what oil??

[chrisJDM]

what oil do i need for my FD.  ive got a pretty standard 3rd Gen rx7, oil is very low and im going down to see ross at dragon tmoro but just wanna top it up before i go, gona pop into halfords in the morning what should i get??? can someone please help.  what rating oil do i need??? 10w 40?? or which one?? i dont hav a clue, please help


many thanks

[ScuttleRX]

a lot of people, me included, use castrol gtx mineral oil 10w40. Prob the safest bet matey, some people use synthetics, but a lot of them arent suitable. Mineral oil is a safe bet, recommended by Mazda, especially as your just topping up, then when you get there Ross can advise you if you wanted to use something different.

[Fish]

I often find castor oil very good..... There\'s a magic button towards the top of each page, that finds loads of information as well as other things.

Fish

[chrisJDM]

thanks guys for the advice, will prob go with the mineral oil for now just to be safe, cheers  :cheers

[the lemster]

I have been using halfords advanced mineral oil 10-40 with no ill effects, though ahve just changed to silkolene xtr 10-40 as supplied by oilman on this forum...

he knows his stuff and can get good prices for decent oils....

[oilman]

Use a 10w-40 semi-synthetic as it\'s a mineral oil anyway, just more thermally stable.

Cheers
Simon