Oil advice and recommendations

Post Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:12 pm

No oil?? Did you look under the performance lubricants section?

For the plugs, give me the spec/model engine of the car and I will give Denso a shout tomorrow and see what they suggest.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:27 pm

oilman wrote:No oil?? Did you look under the performance lubricants section?

For the plugs, give me the spec/model engine of the car and I will give Denso a shout tomorrow and see what they suggest.

Cheers

Guy.

Sorry stupid me, i didnt check cos i couldnt find the plugs so was distracted, anyway my cars a 1989 320i Cab, M20, 6cylinder..

Thanks Guy

Post Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:57 pm

No probs mate, will see what I can dig up tomorrow.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:36 pm

The correct Denso Iridium Plug for for your car is IW16

You will find these on our website

Cheers
Simon

Post Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:05 pm

Hi Guys

What oil would you recommend for my E30 BMW 325i Sport with Hartge H26 conversion?

High Mileage - 170K

Cheers

Fiona
( sorry posted this question in another topic before I noticed the sticky! )

Post Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:09 pm

If the engine is still in nice good condistion then you are looking at a top option of a 5w-40 full synthetic, if the car sees track time then look at a 10w-50.

Brand wise, we rate Silkolene and Motul as tops.

Cheers

Simon.

Post Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:18 pm

Cheers Oilman!

Post Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:10 pm

Yo Oilman!!!

What would be the best oil for my 325i tourer??

No engine mods as yet, 105k on the clock but I do quite high mileage - can be around 700 miles a week. A lot of it is motorway miles, but also drive it very hard all the time!!!

Cheers,
Rob.

Post Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:44 pm

Rob,

Thanks for the mail.

As a top quality option we would suggest a good 5w-40 full synthetic for all year round use, go for a good one and they will be happy for 8-10,000 miles, look at Motul, Silkolene, Fuchs and Amsoil.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:26 am

oilman wrote:If the engine is still in nice good condistion then you are looking at a top option of a 5w-40 full synthetic, if the car sees track time then look at a 10w-50.

Brand wise, we rate Silkolene and Motul as tops.

Cheers

Simon.

Hi would the 10 / 50 be fully synthetic as well?

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:13 am

Yes mate, 10w-50 full synthetic. The best one is the Silkolene Pro S 10w-50.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:27 am

oilman wrote:Yes mate, 10w-50 full synthetic. The best one is the Silkolene Pro S 10w-50.

Cheers

Guy.

Cheers, just got price for the pro s Ã‚£38 for 5L and Ã‚£8 postage, does that sound about right. cheers

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:28 am

Will my engine take the full 5L, or should I get more......

its just I have bought 5L when doing oil changes on other cars then been slightly short??

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:51 am

Fiona wrote:
oilman wrote:Yes mate, 10w-50 full synthetic. The best one is the Silkolene Pro S 10w-50.

Cheers

Guy.
Cheers, just got price for the pro s Ã‚£38 for 5L and Ã‚£8 postage, does that sound about right. cheers

Where did you get that price from? we are Ã‚£39.99 for 5ltr delivered.

You should take around 4.5-4.8ltr so a 5ltr tub should be fine.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:06 am

Cars GB?

Would you be able to supply me the oil then for Ã‚£39.99 delivered to scotland ( PA34 4BY)

Cheers

PS do you do 1 litre bottle too? just to keep spare in boot?

Sorry to be a pain!

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:13 am

Yes sure, to order just call us on 01209 215164.

No 1ltrs at the moment, they should be available beggining of May.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:41 am

Cheers Oilman - i'll be placing an order for some 5W-40 Silkolene me thinks!!
I'll order it off your site next week!

Rob.

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:46 am

Actually - looking again i notice you don't do 1 litre bottles of silkolene.
What 1 litre could i buy for topping up?

Or would it be better to use a different brand altogether and keep to the same one for topping up??

What's the best option/brand considering i like to keep a 1L handy??

Damn it - thought i had it all sussed for a minute!!

Cheers.

Post Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:13 am

1ltr bottles will be available from May onwards, they are manufacturing at the moment.

To top up you can use a good quality 5w-40/0w-40 full synthetic and it will be fine.

Or, go for 6ltr or the Motul 300v 5w-40.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:02 pm

i am looking for changing engine oil, trany oil and diff ouil on my 150 000 km
318 is but you have to considerate i am living in canada and we have some cold winther so what do you recomand

tks elmarkes

Post Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:27 pm

For the engine 0w or 5w oils and for the tranny 75w oils

Cheers
Simon

Post Sat May 06, 2006 12:30 am

Is Tesco own brand 10w-40 any good?

Also, Ive read the thread and cant find what the values mean?

Post Sat May 06, 2006 11:40 am

stevetigger wrote:Is Tesco own brand 10w-40 any good?

Also, Ive read the thread and cant find what the values mean?

Some info in this thread:
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=34415

Basically if you go for 'cheap' mineral/petroleum based oil, change it very often, if you want to save fuel and spend less on oil, go for 'expensive' full synthetic.

Post Sat May 27, 2006 5:09 am

Could you give me some advice please. It is all a bit confusing really with oils. I can get Fuchs oil (here in Australia) for wholesale price, but they dont do a full synthetic in the viscosity range for my engine. I have a 3.5l M30 (E34 engine going into my E30. They have a 0-20 and a 5-50 in the synthetics, but I have heard that anything less than 10 makes the M30 too noisy. Their recommended oil is the Titan GT Plus which is only a mineral oil. Do you really need to run a full synthetic to get the best performance and protection. Also the gearbox is the ATF oil type. A Dextron II type is recommended, is there any point in running a higher spec Dextron type III full synthetic in the box. A point a lot of guys would be interested in I am sure - is there any point/advantage in running a newer type/higher spec oil in gearboxes/diffs/power steering than what is recommended in the companies oil recommendations list. Also something else I have found out that others may be interested in is that Fuchs TITAN Gear HLS 75/90 is the oil to use in BMW diffs open or limited slip- this oil was specifically designed for BMW diffs. It took me a long time to find an oil that was recommended for BMW LS diffs- all oil companies in there recommendation says - 'refer to dealer'. Long winded question but I would appreciate your advice. Thanks.

Post Sat May 27, 2006 12:44 pm

Firstly I've always recommended Fuchs oils for stock BMW's because of their factory fill position and knowledge of BMW's

Dexron III is backwardly compatible and better. Fuchs Titan ATF 4000 is the one for Dex III and Dex II is Fuchs Titan ATF 3000.

Their gear oil in Europe is known as Fuchs Titan Gear Syn 75w-90

Engine wise the ones to seek out certainly here are:

Fixed service Fuchs Titan Supersyn SL 5w-40 (LL98)
Variable Fuchs Titan Supersyn SL 0w-30 (LL01)

There is also the new top of the range LL04 oil Fuchs Titan GT1 5w-30

All data is on our website.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk

Cheers
Simon

Post Sat May 27, 2006 1:21 pm

Thanks very much Simon. I will try the TITAN Supersyn 5-50 then and see how it goes.

Cheers
Duane

Post Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:41 pm

can you tell me what my oil options are for a 318IS with 90k on the clock?
and what the best would be please?

Cheers oilman

Post Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:01 am

Hi,

For the 318is we recomend as a top quality option a 5w-40 full synthetic all year round use, you can use a 10w-40 semi synthetic as a cost option.

For quality have a look at Motul, Silkolene and Fuchs.

Prices here http://www.opieoils.co.uk

Cheers

Guy.

Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:40 pm

thanks alot al get that sorted next week end. cheers

Post Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:05 pm

hi there,

what about 5 -50 grade full synthetic? I can't seem to find 15-50 over here (canada).. i know bmw recommends 5-40 is there a disadvantage to going to 50. i'm getting the sense people are throwing out the term too thin which scares me of course...

Do you have any suggestions on excepted oil change intervals?

I'm running a chipped m20 with cold air intake, cam, etc, and running the engine fairly hard. it's got 200k on it, but the head's been done

Post Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:07 pm

Stick with 5w-40, it's more shear stable due to the narrower viscosity gap.

Cheers
Simon

Post Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:41 pm

Can i use Motul 300V 15w-50 motorcycle oil in E30 325 (M20) that will be used for fast road and drifting ?

It says on the bottle that oil contains some additives for better transmission protection. Will these do any harm to car engine ?

thanks

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:29 am

You can use it no problem

Bike oils have an additive to prevent wet clutch slip, so.... you can use a bike oil in a car but not a car oil in a biike as the clutch will slip.

Cheers

Guy.

Post Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:01 am

Hi,

I've got a dec 1989 built 318i 4dr sedan with M40 engine.
I've been told to use castrol magnatec 10W-40 (semi-synthetic). I also have on hand some Repsol elite competition 5W-40 full synthetic at home. Which one should I use? Personally I think I should go for the Repsol but am interested to see what others recommend. My car has almost 170,000km and I've had the the head fully recondition (snapped timming belt

). Other than that runs very nicely.

Post Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:02 am

Give the Repsol a go, its far better quality then the 10w-40 semi.

Cheers

Guy.