What oil do you use?

[jack_davey]

About to do an oil change, under the bonnet it says "renault recommends ELF" however when I go to my local renault parts supplier they give me some no name brand semi synthetic crap! Cant seem to find ELF anywhere and no way am I going to put semi synthetic in my engine!

What does everyone else use?

 

[Beef-Mc]

I use semi-synthetic 10w40 oil from Halfords.

Cars only a 1.2 so fancy oil won't make much of a difference.

 

[jonny_g]

castrol GTD magnatec for my dci but it seems alot of the 1*2 owners on here (correct me if im wrong) would reccommend millers?

 

[eggy790]

nah yours is a sport..

use silkolene pro s 5w 40 fully synthetic

everyone recommends it on here

 

[Gary-Lew]

182 oil is Elf Excelium LDX 5W40

 

[JON13S]

182 oil is Elf Excelium LDX 5W40

thats what i put in mine. hard as to get hold of (but i have my ways). makes the engine sound a lil rougher as i believe is pretty thin stuff (had something else in when i got her. a guy i have previously worked with worked for renault alongside elf developing these oils and the stuff is pretty good. apparantly they tested it over something like 40k miles and it lost 25% of its viscosity.

 

[Gary-Lew]

182 oil is Elf Excelium LDX 5W40

thats what i put in mine. hard as to get hold of (but i have my ways). makes the engine sound a lil rougher as i believe is pretty thin stuff (had something else in when i got her. a guy i have previously worked with worked for renault alongside elf developing these oils and the stuff is pretty good. apparantly they tested it over something like 40k miles and it lost 25% of its viscosity.

Renault sell it !

 

[JON13S]

aint paying their prices for anything haha.

get 2 litres for a fiver if i use my puppy dog eyes lol

 

[cat171]

I usee the recommended stuff, nothing else.

 

[Gary-Lew]

I usee the recommended stuff, nothing else.

Quite right:approve:

 

[stu-172]

I used shell helix 5w40 that I got from a guy who works on Aston's. They're meant to be run on mobil oil, but apparently it's crap so his place use Shell!

 

[D1CKY]

What about Halfords own 5w40 ?

 

[mattjk]

What about Halfords own 5w40 ?

Halfords oil is absolutely fine. This topic has been discussed to death lol

 

[santoz]

what about "COMMA Fully Synthetic Syner-G 5w-40" I can get 5l for about £20

I know most oils are the same but just looking for some reassurance!
Used Comma oils before in my xsara vtr with good results but different type of engine!

 

[Little Newms]

Shell 5w 40 fully syn'

 

[MillerLight]

Motul Specific 5~30 on my C-VXR (just done the first change)

from www.opieoils.co.uk

member discount and you can use paypay too.

good prices and quick delivery too

 

[kully]

^^^defo recommendable , bought my 5w40 silkolene pro s from them

 

[vala]

I use halfords own 5w40 fully synthetic stuff. does the job and comes in cheaper with a trade card

 

[jack_davey]

I've used halfords oil before, thought it was actually alright, i think its rebranded castrol or something! What is the "recommended stuff"? ELF?
I cant understand why the numpty at renault thought Id be happy putting semi-synthetic in my 182!!

 

[D1CKY]

I use halfords own 5w40 fully synthetic stuff. does the job and comes in cheaper with a trade card

Its probably made by Castrol though.

Lol

And i've heard from Fred that Castrol in Rs Clios can make them tap

 

[Daz Clio Cup]

nah yours is a sport..

use silkolene pro s 5w 40 fully synthetic

everyone recommends it on here

that's what i use

 

[vala]

I use halfords own 5w40 fully synthetic stuff. does the job and comes in cheaper with a trade card

Its probably made by Castrol though.

Lol

And i've heard from Fred that Castrol in Rs Clios can make them tap

mine ain't tapping so far however i'll bear this in mind if it does start to tap later on

 

[AndyT23]

nah yours is a sport..

use silkolene pro s 5w 40 fully synthetic

everyone recommends it on here

that's what i use

Motul 8100 X-cess 5W40 fully synthetic is a cheaper option than the Silkolene at approx £30 for 5L compared to £50 for 5L with the Silkolene. It will be just as effective unless your at track days every weekend!

There's Fuchs (who own Silkolene anyway) Titan Supersyn 5W40 that's equally as good.

Definitely recommend Opie oils, the Oilman knows EVERYTHING about oil or certainly more than you'll ever need to know!

 

[Fred@BTM]

the renault recommend oil for all RS clios (elf 5w40) is available via mail order from yozzasport

halfords oil is infact made by comma

 

[sgtbash999]

run mine using Motul 300v 5w40 - superb stuff!

this thread has reminded me i need to get some more

 

[D1CKY]

the renault recommend oil for all RS clios (elf 5w40) is available via mail order from yozzasport

halfords oil is infact made by comma

So next question,how good is Comma Oil ?

 

[sideways danny]

the renault recommend oil for all RS clios (elf 5w40) is available via mail order from yozzasport

halfords oil is infact made by comma

So next question,how good is Comma Oil ?

I use Comma Motorsport 10w50 in my 325bhp 200sx

 

[Fred@BTM]

i "think" comma own mobil 1 not sure, oilman will tell you (i might be wrong about the halfords stuff, but i'm pretty sure)

 

[mattjk]

Halfords is comma stuff I'm sure I read that somewhere

 

[sideways danny]

(i might be wrong about the halfords stuff, but i'm pretty sure)

you're right. Halfords just change the packaging and add a load to the price

 

[D1CKY]

i "think" comma own mobil 1 not sure, oilman will tell you (i might be wrong about the halfords stuff, but i'm pretty sure)

I thought it was Esso that owned Mobil ?

Aka. Exxon Mobil


Sorry if i'm wrong

 

[Daz Clio Cup]

that's what i use

Motul 8100 X-cess 5W40 fully synthetic is a cheaper option than the Silkolene at approx £30 for 5L compared to £50 for 5L with the Silkolene. It will be just as effective unless your at track days every weekend!

There's Fuchs (who own Silkolene anyway) Titan Supersyn 5W40 that's equally as good.

Definitely recommend Opie oils, the Oilman knows EVERYTHING about oil or certainly more than you'll ever need to know!

Fuchs owns Sikolene i think

 

[AndyT23]

Motul 8100 X-cess 5W40 fully synthetic is a cheaper option than the Silkolene at approx £30 for 5L compared to £50 for 5L with the Silkolene. It will be just as effective unless your at track days every weekend!

There's Fuchs (who own Silkolene anyway) Titan Supersyn 5W40 that's equally as good.

Definitely recommend Opie oils, the Oilman knows EVERYTHING about oil or certainly more than you'll ever need to know!

Fuchs owns Sikolene i think

That's what I said lol, and yes they definitely do. There'll be a Fuchs logo top left of your Silkolene container I should think.

 

[Daz Clio Cup]

Fuchs owns Sikolene i think

That's what I said lol, and yes they definitely do. There'll be a Fuchs logo top left of your Silkolene container I should think.

my bad, i read it the other way round, lol

 

[JMR]

Mines lubed up with Silkolene Pro-S 5W40:approve:

The Elf Excellium LDX5W40 is exactly the same as:-

TOTAL QUARTZ 9000 5W40 - Available in all TOTAL fuel stations

£ 37.99 for 5 litres. ELF/TOTAL same company - simply re-branded.

 

[franx]

Motul , was a real change from the Elf stuff first in there. No more tapping noises

only thing is, i'm using 10w40 the last couple of years..

 

[koi]

Going to do an oil change pretty soon so checking out Opie Oils, anyone on here used their service pack? Pretty cheap too, £41.95 delivered.

6l Motul 8100 X-Cess 5w-40
Purolator oil filter