finmac Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Whats the wisdom on Grade of oil on a 250BHP VX please - car will be mostly road use, the odd track day and a fair few cold starts.... 0W 40? Also whats the capacity bearing in mind it is Dry Sump? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Boy Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thought Mobil Motorsport 15w 50 was the oil of choice for the big 'uns. Cheers David Editted to correct the grade from 5 to 15 Edited by - Lotus Boy on 26 Nov 2010 08:56:45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bio Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Mobil 1 0-40 might be a bit thin....I use Mobil 1 15 -50 or try Millers 10- 60 as supplied by SBD and others. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.russell Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 run mine on millers 10-60 Kevin R black(but sometimes orange)-ali HPC here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finmac Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 So far 15 50 or 10 60 seems to be the favourite - any advance on that?! Also whats the capacity inc the DS tank please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.russell Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 oil capacity depends on which tank set up you have. my pace easy clean tank will easily take the full 5L of Millers, another reason i use this brand as it comes in 5L. Kevin R black(but sometimes orange)-ali HPC here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Mobil Motorsport 15/50 for me My notes when I had a Caterham bellhousing tank follow ... Caterham advise 5 litres from empty for their tank. 4.25 litres reaches top of filler neck! At 4.25 litres when engine is started it blows out nearly 1 litre of oil into the catch tank. After the oil has been blown out the oil level is about 1" below filler neck level with the car on level ground and the engine not running. Try filling with 3.00 litres - run engine and check level then top up necessary These notes did not allow for the fact that even when the oil tank is empty there is still a considerable amount of oil still in the sump pan that can not be drained without removal ! Edited by - ECR on 26 Nov 2010 10:45:49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I used to run 15w50 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finmac Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 Thats great thanks, looks like 15W 50 is the oil of choice, only slight concern being the cold weather starting properties, can anyone shed any knowledge on that? (Car will at times be started in 0 degrees or slightly above). Re capacity its the in bellhousing DS tank.... The capacities seem very low at only 3.25 litres or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 From memory, that's what it took to refill after I had drained the tank. You have to factor in that a lot of oil is still in the sump. It's been a while but those are the notes I took at the time. It's better to underfill and then top up. It gets very messy the other way round 😬 Edited by - ECR on 26 Nov 2010 23:10:15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain chaos Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Motul 300V 10-40w...as opie oil man said..it doesnt get much better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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