Engin oil

Herman · Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:08 pm

HI Guys

My 2006 3.2 DID is out of her maintenance plan and I decided to do the oil changes myself. The Mitsubishi garage used Shell HX5 as engine oil. With the first oil change I switched to Shell HX7 synthetic oil. It is due for another oil change and I am not too sure if changing to Shell HX7 was a good thing. It seems as if the engine is more noisy at startup when cold. It has a "noisy tappet" sound. After a while it quiets down.

What oil do you guys use and any comments shall be appreciated

H

4ePikanini · Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:17 pm

change to delo 400 multigrade (NOT gold). You will never look back.

RoelfleRoux · Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:37 pm

Herman,
I'm with Marius on this one. I even ran my previous 3.8V6 on it after the maint. plan expired.

Herman · Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:52 pm

Thanks for the feedback. From other feedback as well it seems as Delo is the answer.

Regards

Herman

Gemaskerde Tuinvurk · Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:09 am

R199 for 5 litres... this seems to be an OK price?

At Makro:

http://www.makro.co.za/p/7593/caltex-5l ... iesel-oil/

Nismo · Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:40 pm

Midas Centurion - R197 for 5l
Midas Menlyn - R209 for 5l

I called then today to find out about the prices.

macjohnw · Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:46 am

Keep an eye in Midas, they have nice specials on the Delo 400 from time to time. It's worth buying a few cans when the price is right.

trekker1 · Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:12 am

No one recommending Castrol GTX deisel ? It's a high detergency engine oil. Why not ?

Poor oil pressure ?

4ePajero · Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:47 am

trekker1 wrote:No one recommending Castrol GTX deisel ? It's a high detergency engine oil. Why not ?

Poor oil pressure ?

It could be a good oil, but why does it not have the reputation (especially with fleet owners) of Caltex Delo400 ?

I used to think oil is oil is oil, until I did some research. There are good oils and then there are better oils.

The price difference does not justify the 'cheaper' oil.

Gemaskerde Tuinvurk · Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:42 pm

4ePajero wrote:
It could be a good oil, but why does it not have the reputation (especially with fleet owners) of Caltex Delo400 ?

I used to think oil is oil is oil, until I did some research. There are good oils and then there are better oils.

The price difference does not justify the 'cheaper' oil.

Sorry 4eP, you might have answered this in a previous post (can't find it though), but why is Delo400 better than the much more expensive synthetic oils?