Technical best motor oil for a 2002 punto Sporting Mk2

[speed]

Hello all,

What is the best oil for his car ?

Fiat Punto Sporting 1.2 16v Sporting

Always I use Selenia 20k but is hard to find on the market.

Best Regards

 

[flisko]

any synthetic oil, 10w40 5w40 5w30

 

[Mikehep]

Amazon sell it. It's dear but worth it even on a car ot your age. What mileage do you have on the car?
Mike north east England

 

[speed]

My car now have about 130.000 km, and now Im doing about 15.000-20.000 at year, since 3 years ago.

 

[Mikehep]

Well I'd still use the best oil to give best protection on your ageing engine, so it will double its present mileage

 

[Brendan W]

Does anyone know what is so special about Selenia?
This is also the recommended oil for 1.2 8V.
Our car has 200 000 km. does not burn oil, 9km/l mixed driving and I use 10W40 semi-synthetic, generally the cheapest I can find including supermarkets for the eleven years we have owned it.

 

[digger58]

I've been using Lidl stuff for the last few years, seems fine.

 

[jimboy]

Another "best oil" thread. No such thing as a "best oil" for any car. There are however compatible oils. Stick to what's recommended, 10w40 semi as has been said, & get into the habit of regular oil&filter changes, your engine will benefit from this.

I'm afraid people get sucked in by advertising, it's a huge money making market. No governing body has came forward & stated a particular brand of oil is the best. You will come across the bloke in the pub or a mate who knows better though, he seems to know better than the experts....

 

[flisko]

bloke in the pub knows more than experts

 

[jimboy]

I take it he'll be the one well oiled.......

 

[atom0007]

Seems to be human nature to find the "best" of x.
I was searching online for the best power tool last night before I caught myself. At that point, I had convinced myself to spend £200 when the £50 version would have been good enough for my needs.

 

[jimboy]

Indeed, there seems to be a spin on everything these days. As an old git the age of innocence & choices was more or less a simple situation. Back in the day it was either Castrol GTX or Duckhams engine oil. I choose the later for two reasons, GTX was rumoured to use reconstituted old oil, but Duckhams was that nice green colour & it smelt lovely. Ah the age of innocence....

 

[Brendan W]

True, but then Castrol knew that the oil had worked at least once before

 

[brinker]

Does anyone know what is so special about Selenia?
This is also the recommended oil for 1.2 8V.
Our car has 200 000 km. does not burn oil, 9km/l mixed driving and I use 10W40 semi-synthetic, generally the cheapest I can find including supermarkets for the eleven years we have owned it.

9km/l from a 1.2 8v? Something is wrong with your car.. I can't even get mine that low on a track-day...!

 

[Brendan W]

9km/l from a 1.2 8v? Something is wrong with your car.. I can't even get mine that low on a track-day...!

Nothing wrong with the car, it's me again. 9 miles/litre. Mixed driving.

 

[MariosGr]

Hello people.Sorry for hijacking.
I have a fiat bravo 1.2 2001 model with 270000 km.Oil change is coming and i m thinking of using 5-40 oil.Is it compatible with my engine or i am going to have any problem.I just want to go full synthetic.

 

[jimboy]

What have you been using? Stick to that. Just remember, no such thing as 100% fully synthetic, it starts life as all the other oils. The best thing you can do to your engine is change regularly and use a quality filter.

 

[MariosGr]

Mostly 10-40.I m really rigorous on maintenance.but why stick on 10-40 when 5-40 is so much better?

 

[jimboy]

Mostly 10-40.I m really rigorous on maintenance.but why stick on 10-40 when 5-40 is so much better?

Why do think that 5/40 is so much better?

 

[MariosGr]

Why do think that 5/40 is so much better?

Well full synthetic vs semi,better on 16 valves.
I m not trying to make a debate seriously.I just want to know if 5-40 its going to harm my engine and if yes how.