Mobil 1

[Jarcy]

Just got back from a Booze Cruise to Calais and noticed Mobil 1 was €29.76 for 4 litres (about 19 quid). Therefore bought 8 litres as it's about half price. I've heard French Mobil 1 might be slightly lower spec and indeed it's 5w40 as opposed to 0w40 here in UK.

Does anyone see any problem shoving this stuff in my 5L V8?

[becky]

I responded on this topic earlier tonite under a different heading. My 1998 Griff 500 was serviced by a TVR Main dealer last April and they filled it with 5W-40 albeit not Mobil One (Valvoline, I think).

[tvrheart]

5W40

I knew from a past thread a couple of days ago Mobil 1 came in 0W40 and 15W50 both available in UK and I've only ever heard of 5W50 over the Channel. Did you mean 5W50? If you did then that is what is recommended in my handbook by TVR, so I would say no problem filling the car with that.

If it was 5W40 then I can't see it would be a big deal using that instead, judging from other similar threads people people seem to have put the full range of oils in their cars with no bad reports, although any bad effects will be long term. Thinking about it logically and what the 0W40 figures actually mean, if it is slightly thicker then for the old Rover V8 that should count in your favour.

Just my opinion of course

Chris (P11PLE Paradise Purple Chim 450)

[Jarcy]

Whoops, I meant 5W50. Must learn to read!

[nigel2]

General view of the experts always seems to be that any fully synthetic will do & will mix with any other.

I've tried Mobil 1 & Castrol Magnatec (thicker) & they both perform the same in terms of pressure & consumption.

[Driller]

You can buy 00w-40 in France-it comes in a gold coloured bottle as opposed to blue, both have Jaques Laffiete (sp?)on the front. Carrefour supermarkets often have a seperate motor section in a different building nearby which sells the proper stuff, you can only get the blue bottle 05w-40 in the food bit. Hope this helps