What oil do everyone recommend?

[burgessovsalford]

So what does everyone recommend for our Nova's?

Ive got a 1.2 carb what do you think would suit my engine best?

Cheers...

[elsey197]

ive got vauxhall semi synthetic in mine at the mo and it seems well happy with that :D

[Stuart]

i havent changed my oil in 22 months, but it ahs a mild leak so its probably running totaly on the oil from sainsbruys forecourt.


a tad noisy but thats the lifters. appart form that its fine, and the cam isnt wearing as bad as i expected lol

[novamark]

22 months lol. "BOTHERED"

[Nova-Boy]

my cam was a bit noisey so i checked my oil to find it was below empty!! Funs sweet as now. I was told not to use these new magnatec stuff and things like that cos there for new engines (even though you can get some for older engines) . I am using Shell mineral oil from my local motor factors. He said that would be as good as any for my 1.2 carbed nova.

[Dicko]

seen as u have that engine id say 'castrol magnetec GTX 'for basic engines' 15w/40w' and make sure its the 1 for basic engines not the other 1.
i used this on my sr/gte and sri and its good stuff :)

[Ste_Nova]

vaux semi ?10 a can

[Nova-Boy]

is that ?10 a can for 5 liters??

[jatinder]

mobil 1 soon as the engines fixed ( the car had been run on mobil 1 for a whilen before i got it, dont even think about putting that oil in ur sr that has been running on 15/40 coz its going tokmake a mess) for older engines i think 10/40 semi is fine depends on the state of your engine though. also vauxhall 8v engines love to eat cam shafts :D

[Dicko]

wtf

15/40 is gonna make a mess use 10/40 insted lol

10/40 is thinner and shud not be used on older engines, you can use 10/40 mobil1 but at ?40 a can and ul b burning it quickly as its thin then go for it :P

i got 8 cans of castrol rs 10/60 in my garage but iv decided to save what i have left as i used to have 24 cans on it :D

not bad at ?40 each :)

[techie]

Vauxhalls semi synth is well regarded

I tend to nab myself a can of Quantum (VW brand) semi or full synthetic when Im at work. 8) :P

[Phil_G]

Hi,


15w/40 Valvoline mineral oil. Does the job just fine for me. Same stuff as me m8 uses in his monstertruck (1200+bhp!!!) so if it can take that then it is doing well..

Also use the Diesel oil by valvoline in my 106. good stuff...


The missus has used Mobil 1 0w/40 since she owned her Cally (16K) and the engine is still strong as fuck (68K)

key thing here is to NOT MIX SYNTHETIC AND MINERAL OILS. got that?


:wink:

good!


Phil

[Ste_Nova]

i put mobil 1 in my 22k 1.4sr.... it blew up a week later.... it's too thin... now i run on vaux semi and it's mint.... i also run my 2.0 16v on it

[ollster]

valvoline fully synthetic 5/50, ive never had a problem with it, and the engine runs sweet and as a nut on it. Very quite in a morning and even better when up to temp

[jioij]

its a nova for gods sake

throw it away and get a good car

[ollster]

lol go play somewhere else, im sure you will find lots of freinds on the max power website.

[jatinder]

yeah you turd go away

[?Marty?]

Baby oil.

Aaaaaaanyway. It doesn't really matter that much which oil you use, as long as it's changed regularly.

[Fester]

yeah 10/40 way too thin

i think at the moment mines on 'carlube triple r' 15/40 semi.

they mostly come from the same refinaries anyway. look on the back at all the international standards labels, theyre all mostly the same.

oh apart from a few million pounds marketting, a different sticker and ?20 extra on the price ticket lmao