What Oil For 2.0 Pinto

[Guest aidankinnell]

Hi, just looking for opinions on what oil is best for. 2l pinto, 205 block running 32/36 dgv carb?

 

Research tells me 10w40 or 20w50 (possibly Halfords 'Classic'). So, thoughts please?

 

Aidan

[Guest MarkB]

20/50 is the better, Halford classic or valvoline is better

[agent_zed]

20/50 is the better, Halford classic or valvoline is better

 

+1

pintos were designed for thicker oil.

[Guest chris brown]

20/50 was the modern oil of the day when the Pinto was developed so it was designed to use it. But a good Pinto will be happy on 10/40. The same thing goes for the type 9 box a good one will be happy running on 10/40 or even ATF. In both cases you do get less drag through the system.

[maccavvy]

deffo 20w50 in the engine the boxes are well happy on atf . better gearchanges when cold.

[Guest peter2b2002]

just got some for my pinto 2B , ready for it's winter lay up

peter2b

[Guest mower man]

15/40 semi synth ,20/50 , halfords classic , Millers 20/60 ,Valvoline 20 /60 all are v good ,a lot depends on the depth of your pocket any thing lighter than the 15/40 pinto's will use and leak like a seive ,thinking of going up to millers or valvoline myself but have used 15/40 for a long time,as said personal brand likes /dislikes and cost probably are deciding factors , my ops only mowerman

[Guest aidankinnell]

Thanks all, will get hold of some 20w50 at the weekend. Don't trust that my pinto is a 'good' pinto so won't go for the 10w40!

[Guest chris brown]

Good move if you are not sure of history. I ran mine on 10/40 but it had a full rebuild with high pressure oil pump and yes it did have a few leaks after 50k miles but as long as the pressure was good I didn't worry. It even with a few drips it never needed topping up between changes (3 to 4k)

[Jez Morton]

I've always ran on 15w40, not as thick as the old mineral 20w50 but protection is better as the semi synthetic has a more consistent molecule size.

[SSSLINE]

Prob worth looking at ZDDP levels in the oils, newer oils have less of it, I always used Castrol Classic for that reason.

 

its a Volvo site link but.....

 

http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/castrol_with_zddp.shtml

 

Cheers

Tony.R

[Guest mower man]

As posted earlier I am going to give Millers 20/60 a try mowerman