Joe,
I would pick the brand of oil I intend to use in the car forever and start out
using it. It is usually not a good idea to mix brands-you might get some odd
chemical reaction between the various additives.
I use 20W50 or 20W40 in my Rootesmobiles and it seems to work fine with them.
On a brand new engine the various additives that the oil companies put in
should not be a problem (on an old engine you do not want ANY additives as
they might start to clean the engine and transfer some nasty piece of sludge
to some spot that will block a critical oil passage). However, there is a
great deal of controversy on this topic and you will probably get answers that
differ widely!!!
Jan Eyerman
1959 Hillman Minx Series III Deluxe
1973 Plymouth Cricket (Hillman Avenger)
Joe Robson <absjmr@bath.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the advise on running in my new Holbay. One thing that everyone
mentioned was an oil change at 100 and 500 miles, I've put about 150 miles
on it so far and I was going to put another 150 on it this weekend. I
guess I should change the oil and filter before I set off.
Someone recommended 30wt oil with no additives. I'm a bit of a novice over
oil types and have never come across '30wt' (could be because I'm in
England) all we have here ranges from 5w/50 to 20w/50 do any of these make
sense? Should I avoid cheap oil even though it will be changed again in
400 miles? Any particular brands people recommend?
Thanks for any advice, I feel like I am driving on eggshells at the
moment...
Joe
64 Alpine
69 Stiletto
78 Davrian
London
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