Fully synthetic.

[UFO]

Mind you $360.00 all up for a 15000km service was a bit of a hit in the back pocket. The oil was $128.00

Ouch!
Oh well... it's done now, and you got Mobil 1 in there so can't complain. But they sure didnt do you any favours on pricing .

 

[Sean880]

Thanks for all the feedback here guys, appreciated.

Had the car serviced with Mobil 1 fully synthetic.

It's what my dealer recommended to me.

Mind you $360.00 all up for a 15000km service was a bit of a hit in the back pocket. The oil was $128.00

But it's done for another 15000km.

Thanks once again.

Cheers.

You allegedly can run up more miles and more time between oil changes if using Synthetic engine oil but I would NOT be leaving the oil change intervals to 15000 kms. Even with synthetic oil I would be changing the oil again no later than 8000 kms of typical city running (and with mineral oils no later than 5000 kms - but I do it on 3500 kms). The cost per 1000 kms even with synthetic is quite low when you put it all into perspective. It's cheap insurance.

ANYHOW FOR THOSE INTERESTED HERE IS A GOOD ARTICLE ON MOTOR OILS WHICH I THINK IS QUITE HELPFUL. Refer to the link below.

http://www.atis.net/oil_faq.html

 

[andyman]

i use and recommend, valvoline durablend 5w-30 for these, works great, good quality oil, good price,

if you want the next step up, valvoline synpower 5w-40 is the full synthetic full sha-bam speccy oil, bout $10 a bottle more expensive than the durablend

 

[Nikkojoe]

i use and recommend, valvoline durablend 5w-30 for these, works great, good quality oil, good price,

if you want the next step up, valvoline synpower 5w-40 is the full synthetic full sha-bam speccy oil, bout $10 a bottle more expensive than the durablend

My vote aswell, although it is a semi-synthetic oil. I have ran 5w-30, 10w-40, 15w-50 varients of this oil in my track car (depending on operating conditions) with good results. It also seems to clean/remove carbon build up and prevent it from occuring.

The oil's main three purposes are to:

Lubricate
Clean
Cool

After extended periods of use, the oils do not perform how they are supposed to. Best thing though is to service the car regularly.