Engine Oil

[kiet88]

Hi Guys,

I have a 96 DC4 with 140,000 km on the dial.

What engine oil would you guys recommend.

Guys @ Autobarn/supercheap recommend 10W-40 Castrol Magnetec.

What you guy think?

Cheers

[aaronng]

Magnatec 10w-40 works fine. I prefer a synthetic though.

[marky53]

i just use honda feo oil, its 10w 30... it meets manufacturers standards and is only $30 for 5 litres... i buy the oil and give it to my own mechanic at services and always have some left over for top ups..... cant go wrong

[lOstd]

honda oil ftw lol

[FEL12X]

yeh i am using honda oil, but i find that when they get close to 5000kms, u can really feel the car need a service/oil change

and do u guys usually flush the engine before oil change?
does it matter if different brand oil used before?

[kiet88]

ill probably go with the honda oil for my next oil change.

I'd assume i can just buy it from any honda service centre?

[aaronng]

yeh i am using honda oil, but i find that when they get close to 5000kms, u can really feel the car need a service/oil change

and do u guys usually flush the engine before oil change?
does it matter if different brand oil used before?

I felt the same thing with Magnatec as well. With sedate city driving, it started gettign rough at 7000km.

No, I don't flush the engine. If you change oil regularly, you don't need to flush it. And if you change brands, you don't need to flush either. i've gone from mineral to hydrocracked synthetic (technically a mineral oil) to PAO synthetic and then back down to hydrocracked again.

[FEL12X]

hm..i heard thats no good to mix mineral and synthetic oil...my mech said that will make some sort of residue or something stuck to the engine, dont really know what they talking about but anyway i will stick to oem oil, but then he said my car is getting old and should use thicker oil, 10-30 is not enough for my 140000km engine

[aaronng]

hm..i heard thats no good to mix mineral and synthetic oil...my mech said that will make some sort of residue or something stuck to the engine, dont really know what they talking about but anyway i will stick to oem oil, but then he said my car is getting old and should use thicker oil, 10-30 is not enough for my 140000km engine

No, mixing it won't cause residue. Synthetic oils are also formulated to be compatible with mineral oils. Only a few synthetics are not compatible with mineral oils (and also other synthetic oils). One of the Motul 300V range is like that.

Are you having oil consumption problems when you use 10w-30 oil on your engine?

[<4n'D>]

i beleive synthetic oil has higher longevity than feo, which is mineral oil...

something else worth considering

[kiet88]

i purchased the catrol magnetec because the guy @ the shop told me it was a semi synthetic and it would last longer and ber beter for my engine.

then i went home looked around abd discovered by bro had the Mobil 1 10w-40 - which i think is full synethic

i still used the magnetec cause i need an oil change.

too many to think about for nxt oil change

[LiL FiLo]

i use honda feo personally, i find that the honda oil it burns a bit quicker than the castrol magnetec (especially when vtec happy) but, the castrol tends to get dirtier quicker....

if you want a good oil and wiling to pay the price mobil one gold (full synthetic) is a good way to go