what was that oil website?

Matt82 · 26 Sep 2006 at 16:16

i remember a poster on here posting a link to a company where you could let them have your car details/mileage etc and they'd let you know what the best oil would be.

any ideas? oil man or something? (search didnt help)

Fett · 26 Sep 2006 at 16:23

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/

Matt82 · 26 Sep 2006 at 16:40

cheers fella

nutcase · 26 Sep 2006 at 17:14

I never got a reply from them

monkeyspank · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:12

I did, straight away. They do discounts for lots of different car clubs too.

Matt82 · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:24

mine does lose some oil, so i brought some cheap carlube stuff as a top up oil between full changes.

i swear the carlube stuff evapourates, hence i want to know exactly what i should be putting in there.

i bet itll be £40 a litre stuff tho lol

Matt82 · 27 Sep 2006 at 09:28

right. VW state that it needs 10w-40 semi.

they have recommended i could use 5w-40 full synth as an alternative. i suppose id get better circulation at start up and it should warm quicker.

any other benefits of going to full synth?

Simon · 27 Sep 2006 at 09:57

Matt82 said:
right. VW state that it needs 10w-40 semi.

they have recommended i could use 5w-40 full synth as an alternative. i suppose id get better circulation at start up and it should warm quicker.

any other benefits of going to full synth?

Why not use the proper VW OEM spec stuff?

Matt82 · 27 Sep 2006 at 10:25

due to the age/mileage, light mods that have been carried out. i like to drive the car hard from time to time, hence want as much protection as possible

Nathan · 27 Sep 2006 at 11:17

haha, thats the guy that goes round all the car forums talking drivel on how pretty much YOU NEED silkoline. Happens to be his most expensive oil

He does put across a good argument though.

Simon · 27 Sep 2006 at 11:20

Nathan said:
haha, thats the guy that goes round all the car forums talking drivel on how pretty much YOU NEED silkoline. Happens to be his most expensive oil He does put across a good argument though.

Exactly.

Just use VW 505.00 stuff. VW think it's good enough for their engines despite what some sales man says

jpmonkey69 · 27 Sep 2006 at 11:52

Nathan said:
haha, thats the guy that goes round all the car forums talking drivel on how pretty much YOU NEED silkoline. Happens to be his most expensive oil He does put across a good argument though.

I'm happy to buy the best oil for my car, and to be honest the price difference between the 5l of Silkolene and other 5l branded oils is negligable... So, I use 5w-40 Pro-S.

Nathan · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:01

jpmonkey69 said:
I'm happy to buy the best oil for my car, and to be honest the price difference between the 5l of Silkolene and other 5l branded oils is negligable... So, I use 5w-40 Pro-S.

TBH I would rather use mediocre oil (in fact what pug recommend for my car) at 10 quid for 5 litres and change it every 5K. I can get almost four changes for the price of the fancy stuff you use. So my engine has always got new(ish) oil inside it and im saving

Oil in my eyes should be changed every 5k.

Stonedofmoo · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:09

Nathan said:
haha, thats the guy that goes round all the car forums talking drivel on how pretty much YOU NEED silkoline. Happens to be his most expensive oil He does put across a good argument though.

...which happens to be about the same price as the best oil in Halfords after you include a club discount

You know it's proper synthetic oil so I always go for it.

jpmonkey69 · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:12

Nathan said:
TBH I would rather use mediocre oil (in fact what pug recommend for my car) at 10 quid for 5 litres and change it every 5K. I can get almost four changes for the price of the fancy stuff you use. So my engine has always got new(ish) oil inside it and im saving Oil in my eyes should be changed every 5k.

I don't have eye oil, but I make sure I change the oil in my car every 5k miles too... the suggested interval being 6k.

And as I said, the difference in price (for me) is negligable.

Matt82 · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:55

i will most likely stick to millers if i go for fully synth, but does anyone know why / if fully synth is better than semi?

Nathan · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:59

jpmonkey69 said:
I don't have eye oil, but I make sure I change the oil in my car every 5k miles too... the suggested interval being 6k.

And as I said, the difference in price (for me) is negligable.

You have money to waste then if you are changing fully synth every 5k

Oh sentences do not start with And if your going to be pedantic with my terminology

Nathan · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:01

Stonedofmoo said:
...which happens to be about the same price as the best oil in Halfords after you include a club discount

You know it's proper synthetic oil so I always go for it.

Yes and? We are talking about silkoline that opie oil man sells online. I am considering fully synth from halfords next as I heard it was comma, which is ok make and my mate gets employee discount.

Simon · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:06

Matt82 said:
i will most likely stick to millers if i go for fully synth, but does anyone know why / if fully synth is better than semi?

http://www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=8264018&contentId=6003233

Factual information rather than a sales pitch

Nathan · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:09

Simon said:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=8264018&contentId=6003233

Factual information rather than a sales pitch

Yes. I would also just stick with the OEM, even if you do drive it hard with mods, it will be fine. Honda would not give the high revving CTR semi synth 10 40 if they thought it would damage them.