Elf Oil

[NickCats]

Thought you guys would find this interesting...

Brought the Boxster in for an oil change on Saturday to the independant mechanic that works on my Mercedes and he informed me that they use Elf 5W-40 rather than Mobil One :

http://www.roadrunner-region-pca.org/Porsche_engine_oil_article.pdf

Charged my $100 for the oil change. I was a little worried about not using Mobil One until I got home and did some searching around on the internet.

I wasn't aware that there are other "Porsche Approved" oils other than Mobil One.

Nick

[Sputter]

I believe Castrol makes a 0w40 that is Porsche approved. ( i don't have an updated oil list in front of me however). I think the approved list is like 4-5 pages long with most being european oils.

Thanks for the link. It goes to show again there is good information available from all the regional sites. Every region seems to have something to offer that other regions don't have. So many regions, so little time :dance:

Originally Posted by NickCats

Thought you guys would find this interesting...

Brought the Boxster in for an oil change on Saturday to the independant mechanic that works on my Mercedes and he informed me that they use Elf 5W-40 rather than Mobil One :

http://www.roadrunner-region-pca.org/Porsche_engine_oil_article.pdf

Charged my $100 for the oil change. I was a little worried about not using Mobil One until I got home and did some searching around on the internet.

I wasn't aware that there are other "Porsche Approved" oils other than Mobil One.

Nick

[Tool Pants]

I had my clutch replace a week ago and the engine resealed so the oild was changed. At an independent shop.

Ths is th Elf/Total product he put in. It is on the December 2007 list of approved ols.

[Benny986]

elf/total is great stuff, I have it in the P-Car, my Audi, and in the GTi, that see's A LOT of AutoX.

M1 on the other hand, I have nothing good to say about it anymore. While it was the shiz several years back, it is only "average" now.

[gregdacat]

Anyone have any experience with a Brand of Oil named "Royal Purple?"

Originally Posted by gregdacat

Anyone have any experience with a Brand of Oil named "Royal Purple?"

I hear good stuff about Royal Purple. A well know Porsche indy shop here in the Chicago area only uses RP oil and trans/gear lube for the air cooled Porsche engines. They do lots of race cars for the PCA too. A few guys here use it. CJ in Calli does.

Originally Posted by Sputter

I think the approved list is like 4-5 pages long with most being european oils.

Sputter, would you believe that the list of approved oils now exceeds 10 pages!

[Perfectlap]

$100 is purty good.

11 quarts of oil at $6 and a $20 oil filter(retail) = $86

I have a local shop I know well do it but I provide the oil and filter.
They charge me $20...used to be $10 but the shop chaged owners.
Still better than going to dealer and paying too much for oil and filters.

[Sputter]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

Sputter, would you believe that the list of approved oils now exceeds 10 pages!

If you say so then I believe it man.
Personally, only one oil concerns me, it's that pretty sticker I see every time I open the rear trunk. lol

Jim

Originally Posted by NickCats

Charged my $100 for the oil change. I was a little worried about not using Mobil One until I got home and did some searching around on the internet.

I wasn't aware that there are other "Porsche Approved" oils other than Mobil One.

Nick

That's a great price, Nick! Good find.