Oil recomendation starlet turbo 98 & protege ES 94

[GoldenRod]

Is the GTX blend in the silver bottle? If so, that is a great oil. I'm thinking 10w30 should be plenty thick enough for those engines.

 

[darkjedi]

yes its silver but i have a question in the USA is the bottle printed with the label or is it a sticker im worried about oils here to be not what they claim since havoline here comes in a golden bottle and all spanish label and castrol bottles dont even have the transparent side line to measure the oil level?
thanks for the help and suggestion golden rod .

 

[GoldenRod]

None of the Castrol bottles should have stickers. They also don't have a sight window on the bottle either. Some guys here at BITOG complain about the Castrol bottles not having a sight window. I have never seen Havoline with a gold bottle, but Chevron uses a gold bottle for their high mileage oils. It sounds to me like you are worried about counterfit oil products, that to me sounds scary.

 

[Winston]

I vote for the blend too. 10W30.

 

[pbm]

Darkjedi: I'd use any of the 10w30's or 10w40's with no hesitation. Just out of curiosity what are the prices of these oils in Guatemala?

 

[darkjedi]

Ok pbm the prices are (all in US$ all for a qt)
castrol gtx 3.80 castrol syntec blend 4.20
Maxlife 4.31
Mobil 5000 3.52 Mobil1 8.50
Shell helix plus 4.57
Chevron supreme 2.61 Delo400 3.00
Quaker 3.50
havoline 3.60


BTW

 

[darkjedi]

Hi there great forum !

What oil do you think is the best for this cars
the first one is a toyota starlet turbo with a 4EFTE 1.4L DOCH 16 VALVE engine (30Kmiles) it revs up to 7000rpm and bosts out 9psi

the other is a mazda Protege ES 94 1.8 SOCH 16VALVE it revs to 6000rpm 120Kmiles with hidraulic lash adjusters
I live in Guatemala (tropical weather ) the options here are this

Mobil 5000 10w30 10w40
Maxlife 10w40 only
Castrol GTX & blend 10w30 10w40
Chevron Supreme 10w30 10w40 or Delo 15w40 only
Shell Helix plus 15w50
Quaker 10w30 10w30 normal and blends
Havoline 10w30 & 10w40 (but in golden bottle , could it be fake)

Thank for your suggestions

 

[pbm]

Darkjedi: The best bargain of the group is the Chevron Supreme and that's what I'd use. It is very well regarded on this site. Good Luck.

 

[darkjedi]

Thanks everybody for the inputs, I have been reading a lot here its like a drug you cant stop reading (so many interesting topics)
you have turn me into an oil junkie!!

 

[bar1]

Cool, didn't know the Starlet came with a turbo engine.
I would pick the best bargain (Chevron Supreme) for the Mazda.
If you can get your hands on a full synthetic oil, I would use that in the Toyota engine.