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Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:59 pm
by Bootsy
Not usually a fan of these threads as it's so subjective but given there are some established 993 owners on here ad they will have probably canvassed opinion before.....
Some sites recommend fully synth 0w-40 where others recommend 5w-40
Any opinions, knowledge please?
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:22 pm
by Mike
Funnily enough researched this yesterday, came up with Mobile 1 FS 0W-40.
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:28 pm
by Bootsy
Mike wrote:Funnily enough researched this yesterday, came up with Mobile 1 FS 0W-40.
Pretty sure that's what I've always used but having had the car off the road for a couple of years couldn't be sure.
Porsche originally recommended various 5W-40 oils but I guess things have moved on since 94
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:49 pm
by hot66
mobil super 2000 10w/40 in my 964
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:16 pm
by markm
Millers 10w-50 Nanodrive CFS fully synthetic in my 993
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:16 pm
by Ferry Man
Castrol Magnatec 5w/40. That's what you need. Yep, definitely.
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:27 pm
by Ferry Man
Every answer different so far....
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 5:06 pm
by Boydyrs
always use good brand mineral in any aircool engine.....that's what they used in the day.
Fully synth always finds a place to leak as it becomes so thin
OMHO
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:21 pm
by BILLY BEAN
Magnatec 5/40.
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:25 pm
by Endoman
Mobil 10/40 semi synthetic
Re: Which Oil for a 993
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 4:07 pm
by gridgway
having heard this before, it makes me wonder why a 0/40 synthetic should be 'thinner' than a 0/40 mineral?
Also can you still get good mineral oils?
Boydyrs wrote:always use good brand mineral in any aircool engine.....that's what they used in the day.
Fully synth always finds a place to leak as it becomes so thin
OMHO
And to the question, everyone uses something different, so it doesn't make a blind bit of difference
