What oil brand are you using

cena

Just curious what brands people use, when changing oil.

Atlantic Dawn

Have been using Castrol, Mobil and Halfords, once it has the spec numbering on it to match redcommended manufacturers I will go with the cheapest, sometimes Mobil offer best as they do 5L containers if car has slightly over 4 litre capacity.

Core6

The oil brand is really irrelevant -- You are much better to focus on the Spec of the oil that your car needs and then get the oil that is approved for that Spec.

Note:- "Approved" and "Meets" are two different things.

Oils brands often say something like "Meets the Specification xxx.yy" which is the brand's opinion but hasn't been tested and approved by the car manufacturer.

It is an expensive process to get the car manufacturer to approve an oil and that cost must be passed on to the consumer.

However, putting the wrong oil into a car can be a very costly mistake.

[Steve]

Castrol (Magnatec A5). Meets spec and it's recommended by manufacturer (Ford). Usually cheap enough too - about €45 for 4L.

PukkaStukka

Servicing four vehicles annually here and as mentioned above, using the correct recommended oil specifications

Total 5W30 to spec C3 for Hyundai Tuscon diesel

Febi 0W20 to spec VW 508 for Seat Arona TSi

Total 5W40 for Vivaro van to its required specs

Lidl own brand 5w30 for Renault Clio III TCe, again to its specs.

As an aside and excluding the Lidl oil, full service kits for the above including oil, air fuel and pollen filers (all Mann), plus wipers ordered from Autodoc. Much cheaper buying the whole lot in bulk and having it shipped, particularly as those oils here are not cheap, nor for the quantities required.

tabby aspreme

0/30 Castrol edge, for a 2.2 Honda, parked up my last Honda with 601k Kms on the engine and 100% reliability, hopefully this one will be the same

Hyperbollix

I change oil every 10k km so the brand doesn't bother me as I'm not wanting it to last for huge mileage. I usually pick whatever I can get my hands on which meets the spec, so in my case its 5w30 bmw longlife and low ash stuff for diesels. If I can get 5l for less than €30, happy days.

Whocare

I only used top makes anyone who says ones it meets specs in my eyes are fools. And for same for filters

PsychoPete

Millers Oil in my own cars and Castrol in everything else

Montage of Feck

Whatever is the cheapest correct spec stuff in the motor factors or sometimes Lidl.

BlakeS94

Ford mondeo PSA engine so I use Total 5w30 A5/B5. Ford themselves recommend Castrol but they didn't design the engine so :/

cnocbui

Gulf, single esther synthetic.

Lewis_Benson

Usually some 90w stuff I have lying around.

Buffman

Got a stockpile of the Lidl W5 stuff on reduction one day so that's what I'll be running on for a while. All the correct specs for all the current motors at something silly like €7 or 8 for 5L of fully synthetic 5W-40. They also do 10w-40 and 15w-40 which I've used previously as required.

Some people stick their noses up at the Lidl stuff but I've been using it for years without issue on everything from old classics to newer hybrids. As long as the specs are correct, oil is oil. Some research suggests it's German made by Pennasol oil.

kirving

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121476131#Comment_121476131

Meeting a manufacturer spec is not like comparing Coca Cola and Lidl Cola. It's a technical specification which the oil must pass or fail.

Outside of the difference between semi/fully synthetic - how the car is driven, and how often the oil is changed has far more influence on engine wear than the difference between an oil which meets spec, and and oil which meets spec and is made by Castrol or whoever.

I would be absolutely astonished if there was a measurable difference to engine performance or wear, between a fully-synth 5W30 oil which meets spec, and a fully-synth "manufacturer approved' 5W30 oil at the recommended interval, over the same journey profile.