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 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…
- Castrol oil selection The selection tool for Castrol oil, on the manufacturer's Russian official website. We've spotted errors in the results — some of the oils it suggests aren't…
- Mobil 1 oil selection A tool that's a bit weak on car model choice, but it's the best I could find. It's the official Mobil 1 site (at least, Mobil's official site links to this…
- SHELL oil selector A selector tool for technical fluids and oils on the official SHELL website. In the window that opens, simply click the picture of the vehicle type you need at…
- ADDINOL oil selection A German brand little known across the former USSR. It ranks among the ten largest lubricant makers in Germany. My advice: think first about where you'll be…
- ARAL oil selection ARAL's own oil-selection tool, on the manufacturer's website. It's in English, but easy enough to work through. On the first screen just click "continue", then…
- LIQUI MOLY oil selection The selection tool for LIQUI MOLY oils, on the manufacturer's official Russian website. A convenient Russian-language interface, though, as with the other…
- Motul oil selection A convenient, Russian-language selection tool for Motul fluids, on the manufacturer's official website. As with the others, check the descriptions of the…
- Teboil oil selection The original selection tool for Finnish Teboil oils, on the manufacturer's website. It's in English, but everything is clear enough. We haven't spotted any…
- HYUNDAI oil selection Didn't know? Neither did I! It turns out that since 2000 the Korean corporation HYUNDAI has also been making lubricants! It's hard to say much about the…
- Comma oil selection A brand that's little known among ordinary car owners, Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd of England leans more toward motorsport. Still, the company's own people…
- Fuchs oil selection The selection tool for Titan -branded oils by FUCHS , on the manufacturer's official website. Pick your language at the link (there's no Russian), and the rest…
- Teboil - Lotos oil selection A selection tool for Lotos and Teboil oils, on the Trans-Oil company website. The same site also has a compatibility table for various leading brands' oils…
- ELF oil selection A tool on the website of TOTAL's official distributor in Russia. There's no original ELF selection tool (as of when this page was written). This tool is…
- Oil selection: manufacturers' tools Our own engine oil selection tool is still only on the drawing board, but in the meantime I suggest using the official selection tools for oils and other…
- Oil selection: our own tool So, as promised, our own oil-selection tool is built and ready for beta testing. It lets you pick an engine oil by any parameter you like. You can search by…