[frupi]

I've just topped mine up with mobil1 esp 5wx30 as I didn't have nothing else , but I will be purchasing the shell helix ultra 5wx30

Just been looking at the Shell Helix Ultra prices this morning at my very local Shell garage. A lump rose in my throat, £21.99 for 1 litre of 5w30 AG!!! :surprise:

Clearly this oil can be had for far cheaper elsewhere online and to give an example of how much a litre can be had for:

Shell Helix Ultra AG 5W-30 - mytyres.co.uk

 

[frupi]

Just thought I'd share further in regard to my last post. I ordered a litre of Shell Helix Ultra AG 5w30 as in the posted link. Very smooth transaction, received in just a couple of days. The stock photo they use on their website is a little dated. The litre bottle of oil I received is the very latest incarnation, only bottled in May this year and shows the Dexos 2 specs on the bottle. The label is mostly in German and I'm guessing the price it's sold for is indicative of the fact it is imported and the prices are a reflection of the state of the Euro, which clearly works in our favour here in the UK.

I only bought it for 'topping up' but clearly I'm hoping I won't need to use it in our new i10 before the first service. In any case, I can safely use it in my other car as it fully meets the specs of that particular vehicle too.

 

[Littleloz-i10]

i10 engine oil

My 64 plate 1.2 se I10 is due it's first service and I always buy the oil. I have purchased castrol magnatec 5w30 c3. Can anybody tell me if this is okay for the oil change? Many thanks

 

[poolman]

If you are going to use Castrol oils,Edge 0W -30 is the correct grade.

 

[Littleloz-i10]

I was under the assumption it should be 5w30

 

[poolman]

Castrol say 0W-30,Shell(Hyundais preferred oil) say Helix Professional 5W-30AG.

 

[frupi]

Well, I couldn't help myself. Once again, I've ordered some more Shell Helix Professional 5W-30AG from mytyres. This time, I bought the 5 litre pack, arrived this morning direct from Germany after just two working days from ordering. At £24.50, ridiculously cheap compared to other outlets. I still have the 1 litre pack I bought for less than a fiver at the time, a few months back.

Shell Helix Ultra Professional AG 5W-30 - mytyres.co.uk

I don't need it for our i10, although that is the recommended oil, our car hasn't burnt a drop since taking delivery. Nope, this time it's for my Saab 9-3!

 

[AlanTR]

The manual for my I10 Premium 1.0 states 5W-30, ACEA A5. Stick to the manufacturer's recommendation and you can't go wrong.

My local Hyundai dealer (Evans Halshaw Gateshead) has confirmed they use 5W-30 fully synthetic. Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 A1 Fully Synthetic specification seems to be a match (http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-754-cas...strol-magnatec-5w-30-a1-fully-synthetic-car-engine-oil-recommended-by-ford.aspx).

 

[frupi]

The Shell Helix 5W30 AG is the recommended oil, well certainly is for our 1.2, even the card that came in the pack with the car states it is. Indeed, if you input the i10 details into Opie oils lube match, if you choose the Shell oil option, it also comes out with 5W30 AG, but again, that for 1.2 engine.

Car Engine Oil Lookup - Get a Service Kit

 

[AlanTR]

Opie brings up the same Shell 5W-30 AG for the 1.0 plus many other options. The last top-up oil I bought for my car (1.0 premium) was the Mobil Super 3000 X1 FE which I got from Halfords - my car used approx 1 litre in 4500 miles (1 year period).

I don't know why the sticker inside the engine compartment recommends an A3 oil and A5 in the manual. However, if you check through all of the Opie recommended oils for the I10 there are variations in the ACEA spec.

My car had its first service recently and I mentioned the oil consumption - they said it was well within spec for the 1.0.

 

[frupi]

Yes, as has been mentioned before further back in the thread, it is a touch confusing about what the sticker says in the engine bay and what the book says and then what some of the companies who sell oil say.

If we take the Shell 5w30 AG oil to use as the example, even looking at Shell's own lube match on their official website, if you input the i10 1.2, AG doesn't even come up as the 'recommended oil', 5w30 AF comes up!

I've had this lots of times before with garages too, official dealers who allegedly use different oils to what another dealer might use, which I find a bit odd because of warranty issues if there were ever a problem. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the oil meets the exact spec for the engine, you could use any brand you wanted. Indeed, before now, with my Saab, when I've been a couple of litres short of oil because of splitting oil packs between services, I've just gone to a local supermarket and bought a 2 litre pack of their own branded 5w30 ACEA C3 fully synthetic oil for £10, which if you do enough digging, you'll find has come from a major brand oil supplier anyway, and then mixed it with my usual GM Dexos 2 oil, 5w30 ACEA C3. There aren't and won't be any ill effects from doing this, as if one reads the label on the pack, the oil specs are exactly the same.

 

[AlanTR]

Halfords 5W30 Ford Fully Synthetic Motor Oil (2 Litres @ £15.99) also meets the I10 handbook spec. As you say, any fully synthetic oil which meets the Hyundai spec will do the job.

 

[frupi]

I'm more of a sucker for price Alan! I noticed in a certain supermarket just the other day, that 2 litres of fully synth 5w30 acea c3 low ash sold under their own label, cost just £9.99. I'm no brand snob, though the Shell Helix 5 litre pack at £24.50 was just too hard to resist.

A few months back, I actually phoned another leading supermarket here in the UK and I asked them directly who supplied the oil sold under their own label. Unsurprisingly, I was informed that they couldn't tell me, though if you carry out a search and type in (supermarket name) 5w30 oil spec sheet, you'll find PDF's out there effectively telling you who the suppliers are.