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Guest Lisa

I have a 92 1.6 gti, whats the best oil to use in it?

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GTI6BOY

10w 40 semi

 

Hi and welcome to the club ;)

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Tom Fenton

Just to add to the above, depends how many miles it has done in my experience. I run 15/40 in my 136k mile 1.6 as this allows it to maintain good hot oil pressure where the 10/40 would not.

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Henry Yorke

Personally I have always found that 205's like Millers XS-s 10/40W Semi synthetic. Always use a Peugeot oil filter on them though as they have a return valve in them which keeps the pressure better

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base-1

Another vote for Millers being the shizzle ;) Champion filters also have the valve, think Frams do aswell but I forget. Either way should be cheaper than Peugeot!

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pug_ham
Champion filters also have the valve, think Frams do aswell but I forget. Either way should be cheaper than Peugeot!

I can get oe Peugeot / Citroen filters for £2.50 from my local motor factors.

 

Graham.

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base-1
I can get oe Peugeot / Citroen filters for £2.50 from my local motor factors.

Small local one? Nobody round here sells Purflux :D And we have "South East Tax" on everything here too :P

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CaptainK
I run 15/40 in my 136k mile 1.6 as this allows it to maintain good hot oil pressure where the 10/40 would not.

:P

Huh? Unless I'm misreading Oilmans posts and so forth the 15 in "15w40" relates to its viscosity when cold and the 40 relates to the viscosity when its hot. So a 10w40 and a 15w40 should both have the same viscosity when at the same "hot" temperature.

 

I use a 5w40 oil myself as I need the cold start protection as I do a lot of short distance driving.

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jonnie205

miller sis very good i was sponsered by them for 2 years in my rallying. Its expensive but the quility is top notch especially in valuable motorsport engines

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