 from 6k to 12k miles. Now the car is in for 12,000 miles service would it be better to put in Mobile 1 15W-50 motorsport or stick with 0W-40.

cheers

 

[TheCake]

Im running Mobile 1 "0W-40" in my Cup. Works a dream.

 

[BRUN]

stick with the 0W-40

 

[tonykart]

in period of time 0W40 gives problems we provided all our Clio´s with 0w50 bad choice, after one season three engine´s needed NEW bearings !! don´t ask me why, since 2001 we put 5W50 Delivered by Renault itself and in three years (at least till now) NO problems !! There are even four engine´s running for almost three years without rearing anything (well ok the sequencial gearbox needs it every season but ok9



to be short it would NOT be my choice suit yourself of course....



Cheers

 

[BRUN]

well id also go for a 5W rated however out of the 2 the 15W is too thick...