oil change

1. user_41869 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 stoke on trent Posts: 741 saxo vtr

   #1 14th November 2012, 12:45

   Hi dont no which oil to choose looked in the search so I no most people use 10/40 part synthetic.I've got two options to pick from Gulf tech 10/40 part synthetic at £10 4ltrs or castrol GTX at £17 4 ltrs which would u go for.thanks
2. user_12874 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2006 London, England Posts: 734 Saxo VTS, Audi A6 Avant Quattro.

   #2 14th November 2012, 12:59

   Depends on what you want to spend. Any 10/40 part syn or 5/40 full syn will be fine. Don't go to Halfrauds.

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3. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #3 14th November 2012, 13:20

   Castrol better quality oil.

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4. VECTRASRI Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 West Yorkshire Posts: 208 VTR 2001

   #4 14th November 2012, 13:35

   I went fully synthetic Castrol
5. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #5 14th November 2012, 13:38

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by VECTRASRI I went fully synthetic Castrol

   Fully synthetic isn`t recommended on saxo engines mate,so i`ve read.
6. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #6 14th November 2012, 14:56

   GTx Semi 10w40. Its cheap too, online retailers and asda do it for £12

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7. user_41869 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 stoke on trent Posts: 741 saxo vtr

   #7 14th November 2012, 15:01

   cheers guys just ordered some from eurocarparts comes to £14.60 with a discount code that's with the oil filter as well. Thanks
8. m4tt274 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2011 Doncaster Posts: 2627 Fabia VRS, mk1 fiesta + some others

   #8 14th November 2012, 15:09

   engine was designed to run with semi synthetic so would probably stick to that.
9. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #9 14th November 2012, 15:10

   have you looked in the Opie Oils section? They have some guides on there on selecting oils etc
10. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

    #10 14th November 2012, 16:19

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stevo67 Fully synthetic isn`t recommended on saxo engines mate,so i`ve read.

    +1 run better with semi
11. OMGASAXO Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra

    #11 14th November 2012, 23:58

    Mobil Super 10w-40 semi synthetic is what i reccomend
12. josh11490 Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 Ebbw Vale Posts: 1180 Clio 182 Daily, 106 GTi Track Project

    #12 15th November 2012, 02:26

    Probably sound stupid but what is the difference between fully synthetic and semi synthetic? I get the rest of it haha