Broad but, Best engine oil for a V6?

[rx2_freak]

i use royal purple 10w40 in my vy series 2 v6, had no problems no noises what so ever. one of the best oils on the market

PerformanceLub.com

 

[RiCeY]

We use castrol magnatec 15w40 for the ecotecs and 10w30 for the alloytecs at work.

$90 for 5L of oil is ridiculous. Ive run castrol oil in mine since new changing every 5000 and at 165,000kms its still quiet as a mouse and goes hard.

 

[old mate]

Conoco Gardol ECT with liquid titanium. good good oil.

 

[romojohnny]

I use Castrol gold 5-30W no problems at all...... the car gets driven HARRD XD

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Use whatever you can afford. It doesn't really matter. As long as the changes are done at least at the intervals recommended, and the type of oil the manual states you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[HOLDENFAN]

I'm coming up to my 100000kms service and the previous owner of my car ran Royal Purple 20W50 but i personally think I can probably find some better stuff to put through. I hear Mobil 1 is good?

Opinions? Recommendations?

20w50 is way too thick for an engine of that age, you shouldnt start using that till about 200+kms. Switch to a 10 or 15W 40, you should notice better temperature, and fuel economy on an engine with those sorts of km's

 

[nick_]

Any of the well known brands in 10w40, 15w40, 10w50 or even 15w50 will be fine. For a car with lowish kms such as yours, stick with 10w40 or 15w40. For the record, I'm just about to tick over 170,000kms and I use penrite hpr10 10w50. The sad thing with VY's is that they need almost 6L and almost all the recommended oils dont have the 1L top up bottle available..

 

[VYMAD]

Any of the well known brands in 10w40, 15w40, 10w50 or even 15w50 will be fine. For a car with lowish kms such as yours, stick with 10w40 or 15w40. For the record, I'm just about to tick over 170,000kms and I use penrite hpr10 10w50. The sad thing with VY's is that they need almost 6L and almost all the recommended oils dont have the 1L top up bottle available..

Ha, yeh I've found that with Magnatec. Or maybe they do? Anyway, it's cheaper in the long run to buy two five litre bottles.
Then next change, only got to buy one bottle.

 

[b3h3m07h]

I agree with nick, since my first car ive pretty much always used penrite, currently using hpr 10w50 in my vy. I bought a 20L drum for around 135 not so long ago as it worked out cheaper than 4 5L bottles but just the other day at I saw a 6L bottle for $39 so would be suitable for a vy with larger sump.

 

[edals]

Iv Just Put HPR 15w-60 Penrite, Recommend for cars that require 10-40, 15-40, 20-50, the VY is SOOOOO much quieter and my fuel eco has increased from 10-40 i use to use.
Mind you has ticked over the 200k mark. Done about 1500kms so far, love it.