bt_cav Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi All :D Was just wondering what oil you would use in my car (see below) She has covered 155,000 Miles and still drives very well and returns quite reasonable mpg, I change the oil 3 times a year religiously with Castrol magnitec ford spec 5-30 fully synthetic. However I did notice in my haynes manual it also had 5-40 as an option. Would this be of any benefit to a higher millage engine or would it cause any problems? Also What are your thoughts reguarding using oil additives such as forte oil fortifier etc I have my concerns using these in engines which use an oil with a low oil viscosity i.e. 5-30 Many thanks in advance 04 Focus LX 1.6 Petrol 16 valve engine code FYDB4A..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artscot79 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 personaly i dont and never have used oil additives the only diffrence betweem the 2 is the 40 is thicker when warmed up these cars arent the easiest to warm up in cold weather so the 5w30 is what you should use 40 would be if you drive hard all the time fords oil is best its made by Castrol and cheaper from ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 5w30 fully synthetic Magnatec all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt_cav Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 Cheers guys :D Artscot79, do you mean that ford oil is cheaper than Magnatec? I get 4ltr for around £24 from costco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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