service problem

louiszhu · Post by **louiszhu** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:55 pm

HI guys~~it is getting closer to my 2nd service for my fto~i want to change a different brand of engine oil~~do u have any advice???
thanks in advance

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:20 pm

Fuchs silkrone. Please try to type in an understandable manner

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:11 pm

bushido wrote:Please try to type in an understandable manner

hehe

xSlurpee · Post by **xSlurpee** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:22 pm

canola oil .. make sure its extra virgin

haha just pick any that you like they wont make a big difference. Personally i use castrol

louiszhu · Post by **louiszhu** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:15 am

xSlurpee wrote:canola oil .. make sure its extra virgin

haha just pick any that you like they wont make a big difference. Personally i use castrol

But i don't know the brand of oil that i am using- -.is it ok i just change another brands directl?my father told me it needs to clean the oil system while u r change different brand engine oil

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:24 pm

Yeh you bleed out all old oils first.

Post by **vipfto** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:37 pm

bushido wrote:Fuchs silkrone. Please try to type in an understandable manner

+1 Yeah I been using fuchs for all oil and lube/coolant latley highly reccomend

Post by **Supplanter** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:33 pm

Make sure you take out all of the ~ too

louiszhu · Post by **louiszhu** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:35 pm

My last service to fto's done by the dealer~~they used 5w/40 engine oil, should i change the grade to 15w/40 as this forum suggested~~whts would make differences?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:58 pm

5w40 is fine mate. There's a lot of different recommendations thrown about here. Gernerally speaking, most folk use 5w40 or 10w40.

louiszhu · Post by **louiszhu** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:27 am

much clear~thanks mates~