The Camaro Club (UK)

HI,

I am looking to find the appropriate oil for my 1968 Chevelle BBC 396 engine, the dip stick has the following stamped on it "GM 6041-M-Quality MS Oil', however being in the UK a SAE rated oil is needed. Any advice or links to products would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kieran

Sorry for the lack of pictures, here are some from a few months ago.

Always nice seeing a car getting a thorough rebuild!
The SAE etc. type ratings are almost a given these days... they are always superseded every few years so in other words, anything you buy will far outdo the oils back when these engines were built... as long as there is an SAE certificate on the packaging. As to the actual contents (minerals) and weight (e.g. 10w40), that's gonna be the bit that makes the difference. Usually the handbook states the weight, based on the temperature range that the car will see. The hard bit is making sure the right levels of minerals and detergents are in there. A lot of people recommend Valvoline race oils and / or zinc additives. Hope this helps a bit?

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Kenny Coleman- who I reckon is the best engine guy in Europe - from whom I have had 3 race engines since 1990
ps current engine was built in 2000 and has had a rebuild every 5 years (ie 3)- tell that to Ford guys with racing engines and hear them weep

reckons on the following oils:

20/50 Kendall GT 1 or 20/50 Valvoline Racing oil or Miller CFS Enduro 15W60 comp full synthetic racing oil 0800 281 053

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valvoline vr1 sae 20w-50 seems to be the go to oil. The kit car owners with v8s swear by it

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I would´nt go to full synthetic, unless the engine was rebuilt with all new seals.

I use Castrol.