Mineral or Synthetic ?
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Mineral or Synthetic ?
I'm due to do an oil change at the weekend, and I seem to remember a strong argument in favor of using regular mineral oil, (with more frequent changes,) as opposed to semi or fully-synthetic. What's everyone else using
Dougie
It looks good in the picture!
It looks good in the picture!
When I bought my car with 50k miles, the dealer was using Duckhams QXR semi-synthetic which they recommended. From about 70k miles to the current 132k miles I've been looking after it myself and she has has a mix of Mobil 1 and Castrol RS ever since.
I wouldn't recommend the runny synthetics, I stick to 10w60 Castrol RS, 15w50 Mobil 1 and sometimes 5w50 Mobil 1 over the winter.
I used to change the oil at around 5/6,000 mile intervals, but will probably reduce that interval now that I am doing more short trips.
I wouldn't recommend the runny synthetics, I stick to 10w60 Castrol RS, 15w50 Mobil 1 and sometimes 5w50 Mobil 1 over the winter.
I used to change the oil at around 5/6,000 mile intervals, but will probably reduce that interval now that I am doing more short trips.
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Castrol Classic XL 20-50 Mineral Oil
I'm using Castrol Classic XL 20-50 which I change every 2500 miles, and have been very happy with it.
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