205 mi16 - which oil

[shimmey69]

i have a mi16 engined 205 the engine has had head work and fast road/race cams in her so with other tweeks and mods is running around 180-190 BHP, i have been looking around at which oil to put in her as she is now due an oil change and everywhere keeps saying to use 10/40 MINERAL oil.

now to me this seems like it would be fine for a standard engine at a push, but i alwyas look at mineral oil as being inferior, and was wondering if someone can reccmomend me a good oil or additive to use for my engine. or is mineral oil gonna be the best????

Many thanks
Jake

[Simes205]

any 10w40

Magnetec or Shell Helix, I've used both over the last 10 years on this engine.

[RT106]

One of the mysteries of Peugeot ownership is why everyone says you shouldn't use synthetic oil. Normally the reason is given that "they're too thin" which is a complete load of bks put about by people who don't know their arse from their elbow.

Use a decent 0w-40, especially in an engine using non-standard cams.

[shimmey69]

thanks for the replies, i thought any decent 10/40 would be a lot better than any MINERAL oil!!! i will go get some decent 10/40w

Simes looking at your garage i love the look of your 18month dry stored mi16 looks very similar to mine!!! very nice

Many Thanks
Jake

[Simes205]

shimmey69 said:

Simes looking at your garage i love the look of your 18month dry stored mi16 looks very similar to mine!!! very nice

Many Thanks
Jake

Ah thanks!
I just got it back before christmas newly mapped, shame the weather is stopping me from driving it...

[shimmey69]

yea i know what you mean, a lot of horse running through the front wheel in this weather is but clenching,mine hasnt been out since the hoon in early december, just too mad!!!!

when you go out in yours wouldnt mind having a look over another mi16 205 engine bay just to compare notes, on what been done etc etc if you dont mind me poking around your engine???

[Simes205]

Here you go

it used to look like this



It's got a GTI-6 inlet manifold now and no strut brace.

Edited by Simes205 on Wednesday 6th January 17:29

[shimmey69]

thank you looks similar-ish!!!! i dont have a jack, as my washer bottle there, as my air filter too big and takes up all that room!!! there a lot of cooler/breather/return pipe on mine that are blocked/unused and that what i am mainly wanteing to look at aswell.

but loks very nice

any reason fro the gti-6 parts???

[Simes205]

I had a shortened adaptor between TB and AFM and along with the top hat adaptor it allowed me to keep the washer bottle in the same place. Funnily enough I've just sold those bits.

I've binned all the Motronic set up in favour of using a fully mappable Emerald management system. It gets rid of, amongst many things, the dizzy cap, ignition amp, AFM and old engine loom. Fitting the GTI-6 inlet is a bonus as the TB has a slightly larger single butterfly and a potentiometer for a TPS as opposed to on and off.

I've wanted the Emerald set up for years, I'm running different camshafts so finally it makes the most of them.

Brum!

[shimmey69]

sounds like yours is going to be a bit of a beast once its all done, can i have a looksy once its all done??

[Simes205]

Shouldn't be a problem, although I'm not often in Hampshire!

[shimmey69]

i have no problems in travelling as your only in surrey and im right on the surrey hants border in farnborough. it one of the problem with a "modified" engine transplanted car, peugeot main stealer dont want to know, and i just want to look over another couple of mi16 converison to see what been doen on your that i could do and vice versa.

[Simes205]

shimmey69 said:

i have no problems in travelling as your only in surrey and im right on the surrey hants border in farnborough. it one of the problem with a "modified" engine transplanted car, peugeot main stealer dont want to know, and i just want to look over another couple of mi16 converison to see what been doen on your that i could do and vice versa.

No worries.
Additionally check out the local meets on the PSOOC and 205gtidrivers forum.

[shimmey69]

ok thanks ill have a look, tried joining 205gti drivers a while back, but never got any wherte as never got accepted or something!! but will try again!

[Simes205]

shimmey69 said:

ok thanks ill have a look, tried joining 205gti drivers a while back, but never got any wherte as never got accepted or something!! but will try again!

Yep registrations are now open again.
Go for it, it's very easy to join.

[shimmey69]

well signed up to both this morning all ok on the PSOOC but still waiting on the 205gtidriver one, wow that is a sign up process, i was waiting for the what have you had for breakfast questions LOL.

hopefully i have done it right???