Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: buzzard on 09 November 2010, 21:05:17
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it may sound daft to you guys but could somebody please tell me what kind of engine oil should i run my miggy on? ive always had deisel motors so i thought id better get the right kind for the miggy. thanks folks [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?
Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest ;) it's just that I always twitch when I hear 'semi synth' and I wonder why not spend a little extra for fully synth..
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
You're slipping J - the grade is 10-40 ;D
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?
Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest ;) it's just that I always twitch when I hear 'semi synth' and I wonder why not spend a little extra for fully synth..
Primary reason for full synth is slightly longer life.
Personally, I'd rather change i little more often, and no point using a more expensive oil. Regular oil changes with a semi synth is far kinder to the engine than less regular changes with a longer life oil.
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
You're slipping J - the grade is 10-40 ;D
OK, General Motors 10/40W Semi Synthetic
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I suppose I can see that on a non-turbo road car, fair point :)
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?
Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest ;) it's just that I always twitch when I hear 'semi synth' and I wonder why not spend a little extra for fully synth..
You should enjoy reading this:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1200997700
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I suppose I can see that on a non-turbo road car, fair point :)
Depending on the turbo, still valid. For a diesel, definately. For a high performance petrol turbo, I'd probably change the priorities on life/performance/properties.
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GM Semi Synth.
£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club
That is for 4 x 5l cans ;)
Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?
Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest ;) it's just that I always twitch when I hear 'semi synth' and I wonder why not spend a little extra for fully synth..
You should enjoy reading this:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1200997700
I had a feeling that would be a link to one of Guy/Simon/Tim(I think?)'s posts ;) (Incidentally that's where all my oil comes from ;))
I suppose I can see that on a non-turbo road car, fair point :)
Depending on the turbo, still valid. For a diesel, definately. For a high performance petrol turbo, I'd probably change the priorities on life/performance/properties.
Indeed - the MR2 gets fully synth from Opie, changed every 6k and/or after an extended session on track .. but it sees a hard life given it's putting out anywhere between 50 and 100% more power than standard (depending on how far the red mist descendswick gets turned up) with an oil-cooled plain bearing turbo :)
Anyway, I digress - can't argue with the price of the GM oil on the trade club, for sure.
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cheers fellas [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Anyway, I digress - can't argue with the price of the GM oil on the trade club, for sure.
The synthetic 5w30 is good stuff too, and about 60 odd quid for 20L IIRC. Worth a try if you can live with a 30 weight oil.
Kevin
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Anyway, I digress - can't argue with the price of the GM oil on the trade club, for sure.
The synthetic 5w30 is good stuff too, and about 60 odd quid for 20L IIRC. Worth a try if you can live with a 30 weight oil.
That's definitely what I'll put in the Omega soon - not sure I can get away with it in the MR2, but I'll give it a try once I fix the oil pressure & temperature gauges :)
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GM 10w 40 is in mine as recommended by fellow members :y
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Anyway, I digress - can't argue with the price of the GM oil on the trade club, for sure.
The synthetic 5w30 is good stuff too, and about 60 odd quid for 20L IIRC. Worth a try if you can live with a 30 weight oil.
Kevin
I thought that 5w30 was the current recommendation from GM these days?
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Anyway, I digress - can't argue with the price of the GM oil on the trade club, for sure.
The synthetic 5w30 is good stuff too, and about 60 odd quid for 20L IIRC. Worth a try if you can live with a 30 weight oil.
Kevin
I thought that 5w30 was the current recommendation from GM these days?
I think Kevin may have been referring to me and my 'other car' when he said 'if you can live with' :)
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Yep, the 5w30 is indeed the recommendation for the later Omegas on 20k service schedules (although I'd never let any car run that long on any oil) ;D.
Kevin
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The synthetic 5w30 is good stuff too, and about 60 odd quid for 20L IIRC.
£20 for 5l retail at local stealers. Half what halfrauds ask for castrol. :o
Just serviced the Vectra, £55 for oil, plugs, sump washer, oil, air, pollen and fuel filters. No point buying non gm bits at that price :y
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The synthetic 5w30 is good stuff too, and about 60 odd quid for 20L IIRC.
£20 for 5l retail at local stealers. Half what halfrauds ask for castrol. :o
Just serviced the Vectra, £55 for oil, plugs, sump washer, oil, air, pollen and fuel filters. No point buying non gm bits at that price :y
more like double that! It's about £31 retail for 10/40, 5/30 is more expensive
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more like double that! It's about £31 retail for 10/40, 5/30 is more expensive
Yep, I nearly bought some from a dealer that didn't do trade club once. When they told me the price of just 5L of the 5w30 I made a swift about turn and beat a hasty retreat. :o
On trade club it does take some beating, though.
Kevin
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Yep, the 5w30 is indeed the recommendation for the later Omegas on 20k service schedules (although I'd never let any car run that long on any oil) ;D.
Kevin
Thought as much, just remembered a previous post from some time ago.
Agree that I wouldn't let a car run 20k miles between oil changes. As I only do 5-6k miles a year it gets done annually irrespective.
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Yep, the 5w30 is indeed the recommendation for the later Omegas on 20k service schedules (although I'd never let any car run that long on any oil) ;D.
Kevin
I should say, of course, no problem running these engines on the 10w40 either as long as oil change intervals are appropriate.
Kevin
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Indeed - the MR2 gets fully synth from Opie, changed every 6k and/or after an extended session on track .. but it sees a hard life given it's putting out anywhere between 50 and 100% more power than standard (depending on how far the red mist descendswick gets turned up) with an oil-cooled plain bearing turbo :)
I dont like to leave mine in that long - as soon as it starts to darken, time to change :)