What kind of engine oil do you use?

[Keep'emRunning]

Amazing, received a response from Castrol


Thank you for your enquiry.

I assume your vehicle in Australia is Holden Astra G 2.0 litre 16 valve with a turbo the year 2001-2004. If this is correct and as the vehicle is out of warranty, you could use Castrol Magnatec 10W-40, for Ultimate engine protect Castrol Edge 0W-30 can be used.

Regards

Castrol Technical Service - UK

PS We have a Technical Service in Melbourne, their phone No 1300 557 998.

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[gmonkey]

Liquimoly "insert random German word here" 5w-30 recommended for gm-Opel.. Loving it at only $50 for 5l

[VXRshop.co.uk]

Liquimoly "insert random German word here" 5w-30 recommended for gm-Opel.. Loving it at only $50 for 5l

I know some of the Motor Trade over here in the Trade Club are paying £40.50 Plus VAT (17.5%) for 4 x 5 litres (20 Litres)

[metry]

currently im using gulf western. just changed from valvoline

[droodles]

Surprised at the amount of Castrol users.

[gmonkey]

Engine: z18xer

Oil: Liquimoly 5w40

Feeling: best oil ive used for price ($40-50) on par with penrite oils. Recommended oil for new opels, bmws, vw etc


Engine: 1jzgte

Oil: penrite sin60 0w60

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[ChrisMaz]

Engine: z32se

Oil: Liquimoly 10w40

Feeling: Brenton got me onto it. "best oil ive used for price ($40-50) on par with penrite oils. Recommended oil for new opels, bmws, vw etc"

[chris_r]

Engine: C16XE/Z18XE

Oil: Penrite HPR10

Feeling: Have run Penrite oils for the last couple of years, the C16 ran really smooth on it and will be running it with the Z18 once it's finished.


Engine: D4CB (Hyundai iLoad diesel)

Oil: Penrite HPR Diesel 5

Feeling: One of the few certified oils for this engine (requires ACEA B4 equivalent or better), I stick with what I know and was also recommended by the guy who rebuilt the engine for me. Runs smooth, doesn't burn excessively and get around 7500-10000km between changes without too much drama. On high mileage engines, Hyundai dealers recommend changes at 15000kms, but when you do that and your engine craps itself like mine did, don't expect them to cover you on the warranty. Now I change around 7500kms, which is around every 10 weeks or so and I do it all myself.

[Feelinlucky75]

z18xe - castrol magnatech 5w40

[Shay]

Ok, with the company i work with now, and for the race team at uni, i have done bulk research in oils in the last couple of years.

The general conclusion is that the best off the shelf oil for performance applications is the Mobil 1 Synthetic range.
The off the shelf studies we did meant we didnt include Royal Purple or Red Line.