European Boutique oil

[SSDude]

Has anyone ever used Silkolene Pro S 5w-40. This look like an interesting oil.

http://www.essexparts.com/newproducts.html#PROS

I have been tempted to try it but it is expensive $9.80 per liter.

I still would like to know what some of the board members think of this oil.

Thanks

 

[Bobert]

I was looking at that 5w-40 Silkolene just recently too. Very spendy at over 9 bucks a liter. Buying 6 quarts plus a filter for me would be over $70 bucks for an oil change.

Seems to have some very nice specs though.

 

[Bobert]

I don't know though about the flashpoint being 383F.

Seems a little low for such an expensive oil.

 

[TSoA]

Tempting, but expensive. If I had a really fat car, I'd go for it. autobahnfluids.com has PentoSynth for a lot less.

 

[SSDude]

Does anyone have any information on this oil?

 

[Motorbike]

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Originally posted by SSDude:
Does anyone have any information on this oil?

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Silkolene Pro-S 5/40 ..10k mile interval .

http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000950

 

[Alex D]

Fuchs oils are well known in Europe and Australia, unfortunately not here in the US. I think they are overpriced for the US market. These high oil prices are not uncommon in the EU or AU.

 

[SSDude]

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Originally posted by Motorbike:

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Originally posted by SSDude:
Does anyone have any information on this oil?

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Silkolene Pro-S 5/40 ..10k mile interval .

http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000950

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Thanks for the link. I would like to get some of this oil but it is expensive and I have 26 quarts of GC already.

 

[TooSlick]

The best synthetic lubes in the world are made right here in the US ...I wouldn't bother with the European stuff ....

Seriously though, that's true ...Mobil 1 and Castrol SLX - the GC, 0w-30 - are considered two of the best oils in Europe and Amsoil, Redline, Synergyn, etc all produce world class synthetic lubes....

The PAO and/or Ester based European lubes do tend to be better than the cheap, GP III synthetics you find on retail shelves in the US and Canada ....

Tooslick
Dixie Synthetics

 

[carl97ss]

Here's a website that gives some data and tech info on the Silkolene.
http://www.motorsportsspares.com/SilkoleneDealerFlyer final.pdf

 

[unDummy]

More info here:
http://www.essexparts.com/newproducts.html#0W20

 

[yoyoguy2]

not to hijack your thread, but on the topic of european "boutique oils," has anyone used lubro-moly brand oils? www.audiquattroparts.com sells several lines of their oil, (they're a good source for older audi parts by the way) but i never tried them and haven't heard of them from anywhere else i can recall.

 

[TSoA]

As far as the Llubro-Moly, I suppose you have to read the label to see what is the latest spec it meets and what applications is it recommended for. I suspect it is a garden-variety 1998 A3 oil. Blaufergnugen is a very reputable supply house, they might have some answers for you. I would skip it, M1 and GC should suffice, they meet the latest VW 505, 503.01 long-life specs. Again, the PentoSynth at autobahnfluids.com is cheap and might be a newer brew. The Llubro-Moly gear oils look tempting though.

[ December 21, 2003, 02:38 AM: Message edited by: TSoA ]

 

[JohnBrowning]

If you want to get your ester oil grove on then just buy some Redline from our Redline site sponsor! For less then $7 a quart it is greatttt stuf! It is also home grown here in the USA. It supports a site that supports this site. Just make sure you tell them you herd about them from "Bob is the oil guy" and they will give you a discount!

 

[labman]

Good point on the American made Redline. With all the revulsion towards France, why are so many here giving Germany a pass and frantically searching for the German made Castrol?

How much help/hinderance with the war are we getting from the Netherlands? Is it time for me to drop Pennzoil?

 

[Silk]

I use Silkolene Pro 4 10/40 in all my bikes - says made in the Uk on the pack...oooh,they won the World Cup,looks like I better find somewhere else to get my oil eh?