Advice needed for Maverick engine oil.

[Blocky10]

You ole skin flint Rustic. If you loved her that much you'd have under floor heating

[terranosaurusdoug]

Great reply as always rustic I hope you're not feeling too rubbish mate!

Yes it would be very simple to add a rad to the garage by the sounds of it, if the downstairs loo has a basin why not add hot and cold too

[elty001]

I use castrol gtx 10w40 semi synthetic from mine and monaro Pete's local cheapo shop.
Not the cheapest but works for me

[Monaro Pete]

I've been reading & learning. It would seem that if like me you change your oil regular (I change mine any where between 1500 to 2000 miles) then there is no need to use a Fully Synthetic. Even though Fully Synthetic is the same Viscosity, say 10W40 or 5W30 it will make your engine more noisier, this is because of all the additives that are added when it's refined. The oil runs better & therefore finds it's way into the smaller gaps easier. Though because of this if you have a seal that's breaking down, it will find it's way through easier too & you may find an oil leak.

So if you want to extend your change intervals, use a Fully, but look our for leaks & you'll more than likely have a slightly noisier engine (this is not harmful).
At the end of the day it's what you can afford at the time.

One piece of advice I will give is never buy an expensive oil & skimp on the filter, this is just a waist of time & money. Buy a decent branded filter & not the cheap Chinese crap on eBay.

[rustic]

Originally Posted by Blocky10

You ole skin flint Rustic. If you loved her that much you'd have under floor heating

Yep... I am tight... no doubt about it lol... I had actually thought about tiling the concrete floor, not sure what a trolley jack would do to that lol. It is painted, but most has flaked off.

Originally Posted by terranosaurusdoug

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Yes it would be very simple to add a rad to the garage by the sounds of it, if the downstairs loo has a basin why not add hot and cold too

Aghhh..... I have done that already... Hot and cold water with a drain... no sink as yet, but our old washing machine is in the garage, and I can plumb it in as and when... but to be fair, it takes up a lot of room I had to rearrange the spare fridge, freezer, washing machine, so I could get the mav to go 8" further in so my mobility scooter can tuck in behind the Mav. Had I not gained the 8" the washing machine was toast lol.
So why did we keep the washing machine? it started to mark clothes and rub the door seal, I replaced the door seal, it was slightly better, but we though we would delegate it to cat bed washing, lol, as when we washed the cat bedding, the machine used to block up, since then the cat died, and the washing machine stayed. You forget why you keep somethings sometimes, it just seemed a good thing to do at the time lol.
That is only one side of the garage, on the other side there is a filing cabinet, camping trailer, on end, floor mounted saw bench, engineering work bench all my tools... the yeti

A bit full. When we bought the house, I saw it as a garage with a house attached lol. Not far from the truth... ok I admit it... that WAS the reason.We even drove the Mav into the garage to check it went in... It did, so we bought it.


EDIT To add, the kids and the wife liked the house too, but for different reasons, never understood that lol...

Uncle Rustic

[Blocky10]

Originally Posted by rustic

but we though we would delegate it to cat bed washing, lol, as when we washed the cat bedding, the machine used to block up, since then the cat died
Uncle Rustic

You do have to remember to remove the cat first though

[macabethiel]

Way back in 2000 I started using Total Fully Synthetic 5W/40 oil in my petrol engined vehicles as it was priced at £17.99 incl VAT for 4 Litres at CostCo.

I bought it later on in the 20 Litre Tubs as it was even cheaper sadly they seem to have discontinued the Total Fully Synthetic at our branch. I put some in my late Mums old Micra the old pre-Blobby shape slab sided model model she had then.

It was fine with no real change in engine noise but it leaked oil on the front crank seal for the first few days. I put this down to it being thinner and more searching. The leak stopped after a few days or so never to return.

I was later told by an Oil Guru that it was not because the oil was thinner but that later Synthetics have special additives that help retain engine seal plasticity for the new generation of silicone based type seals.

[terranosaurusdoug]

Aarrgghhh rustic, I've just thrown out a perfectly good stainless steel sink with swivel mixer tap and waste and plug, I kept it for months but nobody wanted or had a use for it, almost broke my heart to chuck it

[David G Rand]

Many thanks to all you for your info.
It seems that full mineral is best but as semi is acceptable and I already have it, that's what I'll use.
Solarman, I ought to have mentioned the oil bit during my masterclass!

Regards.

David.

[solarman216]

All my engines have mineral oil, Rick

[Monaro Pete]

It's not what you know, but who

Been given 20 litres of 15W40 today. Shall be saving that for the next change come the warmer weather

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by Monaro Pete

It's not what you know, but who

Been given 20 litres of 15W40 today. Shall be saving that for the next change come the warmer weather

Mineral?

[Monaro Pete]

Originally Posted by Banshee

Mineral?

As it happens, yes. For free, I ain't complaining