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Aug 11th, 2018, 11:13 | #1 |
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first time oil change for me coming up, bought a filter, paper type, had a quick look under bonnet cant see the filter, wheres about is it, is it an underneath job, and whats the best priced reasonable fully synthetic oil. 95000 miles on the clock. thanks in advance. geof
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Aug 11th, 2018, 11:19 | #3 |
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thanks, its got castrol edge 0-40 in at moment, thought i had to keep to something like that.
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Edge 0w40 is a good choice.
I dont know what was specifically specced for your car, I thought most from that era used 10w40 originally, in that case 0w40/5w40/10w40 can be used provided it meets spec. If 5w30 is inderd called for, make sure its the right spec, you cant 'just use any', 5w30 is available in a myriad of specs, some suitable, some may be most certainly not (though it does depend on what the required spec is). You could use 0w30 too (to right spec) 👍 Last edited by AndyV7o; Aug 11th, 2018 at 13:46. |
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sorry, c70, t5 gt 2.3 turbo, auto. 2004
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5w-30 or 5w-40 ACEA3 is the recommended spec.
I use 5w-40 ACEA3 Shell Helix Ultra in mine.
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Aug 11th, 2018, 16:31 | #9 |
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5w30 is a bit thin for an older engine imho
avoid oils stating C3, A5, B5 etc too thin under load 5w40 or 10w40 semi- or fully synthetic will do. I use 0w40 mobil 1 largely as I have a few bottles to use up
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If the spec is A3 then dont use A5/A1/C specs.
Shell helix ultra 5w40 is a great choice, the static viscosity is right at the thinner end, thus its in the middle of usual 5w30 and 5w40 oils, its kind of a 5w35, it also has a fantastic base stock and additives. The edge 0w40 is good, as is Mobil FS 0w40 and Petronas syntium 7000 0w40. The only decent A3/B4 5w30 you are likely to find on sale is magnatec stop/start, the rest are generally inappropriate specs or cheap rubbish. Edit; 5w30 isnt too thin if its been looked after, providing the oil is A3/B4 the hths has to be greater than 3.5, thus both a 30 and a 40 to this spec have the same 'working' viscosity in the bearings/galleries/pump. (Elsewhere though, like hydraulic tappets for example the static visc will have a bearing, but if its enough to negatively affect them using a 30 then they are ready for replacement. That said if they work fine using 40, then theres no prob so long as you use 40.) Last edited by AndyV7o; Aug 11th, 2018 at 16:46. |
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