What oil do you use? Petrol engines only

[Taxi_Driver]

I dont think anyones going to admit putting cheap and nasty oil in  :-/

So I'll confess  

I did chuck 1ltr of summat in bought in the Co-op, dont even think it was semi synth   , but was 10-40

However it was a Sunday afternoon and thought any oil is better than low on oil....and it did get changed a few days later....so think i got away with that  

[omegaV6CD]

Well, having heard Kostas' engine, I would say his choice of oil is spot on.

Thanks mate !!!!

[Marks DTM Calib]

Vx fully synth, at 5K service intervals, I prefer it over the semi synth.....both engines are as sweet as a nut on it.....as was the old Nova 1.2!

Plus for what little extra it costs and in relation to the cost of the car I dont think its worth cutting corners on oil.

[TheBoy]

I'll stick to semi, as the zx10 leaks worse on fully synth!

(prob is with bike, not the oil - just fully synth finds these problems more than semi does)

[Martin_1962]

My late father in law worked for the local Vauxhal dealer and when I had my Sunbeam he supplied me some FOC VX mineral oil.

It used to burn this - however it ran out I returned to Esso Superlube and had no burning issues.

I wouldn't use any mineral except Esso Superlub

The Omegas have all had VX Semi synthetic, Carlton had SUperlube

[Goonlord]

whatevers free in the workshop!!!!!!!!!

[x25xe]

I always used to use Castrol Magnatec.  Since then I read on "the other place" and here that the Vaux semi synth stuff is best so that is what goes in now.

Still use Castrol for my van and minibuses though.

[RonaldMcBurger]

I use..... erm....... Marks Drive!

[Auto Addict]

I use..... erm....... Marks Drive!

Cut down a bit then fin....I can remember when you used to use the roads as well

[TheBoy]

I use..... erm....... Marks Drive!

With a little help from me  

[Markjay]

Somebody's rich on here, we're getting votes for fully synth!

I am one of the full-synth guys. Personally, I would be very happy with semi-synth. Unfortunately my Vx dealer uses nothing else other than Mobile-1 5W/40, for which it charges £55 per 5.5L....  

Then again I might ask you to lend me that fancy trolly jack of yours and do the job myself next time...