Ziggy Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Just rebuilding my 1300 mk4 engine and would like to know the best engine oil to use when finished, what does it run best on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dougbgt6 Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Oooooo! A BIG topic on here, some favour modern synthetics, some good quality 20/50 for heritage engines. I vote for Halford’s heritage 20/50 for the first couple of hundred miles and then a very good quality 20/50 like Pennine. Club shop have some. Over to Clive! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Depends on use.... Pottering about, never revving hard etc any old "classic" 20-50 Drive it hard and fast (ie long "autobahn" drives at 4000+rpm, trackdays etc) you are better off with something like Millers CSS 20-50 or 20-60. But as Doug says, a mid-range 20-50 suits most. Heritage as good as any I expect, and well priced. Change every 3000miles or each year, whichever comes soonest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 I change my oil once a year (bit less than 3000 miles). I change it in spring as the warmer period ahead is kinder to the oil I assume, rather than lots of cold starts contaminating it in winter and then running it through summer. I am a bit anal though I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 A popular held view is to change the oil in the Autumn, so that new oil is in the engine over Winter with less contaminates remaining in the oil when the car is used less. What the finite reality is, who can say - but oil changed yearly or every specific mileage (normally set by the owner) goes a long way to ensure your engine has a fighting chance year in & year out. Frequent short journeys necessitate regular oil changes whereas long haul journeys the opposite may apply, all of which is common sense thinking really. I'd like to think the days of owners keeping oil in their car until 6K is reached despite the number of years to reach that figure has long gone. Regards. Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 14 hours ago, classiclife said: A popular held view is to change the oil in the Autumn, so that new oil is in the engine over Winter with less contaminates remaining in the oil when the car is used less. What the finite reality is, who can say - but oil changed yearly or every specific mileage (normally set by the owner) goes a long way to ensure your engine has a fighting chance year in & year out. I change mine yearly no matter the use or the mileage but it's always at the start of the season, so around March or so; never thought to do it over the lay-up period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Change mine every year and the filter as well at no particular time, I don't do over 3K per year. Oil and filters are cheap, it doesn't take lot to do an oil change so there is no valid reason not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hmm, my oil and filter comes to about £50 a pop, so not "cheap" Filters are an issue, the nasty "classic gold" are not what I would use...but that is another topic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 As Clive says... depends on usage. When I'm using the cars to potter around I'll just use a decent brand of quality 20w50. (Coma, Castrol, Millers etc.) If we are doing a heavy driving event then I'll do a change shortly before the event and use Valvoline VR1(20w50) or Pentire Classic Light (20w60) both of which seem to stand up to the punishment better. Also as Clive says, I stay clear of "classic gold" filters and both the 1500 and 1850 get Mann filters (1500 has a Wix thread adapter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 2 hours ago, clive said: Hmm, my oil and filter comes to about £50 a pop, so not "cheap" Filters are an issue, the nasty "classic gold" are not what I would use...but that is another topic! Yes I suppose it does depend on the oil you use. My current 20/50 was bought direct from Luxembourg 69 euros delivered for 4 x 5lts. Basically an offer of 4 for the price of 2. Filters as you say a can of worms maybe. £50 is what, a couple of tanks of petrol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 One tank of fuel in my Triumph😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, clive said: One tank of fuel in my Triumph😢 so what you are saying is -yours is bigger than mine? Petrol tank that is😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 8 ish gallons.... same as late 13/60! In the Netherlands fuel was eye-wateringly expensive. France not too bad, maybe a tad less than UK I think. Now Luxembourg..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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