STi 07 - 1st service @ 1k miles - Oil?

[Guest v8voodoo]

My MY07 STi is going in to Walldonway next week for it's 1000 mile service.

I've heard that a lot of dealers use Castrol magnatec, which (I hear/read) is not a particularly good oil for our cars.[:S]

So I'm looking for some switched on advice on what oil to take along with me when I turn up next week. Do I go straight to fully synth at this stage or to a semi synth until my next oil change..?

My old servicing place (Barretts Motorsport) in Canterbury aren't there any more, so I'm in the wilderness here.  They used Castrol RS, which I now see is replaced by Castrol Edge Sport 10w-60. What's this stuff like..?

Cheers in advance,

Nige.

[Y]

[marky9074]

No they don’t, they use magnatec as well, or at least they did in January, which was the last time I was there for my 1000 miles service ......unless you mean Phil at Motorsport...not sure what they used there....<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

I am on Motul 10w40, which I changed out at 500 miles.  My warranty explicitly states that I am not supposed to go fully synthetic until 10,000 miles (or thereabouts, will have to check) [*-)] ..... so I just ignored that.

A lot of ESC go to Mocom Racing (as I do) and they are all running Motul.  Sumo Power in Sheerness also stock/use Motul...

HTH.......

Mark

[marky9074]

Dooh, must read post correctly....I see you meant motorsport....

 

[Dalthegooner]

When I had a new engine built for mine I was told to change to semi-synthetic at 1000 miles and then fully synthetic at 3000 miles.

Used a semi-synthetic from Halfords for the 1000 mile, can't remember which one. At 3000 miles I changed to Silkolene Pro S 10W 50, sourced from Opie Oils (Oilman who posts on here). Its a very god quality oil and comes highly recommended. You get an SIDC discount if you get a members number from there website for a discount as well so its all good.

[granby]

I use Silkolene Pro S 10W 50 as well [Y]

[Baz69birds]

1000k miles.

 

[] CARRY on like that & you will have clocked it before the end of the year...

[Guest v8voodoo]

1000k miles.

 

[] CARRY on like that & you will have clocked it before the end of the year...

 

1000k..!!!  Eek..!

 I'm doing ok though, I only picked it up at the end of March..!!  Though I did have to make a trip back home to Wales in it which accounts for about 600 miles total...!!  []

[Oilman]

In an 07 scoob the Silkolene Pro S 5w-40 would be better than the 10w-50 unless oil temps exceed 120degC

Cheers

Simon 

 

[Guest v8voodoo]

Had the first service done yesterday at Walldonway.  Thanks guys. 

 

They appear to have used magnatec, so I'll most likely get it changed out again before the 10,000 as I think that's a bit much to go between oil changes.  When's best to drop the stuff out, I see 3000 mentioned above, would 5000 be reasonable to change to the Silkolene..?

 

Cheers,

Nige.

[Dalthegooner]

I change my oil every 3000 miles

[marky9074]

As per my JDM 'Vehicle Maintenance Plan' :

Do not use synthetic oil until at least 12,000 miles.  We recommend 10w40 semi synthetic until that mileage.

[Oilman]

What is the technical reason given for not using synthetic for 12000 miles? Seems crazy to me when 90% of synthetics are in fact petroleum based and not synthetic (man-made) at all.

I cannot see any reason why you should not switch to a synthetic as soon as possible and get the benefits especially as more than 70% of all cars worldwide now leave factories with synthetic in the sump.

Cheers

Simon 

 

[marky9074]

What is the technical reason given for not using synthetic for 12000 miles? Seems crazy to me when 90% of synthetics are in fact petroleum based and not synthetic (man-made) at all.

I cannot see any reason why you should not switch to a synthetic as soon as possible and get the benefits especially as more than 70% of all cars worldwide now leave factories with synthetic in the sump.

Cheers

Simon 

 

 Thats why I ignored my warranty and changed it at 500 miles.....[]