Technical Oil advice needed

[Slave1]

My 1.2 Grande needs 5w40 motor oil. I can get a 2 LTR pack from Halfrauds for £15 (their own make) or 4 LTRs of Castol or Mobil 0w40 for about £20.

I've read a few Wikipedia articles and understand that the first number is the cold start viscosity and the second number is the normal (driving) viscosity.

Can I use 0w40 or will it damage the engine?

 

[ShaunCo]

the 1st number is the thickness and the second is the heat it performs at. i wouldnt use 0w40, far to thin, get the proper oil and dont go halfords, get urself to a decent independant motor factors.

 

[jimboy]

Mmmmm, another what oil. As said stick to what the manufacturers state. As for hellfrauds, prior to what some think, their oil is good stuff, don't quote me but I think its made by Esso, well I think they used to be. If you get the numbers correct you will be quite safe.

The wee punto I had, I used hellfruads 10/40 semi for years. I did change every 5000mls though. Engine was sweet as a nut when I sold it, in fact the chap that bought it did more of a thorough inspection [engineer] & he said for an old car the engine was tip top. He purchased it for his daughter, but that's another story.........

 

[Andy Monty]

get your self to a motor factors (trade type place) i pay £15 for 5 ltrs of 5-40 fully sinthetic to the correct spec

 

[alexh365]

And if your after a good cheappy, look for a Millers XFS!!

 

[johnson550]

And if your after a good cheappy, look for a Millers XFS!!

Its around £35 for 5lts I wouldnt call that cheap unless you have accesss to some a lot cheaper.

 

[tazjet]

Go for a fully synthetic oil. 0W/40 will run with no problem, but if u need a thinner oil try 5W/30 imo

 

[alexh365]

Its around £35 for 5lts I wouldnt call that cheap unless you have accesss to some a lot cheaper.

Yeah, £14.00 when I had the Bravo for 5/40 fully synth Millers XFS.

 

[dpr59]

Wiki is OK but anyone can post info, correct or not.

Oil from car bibles

http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

 

[TopSer]

In GP manual it says only use 5W-40 oil...
They recommend Selenia K , but this is not a good choice.
I personally go with my oil at service (the car has warranty , otherwise I would changed the oil myself) and I use Mobil Super 3000 5W-40 , and i`m verry happy with it..
I must say that a noise dissapeared...First time in the morning when I started the car a short noise (1-2 sec ) like tzac tzac tzac was coming from the engine , since I got mobil , no more noise , engine is more silent