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Oil recomendations
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:17 pm
by mitcheo
Im ready to to my first oil change on 94 GPX with 90,000k
and not sure which oil to buy?
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:24 pm
by maggsy
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i think most people reccomend a 10w/40 but check out the link for more help.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:29 pm
by mitcheo
cheers
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:48 pm
by I8A4RE
Yeah 10w 40w sounds about right but i wouldnt recommending fully synthetics especailly if you have noisey tappets now as they will get real loud.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:43 pm
by topao
Ive been using 0w/40w but now i know i can use 10w.40w i might change and save some $$$
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:27 pm
by I8A4RE
^^^^ where do you live. 0w is for really cold climates like sweeden etc. I never went below 10w in nz
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:03 pm
by sublime19
I recently started using the 5w, noticed a big difference in response
I still got the bottle in the boot of my car, i'll tell u exactly what it is when i go down to the carpark later
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:34 pm
by topao
I8A4RE wrote:^^^^ where do you live. 0w is for really cold climates like sweeden etc. I never went below 10w in nz
lol Sydney
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:12 pm
by mitcheo
sublime19 wrote:I recently started using the 5w, noticed a big difference in response
I still got the bottle in the boot of my car, i'll tell you exactly what it is when i go down to the carpark later
that would be great
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:15 pm
by I8A4RE
sublime19 wrote:I recently started using the 5w, noticed a big difference in response
I still got the bottle in the boot of my car, i'll tell you exactly what it is when i go down to the carpark later
what did you have in there before hand...... mud?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:19 pm
by Delvance
Royal Purple 10w40
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:23 pm
by aza013
Delvance wrote:Royal Purple 10w40
what price and from where I want some of that
all the storys I have been told about royal purple its ment to be one of the best around the place.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:43 pm
by sublime19
I8A4RE wrote:sublime19 wrote:I recently started using the 5w, noticed a big difference in response
I still got the bottle in the boot of my car, i'll tell you exactly what it is when i go down to the carpark later
what did you have in there before hand...... mud?
Lol well not a "big" difference but it was definitely noticable!
Stfu
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:56 pm
by yano
aza013 wrote:Delvance wrote:Royal Purple 10w40
what price and from where I want some of that
all the storys I have been told about royal purple its ment to be one of the best around the place.
Autobarn stock that stuff. It's spose to be fairly decent and is really popular in the states apparantly... For those that use it, is it as good as the redline???
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:48 pm
by I8A4RE
how much is it
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:59 pm
by yano
Pretty sure it was around $90 mark
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:16 pm
by I8A4RE
fark me, i wouldnt put that in mine, it may be great (probably fully synthetic too) but IMO its a waste of money for the majority of cars plus my tappets would be screaming (assuming thats its synthetic)
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:18 pm
by sublime19
I've yet to find anything better than Redline
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:19 pm
by yano
Yeah it's a bit steep. I use motul which was around the $50 mark but its only semi synthetic. The royal purple is full synthetic and is spose to give 'some' performance gains. Meh, who knows though right
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:40 am
by khunjeng
if you use anything BUT full syn. then your a spastic.
5w30 is the right oil to be using in your FTO if everything is adjusted properly.
10W40 would be ok. M1 0W40 would be ok also. I'm not going into it but mobil 0W40 is fine.
As for oils being a waste of money....why skimp on something so important when your spend thousands on your car? makes no sense.
if your tappets are noisy - fix them..