which oil

[Neilos]

I'm planning to change the oil in my 2.0 dohc petrol tomorrow, the question is what grade of oil should I use?
I only ever use the top quality stuff and now my new engine is in I don't want to knacker it up with the wrong grade. When the new engine went in we put new oil (5w30 supplied by my local ford dealer) in and a new filter on, but the oil has gone a bit shitty after only a couple of thousand miles, and I thought that maybe we put the wrong stuff in.

[darkbluevanman]

no, 5w30 is fine or 5w40 or at the very worse 10w40, has hydraulic tappets so needs a thinnish oil. semi synth will be fine with regular changes (ideally every 6k with filter every 12K)

[winterheating]

I'm planning to change the oil in my 2.0 dohc petrol tomorrow, the question is what grade of oil should I use?
I only ever use the top quality stuff and now my new engine is in I don't want to knacker it up with the wrong grade. When the new engine went in we put new oil (5w30 supplied by my local ford dealer) in and a new filter on, but the oil has gone a bit shitty after only a couple of thousand miles, and I thought that maybe we put the wrong stuff in.

if its gone shitty its doing its job, cleaning, or possible contaminated by either fuel or coolant so worth checking, you cant do to many oil changes.
get some of the formula e ford stuff 5w-30 semi, if you got excell last time, think the formula stuff is castrol and excell stuff is made by shell.

[Neilos]

Thanks for that 5w30 it is. I was talking to a mechanic friend of mine last night and he reckons 5w30 is the stuff to go for as well. He also said that the oil may have gone prematurely shitty because there may have been quite a lot of the old oil stuck in the oilways and galleries and it is now getting flushed out.