wolseley oil

i use sae30 in my other petrol engines, but as this WLB1 is 3 3/4 hp should i use something a bit better so the beast dont dehidrhate

No it would only ever run on cheap oil.
I always use Morrisons oils they do a range for Vintage Engines and Steam
Chris

will morris vintage motor oil sae30 be ok , £15 for 5 litres

Thats all I use its great stuff, I buy all my Degreasers,penatrating oils ect from them they deliver to my door .
Just had a delivery today
Chris

FIFTEEN QUID !!! for five litres



You must be mad .


Get down to Asda

£3.99p for five litres Asda motor oil


Change it every season and you will have no problems



Steve

Avandriver wrote:FIFTEEN QUID !!! for five litres



You must be mad .


Get down to Asda

£3.99p for five litres Asda motor oil


Change it every season and you will have no problems



Steve

and as well as that steve, the asda's oil owing to its low price, is unlikely to contain the fancy detergent stuff for modern high performance engines, which means its rather good for our old engines.

Paul (its coming)

if it had to be something differant as the HP was more, thanks chaps, ill get it sorted

ryan wrote:if it had to be something differant as the HP was more, thanks chaps, ill get it sorted

ah not really ryan, consider your engine to be around 500cc (which it isnt but its a good guess) and it puts out 3hp or so, now imagine that engine as a 2.0 litre, 4 cylinder engine, thats 12hp, compared to the 120hp that about the minimum expected of a 2.0litre car engine now, and it gives you some idea of what conditions our oil puts up with compared to a car engine, that also incidentally runs 5-10times faster too.

Paul one cool stationary engine dude

i have a better understanding now

Everybody to there own style and make of oil
Chris

i used SAE30 in many engines and its always been proven to be good, may try the supermarket oil, in a spare engine i have, thanks for all the advice though

Sounds like your mind is made up, but FWIW I always use Morris SAE30, yeah it's not cheap, but it comes in metal tins - looks the part!!!

said morris sae30 on front, is that not it lol

Probably exactly the same, just I'm foolish enough to pay extra for the tin!!!