Choosing oil by brand
How to use the online oil finders from Castrol, Mobil, Shell, Liqui Moly, Motul, ELF and other manufacturers.
- Choosing engine oil by car make An introduction to oil selection tools by car make: why their results must be checked against approvals, and why popular brands are counterfeited most often.
- Castrol oil selection The official Castrol oil selection tool: how to use it, and why the engine oils it suggests must be checked against the approvals you need.
- Mobil 1 oil selection The English-language Mobil 1 oil selection tool: pick by year and model, with an oil filter selector, few car models and results that need double-checking.
- SHELL oil selector A link to Shell’s official selector for oils and technical fluids by vehicle type, make and model, with a tip on what to do if the page does not load.
- ADDINOL oil selection The ADDINOL oil selection tool; ADDINOL is one of Germany’s ten largest lubricant makers, and the advice is to think first about where you will buy the oil.
- ARAL oil selection How to use the English-language ARAL oil selection tool on the maker’s website: pick the make and model, then check the approvals of the recommended oils.
- LIQUI MOLY oil selection The LIQUI MOLY oil selection tool: convenient and fairly accurate, it also picks automatic transmission oil, power steering fluid and coolant; check approvals.
- Motul oil selection A convenient selection tool for Motul oils and technical fluids on the maker’s official website, with a reminder to check the approvals of suggested oils.
- Teboil oil selection The English-language selection tool for Finnish Teboil oils on the maker’s website: no errors spotted, but check the approvals of the recommended oils.
- Comma oil selection The oil selection tool from England’s Comma Oil & Chemicals, which leans towards motorsport, with a warning that racing oil rarely suits daily driving.
- Fuchs oil selection The Fuchs Titan oil selection tool on the maker’s website: it covers all of a car’s technical fluids but gets approvals wrong, so check them by hand.
- Teboil - Lotos oil selection The Lotos and Teboil oil selection tool on the distributor’s website, with a brand compatibility table of questionable accuracy; always check the approvals.
- Oil selection: manufacturers' tools Official oil selection tools from Mobil 1, Castrol, Shell, Aral, Liqui Moly, Teboil, Motul and Lotos, advising you to first think where to buy genuine oil.
- Oil selection: our own tool An announcement of our former online oil selection tool, by car or by SAE, API, ACEA, ILSAC and JASO; today the site has the “Oil catalogue” instead.