How many of you people here can say they had 1 or several bad experiences with a particular brand of oil ?
If there is something I have learned from reading this great forum. It is that all the major brands make good oil. Therefore I have used most of the major well known brands. All with great result..except 1 brand...Castrol . Castrol is probertly the most available oil brand here in Denmark where I live. All logic says it is great products, and still I have had bad experience with it several times. All on cars running perfect before.
1 time. 4 cylinder Hyundai CRDI engine. Developing timing chain noise within 5000 km after change. Had bin running on shell oil it's entire life before.
2 time. Opel corsa 1.4 petrol. Shaves off two lobes on the intake camshaft after 2000 Km.car has bin using liqui moly before
3 Mazda 6 1.8 MZR engine.. again it developed timing chain noise within 5000 km.
4 Renault Megane 1.6. Had VVT gear failure after 2000 km. Used valvoline before.
5 Suzuki swift 1.2 VVT. First oil change I used magnatec 0w-20( the engine specs 0w-20 ) the. Engine became extremely noisy during the first 2000 km. Especially the valvetrain was way more noisy. Went back to factory fill Total quartz future 0w-20. And th engine was running smooth again.
I no idea why I have so bad experience with Castrol... but I have come to a point where I feel no need to test my luck any further.
Anybody else have experienced the same with Castrol or any other brand?
Have a nice day.
Søren
If there is something I have learned from reading this great forum. It is that all the major brands make good oil. Therefore I have used most of the major well known brands. All with great result..except 1 brand...Castrol . Castrol is probertly the most available oil brand here in Denmark where I live. All logic says it is great products, and still I have had bad experience with it several times. All on cars running perfect before.
1 time. 4 cylinder Hyundai CRDI engine. Developing timing chain noise within 5000 km after change. Had bin running on shell oil it's entire life before.
2 time. Opel corsa 1.4 petrol. Shaves off two lobes on the intake camshaft after 2000 Km.car has bin using liqui moly before
3 Mazda 6 1.8 MZR engine.. again it developed timing chain noise within 5000 km.
4 Renault Megane 1.6. Had VVT gear failure after 2000 km. Used valvoline before.
5 Suzuki swift 1.2 VVT. First oil change I used magnatec 0w-20( the engine specs 0w-20 ) the. Engine became extremely noisy during the first 2000 km. Especially the valvetrain was way more noisy. Went back to factory fill Total quartz future 0w-20. And th engine was running smooth again.
I no idea why I have so bad experience with Castrol... but I have come to a point where I feel no need to test my luck any further.
Anybody else have experienced the same with Castrol or any other brand?
Have a nice day.
Søren