Martini Racing Engine Oil

[trippytipo]

Does anyone use their oil in their 932 series cars? I haven't been to find much information on it over the Internet.

It looks really good on paper, meets FIAT standards (in addition to numerous others) and is priced competitively.

Maranello Motors use it in their workshop too.

Would love to hear of your experience with it as compared to say Selenia or Penrite.

Cheers.

[John Hanslow]

From what I have been told, it is the same style of performance oil as Selinia.

I do know that some Alfa specialists use it for example Maranello Pursang Motors.

Cheers

[colcol]

How would you know how good an oil is?, unless you pull down an engine, and measure everything, how do you know how much wear is taking place, a racing engine builder told me that the best oil he has ever used is Castrol Edge 10-60, which years later i started using in my 156 JTS, and he said that Mobil 1 5-50 wasn't as good as the Castrol oil, but these are under race conditions, which are different to us driving our cars every day, Fiat-Alfa Romeo claim that Selena Oil is built for the specifics of our cars, but then they would as Fiat own Selena, in my owners manual for my 33 which was printed before Fiat bought out Alfa Romeo, the recommended oils were Shell, Agip, Mobil and I.P., because Alfa had no links with any oil company's, the best oil for your car is the right specifications, with all the approvals from the various car manufacturers, and passes all the various oil standards, which can be read on the container, but here is the clincher, the best oil is CLEAN oil, don't buy the most expensive oil and keep it for 20,000 KLMS, change it when its contaminated, Colin.

[Steve S]

You can have your oil tested which will tell you how well it is performing and protecting your engine. Other than that user testmonials are next to useless.

Martini looks good on paper but who knows how good they are really. They put a lot of hype into their marketing which I dont like. So do all of them though really.

I've had my 147 TS serviced at Maranello using their bulk 10w40 "sint40" I think they call it. Consumption is not bad, no worse than Selenia Racing, better if anything. I feel better using 10w40 than Selenia Racing as it will flow much better at start up and I do a lot of short trips.

[colcol]

The only thing i have found with Penrite oils is, what i have been told about it, that is it has a lot of lubricant in it, and not much detergent to clean the engine, and continued use will turn your engine black, because the sludge is not being suspended in oil, i think this is pretty much on the money, as when i run it, it stays clean for weeks, but Castrol turns black after a very short time, due to the fact that i beleive it has more detergent in it than Penrite, some people would say that Castrol is no good, because after a short while it has gone black, and therefore is worn out, [which is not true],  how long is a bit of string?, i think most of the oils for sale are very good, they all have a SG rating, if your service provider uses a certain oil, then its because they have had good success with it, they don't want to change someones oil, then a week later the car comes back on a tow truck, with an engine replacement due to dodgy oil, a few years ago Holden dealers used Mobil,..... because Mobil sponsors the Holden Racing Team, Ford dealers use Castrol, ..... because they sponsor Ford Performance Racing, K-Mart seem to use Shell, because they buy so much, they would get a good deal, its your money, the choice is yours, Colin.

[Alfapride]

I agree with Colin's comment - good oil is clean oil!  With regular intervals, the best oil in the world that has done excessive km's or time will not keep its viscosity and generate unnecessary engine wear. I've always changed oil in my cars every 5000km or 3 months whatever comes first, some say this is excessive but the proof is in the pudding, my 33 has done 250,000km and doesn't use any oil and when drained looks pretty clean - and its not the most expensive oil outthere either!