Hey guys, Listen up, see if you can help me out.

Its time to change the oil in my car, Its low, and I have a scheduled a appointmet for thursday. The guy seemed nice and told me its cheaper if I by Sythetic oil myself, and They will only charge labor/oil filter. Anyway, In the mean time I want to fill the oil back up to where it should be on the stick. What type of oil should I by till thursday?

I don't know if the car has regular or synthetic right now, would it be bad to mix 2 different oils?
And what grade oil should I buy for my car?

ps: my S has about 13,xxx miles

Thanks again

 

if you don't know what oil the car has in it now, go with a wide range viscosity synthetic until your change. it's probably 10W30 or 10W40 as specified.

///Robin

 

don't feel an adversion to the search function. it's your friend. this is a common question and one you can learn a lot from others who have posted before you.

 

DIY! real easy on the S.

 

This thread may not contain an answer to your question, but it's great for reference....

Oil Changes and FAQ

 

you didnt say how low...
if not too low, prob o.k. to leave it until thurs-
you can mix dino and synthetic, but you lose all benefits of the synthetic. if you need to add more, i would just add dino.

 

RTFM!

 

if u are getting a oil change soon just add reg. 10-30w
since u are still under 15k

 

Now that you are over 10k, and were thinking about switching......many of us choose Mobil 1 Synth 10w30. The place I take the car didn't offer it, so I made sure they would let me bring my own - and charge just for the labor. As long as you explain you MUST have the fluid installed or nothing....they will usually fold. You shouldn't have to pay more than 15-20 bucks.