Choosing engine oil by car make

Section Choosing oil by brand, article 1 of 16214 words, 2 minutes

In this section: 16 articles
  1. Choosing engine oil by car make
  2. Castrol oil selection
  3. Mobil 1 oil selection
  4. SHELL oil selector
  5. ADDINOL oil selection
  6. ARAL oil selection
  7. LIQUI MOLY oil selection
  8. Motul oil selection
  9. Teboil oil selection
  10. HYUNDAI oil selection
  11. Comma oil selection
  12. Fuchs oil selection
  13. Teboil - Lotos oil selection
  14. ELF oil selection
  15. Oil selection: manufacturers' tools
  16. Oil selection: our own tool

In the future we plan to build our own, unique tool for picking engine oil by car make, or by other parameters (viscosity, quality standards, approvals, and so on). But while that tool is still in development, here are links to the oil-selection tools run by the leading engine oil makers, along with our own comments.

When choosing an oil brand, we recommend first weighing your chances of buying GENUINE oil of that brand in your region. Remember, it's the most popular oil brands that get counterfeited most often.

We also strongly recommend reading the following articles on our site before using any of these tools:

Choosing engine oil in 7 stepsWhat you need to know about carmakers' approvalsImportant! If you know of an oil-selection tool that isn't listed here, please write to us with a link to This e-mail address is protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it — that way you'll probably save other car owners a lot of time.