is the oil okay

[lee1710]

Originally Posted by Porsche9

15w40 is too thick. Valvoline what? They make a number of different oils. Stick with a high quality synthetic oil. DT40 is a good example of a highly recommended oil for the M96. I'd get the questionable oil out of your car and find someone that knows something about your car to do work on it.

they say it was valvoline synpower 15w/40

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by lee1710

they say it was valvoline synpower 15w/40

Something isn't right. Valvoline does not show 15W-40 grade oil in the SynPower oil.

Valvoline.com > Products > Motor Oil > Full Synthetic Motor Oil > NextGen

[tommy583]

Definitely get that oil out of there. Motul 8100 5-40 or Joe gibbs Driven 5-40 are probably the best. At the very least Mobil 1 0-40 or Castrol syntech 0-40. Both of the latter are available at your local Walmart in 5 liter jugs. Get two. Just make sure they are the European formula with the A40 Porsche rating. Anything is better than what you have in there now.

[clickman]

Originally Posted by tommy583

At the very least Mobil 1 0-40 or Castrol syntech 0-40.

I think you want the 10-40 if you're going with the Castrol. Based on used oil analysis by a shop-owning member. I'd use it but we only have the 5-40 available in Canada (go figure), so I use that.

There are as many opinions on oil as there are on replacement IMS bearings.

[tommy583]

Originally Posted by clickman

I think you want the 10-40 if you're going with the Castrol. Based on used oil analysis by a shop-owning member. I'd use it but we only have the 5-40 available in Canada (go figure), so I use that.

There are as many opinions on oil as there are on replacement IMS bearings.

Yeah i hear you on the opinions. I used to use 5-40 castrol but I can't find it anymore, so I've been using 0-40. It has the Porsche A40 certification so I think i'm alright.

[lee1710]

Originally Posted by tommy583

Definitely get that oil out of there. Motul 8100 5-40 or Joe gibbs Driven 5-40 are probably the best. At the very least Mobil 1 0-40 or Castrol syntech 0-40. Both of the latter are available at your local Walmart in 5 liter jugs. Get two. Just make sure they are the European formula with the A40 Porsche rating. Anything is better than what you have in there now.

been reading about the motul 8100 x cell 5/40 sounds like the right one to go with .

[lee1710]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

Something isn't right. Valvoline does not show 15W-40 grade oil in the SynPower oil.

Valvoline.com > Products > Motor Oil > Full Synthetic Motor Oil > NextGen

wonder why they would tell me that.