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[Webby the Bear]

....in their Omega?

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/p/accessories-engine-oil/engine-oils/engine-oil/5w30-engine-oil/?521776041&0&cc5_247

I've used Triple QX lots and it's the stuff we use at the garage in semi and fully synthetic form. For the Omega I usually use GM 10W40 with the 4 for price of 3 offer but I'm pretty poor at the moment and can't afford a batch job lot. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've used it and it seems fine.

I've also used their 5 year red coolant.

[4x4]

Used it my puma yrs ago and used the 10/40 semi in truck last week.

[Webby the Bear]

Cheers Opti. I too use the red coolant in the Omega.

in fact I may ask if I can do my oil change at work for any less 

[Webby the Bear]

Used it my puma yrs ago and used the 10/40 semi in truck last week.

Cheers Martin 

[TheBoy]

Too freckin expensive.

GM 10W40 is £26+VAT for 20l.

[Webby the Bear]

Too freckin expensive.

GM 10W40 is £26+VAT for 20l.

I thought it was more like £40-summat for that on TC 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Too freckin expensive.

GM 10W40 is £26+VAT for 20l.

My Omega has just been refreshed with 5 litres of Fuch's Titan 10/40 semi (not needed now the RX8 is history) and topped up with 0.75L of GM 10/40 semi.

She positively purrs like a sexually satisfied woman now.

[TheBoy]

Too freckin expensive.

GM 10W40 is £26+VAT for 20l.

I thought it was more like £40-summat for that on TC 

Not if you buy 1 x 20l drum.  Definitely less convenient than 4 x 5l, but a bloody sight cheaper

[Webby the Bear]

Too freckin expensive.

GM 10W40 is £26+VAT for 20l.

I thought it was more like £40-summat for that on TC 

Not if you buy 1 x 20l drum.  Definitely less convenient than 4 x 5l, but a bloody sight cheaper

Right, so I need to specify it needs to be the drum! Got ya. I remember seeing them and I have some spare empty cans for transferring so that's not a problem 

Out of interest what would the 5w30 Full Fat oil in 20L drum be? Fancied putting that in TBH

[Webby the Bear]

Too freckin expensive.

GM 10W40 is £26+VAT for 20l.

My Omega has just been refreshed with 5 litres of Fuch's Titan 10/40 semi (not needed now the RX8 is history) and topped up with 0.75L of GM 10/40 semi.

She positively purrs like a sexually satisfied woman now.

Ooooh mixing lubricants. No wonder she's happy 

[TheBoy]

Out of interest what would the 5w30 Full Fat oil in 20L drum be? Fancied putting that in TBH

Why? The engine doesn't need it, and won't benefit from it.

[Webby the Bear]

Out of interest what would the 5w30 Full Fat oil in 20L drum be? Fancied putting that in TBH

Why? The engine doesn't need it, and won't benefit from it.

I dunno lol  I assumed full fat were best* 




*Bear wanders off to read his notes from school on engine lubrication

[TheBoy]

Its not a highly tuned, highly strung engine. Any old shite will do as long as it resists mayo'ing (so avoid Castrol).

Just change it regularly

[Nick W]

Its not a highly tuned, highly strung engine. Any old shite will do as long as it resists mayo'ing (so avoid Castrol).

Just change it regularly

Those two points are all that matters for oil as long as you're using the correct grade. QX 10w40 in mine out of the 200l drum at work. I could have 5w30, but keeping oil in a V6 is hard enough as it is.