Oil Recommendations

[BigGameJames]

Hi guys, I bought a beautiful mica red 06 is250 back in February and since then it has gone through oil pretty quickly. The manual says anything up to 1l per 600miles is acceptable and mine is probably using about a litre per 1.2k. This suprised me at first because my previous is200 never used a drop. However, seeing as I am going to have to top it up regularly, what oil does everyone recommended? Lexus' own is £70 for 5l which isn't too bad but any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

James

[is200 Newbie]

I have just changed my oil last weekend - doing it yourself will cost you £60 which is inclusive of the oil - I used 5/30 magnatec / oil filter / engine flush. That's my preference. You can find other brands that's cheaper. I bought all parts from Europarts as they had them in stock.

I had an issue a while back where mine used a bit of oil after I used Castrol edge - I changed to magnatec and the level has been steady ever since. I change the oil every 6 months or so as I don't do excessive miles. Cars on 86k with no issues. I do get a valve rattle every now and then but I have put that down to having new oil in the engine - it disappears after a while, my thinking is that the new oil is less viscous as the used oil and it runs a bit more freely from the valve reservoir. Only lasts a second if that..

Its an easy job to do the oil yourself and in doing it yourself you know what is going into the engine.

[Verbout]

These recommend 5/30 fully synthetic, http://cararac.com/engine_oil/lexus/is250.html, so does the handbook.

I buy it from my local Vauxhall specialist, 4 x 5 litres for £66. Does my car and the wife's. Filters from Halfords or ECP, whoever has a deal on.

[is200 Newbie]

Forgot to mention - it actually holds 6.5 litres of oil