Engine oil recommendations?

[marrow]

Last oil change I used oem Elf.

Are they any better oils out there?

if so, how are they better (is there any real evidence or are people just reading the marketing blurb?)

Cheers
M

 

[Sam_K]

Oilman on here recommends Silkolene Pro S 5W 40 so im going to go for that in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Cue]

silkolene gets my vote but g40steve always had good things to say about shell's 5w40...

 

[marrow]

Cue - why does Silkolene get your vote? Are you trusting what their marketing blurb says or do you know that it is actually good stuff?

 

[Cue]

Going by the tech data and guy's (from opie oils) recommendation it's about as good as they come. Although as I say Shell Helix comes out almost identical.

 

[Gazza]

Its the same with most things, you get what you pay for but at the end of the day your better off changing the oil more frequently.

 

[marrow]

Agree with Sir Gazza about changing oil frequently, just curious to know if there is any independent proof/data to suggest one oil is better than another....

 

[g40steve]

I change the oil at least twice a yr.
Think my T had, had 6 or 7 changes in 17K no wonder the oil was still looked like it came out the bottle :lol:
The Helix is good but then any oil is if you don't leave it in for too long :wink: