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oilman · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 128

Hello all,

Hopefully this thread will save some time and people asking the same questions every day. (Sticky Admins?)

I'm more than happy to give oil recommendations and advice here which will hopefully build up to a useful OIL FAQ in time.

We sell the following brands: Silkolene, Motul, Fuchs, Castrol, Mobil1, Amsoil and coming soon Redline (totalling over 300 different oils) and deliver overnight throughout UK Mainland.

My web is here: http://www.opieoils.co.uk where you will find technical data on most the oils we sell.

We are more than happy to help in giving advice as we subscibe to proprietory databases that give us oil data on all cars back as far as the mid 80's.

We can give you the most suitable grade for any part of your car and can recommend products from our ranges. We even keep data and chemical analysis on some oils that we don't sell!

You can always PM or Email me if you wish to discuss a matter off the forum.

If you have modded your car, affecting BHP and temps or are using it for competition/track days then other factors need to be taken into account and I will have to deal with these enquiries individually.

I will however need the Make, Model, Year, Engine Size, Modifications (stock BHP vs Modded BHP) and stlye of driving (road/track) etc and I can more accurately recommend the correct viscosity for you.

Please also bear in mind that modding your car or using it in "anger" means the need for a more shear stable oil that will "stay in grade" rather than shear down with use so I would always in these situations recommend the use of a proper ester/pao synthetic oil, not a petroleum oil as is commonly sold and labelled as a synthetic oil.

Please feel free to ask.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Guy
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Spanishfly · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:18 am Post subject:

20 XE on tbs revving to 8000 rpm on track days. Currently using Mobil 1 motorsport, but was thinking of using Castrol Edge sport 10/60???

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oilman · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 128

Have you any idea of oil temps on track?

Cheers

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Stuart · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

Flea, ive got some temp tabs that goto 110deg if you want to stick one on the sump to get an idea....

I guess asking advice on oil that you dont sell is a bad idea?
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tathan · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3792 1997 Vauxhall Corsa

110 won't be enough round a track I'd guess, suppose it depends on the difference between inside and outside of sump though?

Stuart · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject:

tbh if the oil goes above 110deg in the sump then you really really have something to worry about lol.

Its only for an idea for the cost of a stamp, rather than a £200 sensor/gauge
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tathan · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3792 1997 Vauxhall Corsa

I'm starting to worry in that case lol.

Spanishfly · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

Was going to say if you have oil in the sump OVER 110, surely engine temperature oil will be more like 130-140??? twisted

Stu sounds good mate, I got an Auto Gauge oil temp gauge what was in the GSTi but don't fit in with the rest of my car too well (looks to bling).
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tathan · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3792 1997 Vauxhall Corsa

won't the fact that engine oil pouring continuously into the sump at 140degrees heat it up though? Confused

Stuart · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

the sump is there to cool the oil aswell as have a store of it... so yeah if the sump oil is over 110deg then the oil sat in the engine itself is gonna be V hot indeed.
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moonmoon · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

thanks a lot for the advice..
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lugy · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:06 am Post subject:

oil recommendation time!
3.0 v6 vectra, fast road, occasional track, intake mods, remapped (soon) approx 220-230bhp. can get quite ticky after a hard sesh.
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oilman · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 128

What year is it mate?

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lugy · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject:

its a 97 vectra, the engine is a similar age though it has been fully rebuilt.
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oilman · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 128

5w-40 synthetic, Silkolene, Motul or Fuchs from us.

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Stuart · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

Out of interest why are nearly all recomendations for a thin oil? granted pumping losses are less but the initial pressure dip and higher change of the oil venting from seals is a bad thing?

Why wouldnt you use for example a 10W60 or 15W50 fully synth... have a rough mind of say enthusiastic road/timid track use + sitting in traffic a bit where temp stability is kinda usefull?
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cavalier_gsi_dave · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 6

looking for oil recommendation:
91 Cav GSI with 140,000miles.
for normal everyday use, town driving etc, no racing or track days, etc

thanks

Geordie Legend · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 22 1999 Vauxhall Tigra

whats best for a slightly tuned c20let? will Castrol Magnatec do the job?

Stuart · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

imho the GM 10W40 semi is prefect for day to day use.......
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tathan · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3792 1997 Vauxhall Corsa

and it's cheap as chips