Ok checked my oil yesterday and was getting low,read Neils FAQ fine. Anyway I was working up til 9pm today so got my dad to go Halfords and advised to get mineral only 10W30. He phoned my local garage and they both advised to get Castrol GTX Magnatec 10W-40,4.5l for

 

Mineral for the first 9000 miles or something.

Castrol GTX Magnatec 10W-40 is fine, but it is fully synth, rather than mineral.

Depends on your mileage.

 

Standard mineral oil from Halfords, a burnt orange bottle the last time I bought some (that may have changed though, that was 20,000 miles ago )
Synthetic oil is too slippery until you've done around 9,000 miles+

Check yer oil every week/ few hundred miles, don't let it get low

 

Don't get too hung up on the 10W-30 bit - it can be hard to get hold of over the counter.

According to oilmansi, who posts here on oil-related threads from time to time and who works in the industry, 5W-30, 5W-40, 10W-30 or 10W-40 will all do you fine. The key thing is to ensure you stick to mineral oil until you get to your first service.

 

No it ain't, Magnatec is mainly mineral with a bit of synth thrown in so that they can suggest it is. If you read the bottle it never actualy states that it is synthetic.

If you want fully synth in the Castrol range you have to look at Castrol SLX which is about

 

my dealer put SLX in mine too (3 year service) - still need to buy some top up though...

 

10W/30 Mineral is hard to get hold of.

If you must have it, like myself, Carlube do 5 litres for

 

Woops

 

I think its a good bit of marketing hype. Fooled me though too!