Which oil?

[Spud]

Pretty mundane question really, which brand oil do people use and has anyone noticed one working any better than any other oil?

Also, what ratios do you people mix up your engine coolant/water, 50/50 or a slight variation like 60/40?

[ben nova]

all i will say is don't use magna tec its bads for vaxhuals

[Snowface]

mobil/total 15w 40

[slammed saloon]

when mixing coolant use a 50/50 ratio and i wouldn advise anything thinner than 10/40 in a nova ideally use 15/40 castrol is good i think

[NickWalliams]

Go to vauxhall and get the GM semi synthetic 10-40 cant go wrong its about ?15 for 5 litres.

[Jim]

all i will say is don't use magna tec its bads for vaxhuals

In what way?

Jim

[ben nova]

i have no idea what it dose to the 1.6 and 2.0 but it makes the bottom ends go there are 6 of us in exeter that have had bad luck with it. change to a normal 15/40 and our engine's last alot longer if you no what i mean
don't get me wrong magna tec is really good for people who don't drive there cars hard

[ben nova]

dose any one know why

[taxitucker1]

i use duckhams 15/40w