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buzzard Newbie Offline Posts: 31 Invergordon Gender: Drives: 2000 facelift omega 2.5v6 cdx	oil 09. Nov 2010 at 21:05 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
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: oil Reply #1 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09 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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aaronjb Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3635 Bracknell, Berkshire Gender: Drives: '01 3.2 Elite (was '96 2.5TD CD), '02 MR2 Roadster (plus snail), '92 300ZX 3.0V6 TT	Re: oil Reply #2 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:12 TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09: 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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Seth Omega Baron Offline If there's a 'system' - play it ... ! Posts: 4236 South Wales Valleys Gender: Drives: 1999 2.5TD GLS Estate - Manual jobbie Woohoo !!!!!	Re: oil Reply #3 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:13 TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09: 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
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Re: oil
Reply #4 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:15

aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:12:

TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09:

GM Semi Synth.

£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club

That is for 4 x 5l cans Wink

Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?

Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest Wink

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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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: oil Reply #5 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:17 Seth wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:13: TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09: 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 OK, General Motors 10/40W Semi Synthetic
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aaronjb Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3635 Bracknell, Berkshire Gender: Drives: '01 3.2 Elite (was '96 2.5TD CD), '02 MR2 Roadster (plus snail), '92 300ZX 3.0V6 TT	Re: oil Reply #6 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:17 I suppose I can see that on a non-turbo road car, fair point
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Re: oil
Reply #7 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:17

aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:12:

TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09:

GM Semi Synth.

£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club

That is for 4 x 5l cans Wink

Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?

Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest Wink

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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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: oil Reply #8 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:18 aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:17: 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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Re: oil
Reply #9 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:22

Kneepad wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:17:

aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:12:

TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:09:

GM Semi Synth.

£40.89 inc VAT from dealer if you have access to Trade Club

That is for 4 x 5l cans Wink

Why Semi and not fully, out of interest?

Not asking to be an argumentative SOB, honest Wink

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 Wink

(Incidentally that's where all my oil comes from Wink

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TheBoy wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:18:

aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:17:

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 descends~~wick 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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buzzard Newbie Offline Posts: 31 Invergordon Gender: Drives: 2000 facelift omega 2.5v6 cdx	Re: oil Reply #10 - 09. Nov 2010 at 21:34 cheers fellas
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Kevin Wood Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Posts: 20377 Alton, Hampshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 MV6 (LPG), Westfield	Re: oil Reply #11 - 09. Nov 2010 at 23:30 aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:22: 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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Re: oil
Reply #12 - 09. Nov 2010 at 23:37

Kevin Wood wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 23:30:

aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:22:

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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Dan282 Omega Knight Offline Bang Tidy! Posts: 1843 Dudley, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2000 (X) V6 GLS in graphite grey	Re: oil Reply #13 - 10. Nov 2010 at 12:27 GM 10w 40 is in mine as recommended by fellow members
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Re: oil
Reply #14 - 10. Nov 2010 at 22:52

Kevin Wood wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 23:30:

aaronjb wrote on 09. Nov 2010 at 21:22:

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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