BEST OIL TO USE

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:23 pm

i was about to get the turbolite today?? 10W40 it was for 44 bucks i think.

Is it good stuff? Not noisy on the lifters are they?

Otherwise im stickig to my magnatec.

wildfaye · Post by **wildfaye** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:50 pm

Does anyone have an oil temp gauged installed?
What sort of temp does normal road driving does i read?
How about track?

I've got a 6yr old 110k km engine previously using 5w50 oil.

Thinking of switching to a 5w30 or 5w40 oil, would it be foolish to do so?
I'll ignore the noisy tappets, they come on all e time...

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:06 pm

hey wildfaye,

Ive been on mobil one (5w 50) for quite a while and have changed to castrol 5w 30... due to cold ambient temps

ive done this only recently when its been cooler( 5 10 15 degrees) im pretty impressed with the oil as the engine sounds pretty smooth. ill probable use this oil till it gets a bit warmer(30) and then change to a 5w 40/50 . im not sure how the castrol 5w 30 will hold up with the summer coming allong 30 > degrees....

wildfaye · Post by **wildfaye** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:38 pm

Hi Jono,

I'm in sunny singapore with temps >30 most of the time,
wanna chg to 5w30 due to the excellent fuel economy characteristics.
But afraid the engine cant take it due to the weather.
I guess 40 would be fine but just want to try of 30 for awhile.

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:59 pm

Ive been to singapore many times and i know what the heat is like..

When you really think about it.. i dont know whether the actually ambient tempreture has much to do with the runnning tempreture ... even though i chnaged my oil for this reason... hmmmm but im not sure...
theres soo many variables in the choosing of oil..

if your cars oils running tempreture is about 90 in Winter or summer....then it shouldnt matter if its 30 or 40.. should it?

wildfaye · Post by **wildfaye** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:30 pm

actually i feel that ambient temp has no relation to oil selection.
i am more worried abt the heat that is generated by our engines and if a thinner oil will be able to sustain and not break at high temps...

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:12 pm

are all engines meant to run at a generic tempreture ie 100?

or do turbos run more than NA's?

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:10 pm

ok im in the middle of doing an oil change atm, I just put a flush in so i cant drive anywhere, but i cant get my damn sump plug out, its sooooo damn tight, the engine is warm too which makes it harder. any tips/tricks ?

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:40 pm

Use a mallet of some sort and softly start tapping the actuall spanner in the direction which loosens it...

Lefty loosy, righty tightys,, thats if the nut is facing u... normally when u are doing a oil change the nut is the oppoiste way,.... so think a bit.. and ul get it..

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:27 pm

hehe thanks, i got it in the end. usually i do all this stuff with my friend who is a mechanic but this is the first time i attempted it in my garage by myself. weirdest thing happened once i replaced everything, started the car while it was on the jack, the car revved to like 5k and one of the wheels started spinning, and im 100% sure it wasnt in gear !

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:43 pm

ahh yeah,

my wheels rotate when the car is on axle stands and turned on in neutral..

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:04 pm

hey guys,

my new" mechanic told me that my engine needs a thicker oil like 15w 50(penzoil) due to the wear. so i got that put in. It ended up being very rough when revving and fuel economy suffered

haha so 4 days later ive put a motul 4100(10w 40) for ballance bewtween 5w 40 and 15w 50... so far so good... its allot more smoother to rev, but it remains noisy...

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 8:57 pm

i usually use the turbo lite, i think the 4100 is a little too thin, i never had problems wiht my lifters till i tried the 4100

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:21 am

Isnt the oil your using : 4100 TURBO LIGHT 10W-40

I looked on the motul website and the only other 4100 series is the 15 50 which is a thicker oil

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:48 am

oops i ment 5100. turbo lite 4100 was the better one

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:45 am

hmmm 5100 i think is for motorbikes( off the website), as it is for engines with integrated gearboxes.....

hmmmm