What type of oil

monkeyboy1983 · 20th June 2009, 19:59

hi all once again

can anyone tell me what type of oil i should be putting in my MGZT+ 2.5 V6 and also is it fairly easy to do an oil change myself, and what would it involve doing it.

thanks

colin

GreyGhost · 20th June 2009, 21:07

10W 40 semi synthetic. As from factory.

Instructions
http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/down...ile=tid022.pdf

ianfletcher · 20th June 2009, 22:41

Castrol Magnatex :lol:

ardvark · 20th June 2009, 22:44

Casrol GTX for me. If you crawl under the car it can be messy. I like the idea of sucking the oil out from the dip stick hole with a long purpose made tube.

Phil · 20th June 2009, 22:46

Duckhams for me.

GreyGhost · 20th June 2009, 22:49

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Originally Posted by ardvark

Casrol GTX for me. If you crawl under the car it can be messy. I like the idea of sucking the oil out from the dip stick hole with a long purpose made tube.

You'd have to have pretty powerful suck to get the filter out that way.

ianfletcher · 20th June 2009, 22:58

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Originally Posted by ardvark

Casrol GTX for me. If you crawl under the car it can be messy. I like the idea of sucking the oil out from the dip stick hole with a long purpose made tube.

Or you could go to your nearest national tyres and they can put it up on the ramp for you then flush your old oil through, put a new filter on and fill it up with nice clean oil all for a nice price of £35 plus you get a receipt to put in your service history too

suty445 · 21st June 2009, 02:10

mmm mobil 1 no good for these? always use it on my cars never an issue

ianfletcher · 21st June 2009, 09:41

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Originally Posted by suty445

mmm mobil 1 no good for these? always use it on my cars never an issue

Any decent oil will do as long as its 10w 40 semi synthetic

ardvark · 21st June 2009, 11:23

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Originally Posted by Originally Posted by ardvark

Casrol GTX for me. If you crawl under the car it can be messy. I like the idea of sucking the oil out from the dip stick hole with a long purpose made tube.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GG

You'd have to have pretty powerful suck to get the filter out that way.

How big is you dipstick tube then? I've only go a small on BUT it does it's job. As they say it's not the size that counts .............................

20th June 2009, 19:59	#1
monkeyboy1983 Newbie MG ZT 2.5 V6 160 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What type of oil hi all once again can anyone tell me what type of oil i should be putting in my MGZT+ 2.5 V6 and also is it fairly easy to do an oil change myself, and what would it involve doing it. thanks colin

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ardvark Al 75 CDTI Tourer Auto Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Studley Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 1 Thanked 69 Times in 48 Posts	Casrol GTX for me. If you crawl under the car it can be messy. I like the idea of sucking the oil out from the dip stick hole with a long purpose made tube. Last edited by ardvark; 20th June 2009 at 22:47..

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GreyGhost Banned 180+ Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bedford Middle Level Posts: 17,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 5 Posts	10W 40 semi synthetic. As from factory. Instructions http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/down...ile=tid022.pdf

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