Oil Question For a 172 Sport

[172SportUK]

Afternoon all,

Needing to ask a question.

After reading a few of the posts on this forum I came to the conclusion that using 10 40 oil in mi car would be ok. Car is a Clio Sport 172.

Now a friend of mine buys for his car the 10 40 oil that Vauxhall sell. He gets this really cheap and has said I can have a 4.5 litre for free. He uses it in his 2.0 16V redtop.

I'm planning on doing an oil change this Saturday. Question is would this oil be ok to use in my car?? I asked him if their would be a difference between it being from Vauxhall and he doesn't seem to think there would be.

Any thoughts would be great.

thanks

 

[Fred@BTM]

fine (you'll need 5L)

 

[172SportUK]

Thanks for that.

 

[oilman]

Yep it will be ok, look to change it around 5-6,000 miles.

If you want to go down the quality route then 5w-40 synthetic changed every 8-10,000 miles.

Cheers

Guy.

 

[kully]

most members on here use the 5w40 stuff (silkolene pro s )

 

[Turner]

most members on here use the 5w40 stuff (silkolene pro s )

2nd'd

 

[oilman]

Yep Pro S 5w-40 is very popular, you can get it from me with cliosport discount.

Cheers

Guy.

 

[edde]

That Vauxhall oils good and the prices you can get it for on trade superb.

Used on track and it cooks just like any cheapish oil though.

 

[oilman]

It's not designed for track cars but for unmodified road cars.

Wrong application.

Take a look at the Silkolene Pro S or Motul 300V here

www.opieoils.co.uk

 

[ben24]

is 0/40 ok for the 172

 

[Fred@BTM]

^yep

0,5,10,15W40 are all fine

 

[oilman]

As above, 0w-40 is fine.

Cheers

Guy.