Have I Bought The Wrong Oil

[Vimmy]

Hi Guys, advice needed, I need to swap out the oil when I replace my oil temp sender so I went and bought some Mobil1 Synthetic 0w40 today from halfrauds, now on reading the forums (which I perhaps should have done before) it seems this is too thin an oil to use.

Do I take it back and get a different oil, their choice wasnt too great, and should I use semi or fully synthetic stuff instead. I currently have magnatec 10w40, but Halfrauds didn't sell it?

Cheers,

Col.

[notsosmall]

Id take it back

Get a 5 - 40 at least and some say that is too thin

and fully synthetic

[rig-pig]

if the car is standard get a good 10w40

[mark1234]

0 is to thin dealers were given a bullitin about it when it came out

[stum450n]

IIRC, Halfords do a 10/50 fully synthetic that's well recommended. Iain would know, he uses it I think.

[Big 'D']

IIRC, Halfords do a 10/50 fully synthetic that's well recommended. Iain would know, he uses it I think.

Its a 5w50 fully synth that they do and thats what mine runs on with a blend of Prolong thrown in too

Cheers Iain.

[Vimmy]

As always, great help chaps i'll grab some 5w50 tomorrow.

Cheers

Col

[Vimmy]

Stu/Iain, when you say Halfords do a 5W50, is that their own brand named oil or another manufacturer ie Castrol/Mobil etc as I've always been a bit wary of using own branded fluids?

[andyjudge]

I'm running on Halfords 5w40 or maybe 50 Fully Synth this time around without issue

Normally use Opie & use Silkolene Pro S but Halfords had its own brand on offer at the time.

Agree on the Mobil 1 0w stuff being too thin, mine leaks a bit from the main oil seal if I use it

[Vimmy]

Ah cool, thats very good news, I wouldn't want to induce any leaks with the car, the longer its leak free the happier I'll be, Halfords it is then

Cheers Muchly

Col

[Big 'D']

Ah cool, thats very good news, I wouldn't want to induce any leaks with the car, the longer its leak free the happier I'll be, Halfords it is then

Cheers Muchly

Col

Currently running the Halfords 5w50 fully synth oil with no issues

Cheers Iain

[Vimmy]

Thanks for the info Iain, I couldn't get 5w50 so settled for 5w40 fully synth instead. I measured what came out of the sump and got around 3.8 litres, with the oil filter still attached, of thick gloopy goo. I replaced with the same ammount of the nice clean stuff and getting a good reading on the old dipstick just over the F mark. This is with the car on a slight down slope so on a level road should be ok, hopefully

If anyone's after a set of screwdrivers, Halfords have a set of 8 decent screwdrivers, retailing for £19.99, for free if you buy some of their own brand oil. Happy days

Cheers,

Col.