Thread: what's your Oil

Originally Posted by rick130

Naa, it's the low HTHS number, it's a fuel economy oil, it's just not robust enough and leads to lobe wear IMO.

OW-40 M1 is an excellent oil, but I'd go for Delvac 1 over it in a TD5.

Ahh Rick, my apologies! Thanks.

Originally Posted by rick130

Naa, it's the low HTHS number, it's a fuel economy oil, it's just not robust enough and leads to lobe wear IMO.

So within the 913C spec oils, should one rather go for an oil which has a higher HTHS number then?

Having tried rx super,mobil and another brand that my mate used to get free.
Last oil change I did was with GW. So far so good,the thing that has impressed me with this particular brand is that the rocker cover bolts dont have any oil leaking from them.

cheers

my td5's done a couple of hundred thousand on Caltex rpm delo 400. currently it has Nulon but not sure what spec....

The Pumas due for a mid period oil change at 90K so I thought I'd try Mobil 15W 30 as my son reckons his engines always run quieter with it and an old marine engineer mate swears by it.
Reason I'm thinking of using it is the difficulty of getting the recommended Castrol Professional C1 as none of the retailers around the northern burbs sell it and the stealer says any good quality synthetic "should" be OK.
But is it suitable for the 2.4 Puma?
I'd really like something to get rid of that awful rattle but not sure if oil alone will do it......maybe a bomb would be better!
What do others reckon on Mobil?
AlanH.

the shell helix ultra 5w30 meets the ford spec iirc, easy to get. a different oil is unlikely to change the rattle, i would get that checked as there are numerous reasons these common rail engines make excessive combustion noise, some are normal, some not
here is a more comprehensive list...

here is a list of oils that claim to meet the ford WSS-M2C913-B or C requirement:

Liqui Moly Leichtlauf Special F 5W-30
Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 A1
Total QUARTZ 9000 FUTURE NFC 5W-30
Total ACTIVA 9000 FUTUR 5W-30
Mobil Super 3000 X1 Formula FE 5W-30
Fuchs TITAN Supersyn F 5w-30
Gulf Formula FS 5w-30
Millers Oils XF Longlife ECO 5w-30
Nulon Full Synthetic 5W-30 Diesel Formula Long Life Engine Oil
Havoline Energy 5W-30
Motul 8100 Eco-nergy 5W30
Motul Specific 913C 5W30
AnglomOil Roadmaster GEO 550F
Q8 Oils Techno 5W-30
BP Visco 5000 FE 5W-30
Comma Xtech 5W-30
CHAMPION SYNTOLUBE 5W30 F 913-C
ADDINOL Premium 0530 FD
OPTIMA VIMAX FD 5W/30
Ford Formula F 5w30
Sunoco SYNTURO DYNAMIC 5W30
Opus SYNOPUS F 5W/30
Shell Helix Ultra AF 5W-30


jc

Originally Posted by Yorkie

for the td5
Penrite Oil - A Better Class Of Oil


sorry, not sure for the v8 but would look at penrite first.

After a lot of reading this is what I settled on for the TD5

Happy Days

Originally Posted by joel0407

After a lot of reading this is what I settled on for the TD5

Happy Days

Yep, me also. (Penrite 5W40 diesel 5)
Regards
Robbo