Hopefully this thread will save some time and people asking the same questions every day. (Sticky Admins?)
I'm more than happy to give oil recommendations and advice here which will hopefully build up to a useful OIL FAQ in time.
Just a short introduction first. My name is Simon Barnard and I run an oil distribution business in the South West. (We are an MLR Trader)
We sell the following brands: Silkolene, Motul, Fuchs, Castrol, Mobil1 and Total (totalling over 300 different oils) and deliver overnight throughout UK Mainland.
My web is here: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/ where you will find technical data on most the oils we sell.
We are more than happy to help in giving advice as we subscibe to proprietory databases that give use oil data on all cars back as far as the mid 80's.
We can give you the most suitable grade for any part of your car and can recommend products from our ranges. We even keep data and chemical analysis on some oils that we don't sell!
You can always PM or Email me if you wish to discuss a matter off the forum.
So my recommendations are as follows:
According to my reference books, the following oils are the OEM recommendations for your stock Lancers used as road cars.
Lancer 1300, 1500 (84-89) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer 1500 (88-92) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer 1600, 1800 gti 16v (88 onwards) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer 1800 GLXi 4WD (89-92) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer EVO VI (99 onwards) 5w-40 fully
Lancer EVO VII (2001 onwards) 5w-40 fully
Lancer EVO VIII (2003 onwards) 5w-40 fully
If you have modded your car, affecting BHP and temps or are using it for competition/track days then other factors need to be taken into account and I will have to deal with these enquiries individually.
I will however need the Make, Model, Year, Engine Size, Modifications (stock BHP vs Modded BHP) and stlye of driving (road/track) etc and I can more accurately recommend the correct viscosity oil for you.
Please also bear in mind that modding your car or using it in "anger" means the need for a more shear stable oil that will "stay in grade" rather than shear down with use so I would always in these situations recommend the use of a proper ester/pao synthetic oil, not a petroleum oil as is commonly sold and labelled as a synthetic oil.
Please feel free to ask.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Simon
I'm more than happy to give oil recommendations and advice here which will hopefully build up to a useful OIL FAQ in time.
Just a short introduction first. My name is Simon Barnard and I run an oil distribution business in the South West. (We are an MLR Trader)
We sell the following brands: Silkolene, Motul, Fuchs, Castrol, Mobil1 and Total (totalling over 300 different oils) and deliver overnight throughout UK Mainland.
My web is here: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/ where you will find technical data on most the oils we sell.
We are more than happy to help in giving advice as we subscibe to proprietory databases that give use oil data on all cars back as far as the mid 80's.
We can give you the most suitable grade for any part of your car and can recommend products from our ranges. We even keep data and chemical analysis on some oils that we don't sell!
You can always PM or Email me if you wish to discuss a matter off the forum.
So my recommendations are as follows:
According to my reference books, the following oils are the OEM recommendations for your stock Lancers used as road cars.
Lancer 1300, 1500 (84-89) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer 1500 (88-92) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer 1600, 1800 gti 16v (88 onwards) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer 1800 GLXi 4WD (89-92) 10w-40 semi/fully
Lancer EVO VI (99 onwards) 5w-40 fully
Lancer EVO VII (2001 onwards) 5w-40 fully
Lancer EVO VIII (2003 onwards) 5w-40 fully
If you have modded your car, affecting BHP and temps or are using it for competition/track days then other factors need to be taken into account and I will have to deal with these enquiries individually.
I will however need the Make, Model, Year, Engine Size, Modifications (stock BHP vs Modded BHP) and stlye of driving (road/track) etc and I can more accurately recommend the correct viscosity oil for you.
Please also bear in mind that modding your car or using it in "anger" means the need for a more shear stable oil that will "stay in grade" rather than shear down with use so I would always in these situations recommend the use of a proper ester/pao synthetic oil, not a petroleum oil as is commonly sold and labelled as a synthetic oil.
Please feel free to ask.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Simon