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Wat engine oil do you use?
I just did my regular oil change on my Vp and decided to get some new oil usally i just get Castrol GTX2 but this time i got Vavoline XLD armour protection its rated at 15-40 instead of 20-50 but i need the thinner oil cause i have to crank for like 15 secs in the morning to start the best casue of a broken-blocked oil pickup which isnt fixed yet
So i was just wanting to know wat oil do you put in you commie?
you seriously should get that fixed, its a bastard job taking the sump off too ay, anyway ive been using castrol formulaR i think its 20w40 for old dungers like my vn
just for the record the best oil of all time- Royal Purple. i have a copy of a street commodore mag that ran tests on quite a few different brands.
both castrol brands mentioned scored very, very poorly. ill pm any1 the results of these "tests" if they want them.
i run castrol magnetec, does my car fine
Physics Geek
Penrite HPR15 soon to be HPR30. You can have your Castrol oils, and your valvoline oils. Give me Penrite any day.
Just for the record I used to run magnetec, and it wasn't a bad oil, but penrite shits all over it.
Gravity is proof that nature keeps getting us down.
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I got that copy of SC id totaly forgoten about that comparison test they did
Ive been meening to do that for a month now but im still waiting to do a oil pressure test i know im lazyOriginally Posted by Wonderboy
Valvoline SynPower 10w-50 fully synthetic oil
wat makes an oil better then the next? and how do you really tell the difference?? does it make the car go faster?? smoother idle?? warms up quicker??
my mechanic told me to go penrite hpr30.
Physics Geek
The way I judge the penrite to be my favourite engine oil is simple, after mucking around with a few different ones, I gave penrite a shot. And when I did the next change (10,000km later) it was the cleanest 'used' engine oil I've ever seen. After about 3,000-5,000 all the other oils were starting to show that they were getting a LOT darker in colour.
After 8,000km is when the penrite first started to change. Up until then it had that really nice light golden brown colour to it. By 8,000km all the other oils were black.
As for making a car go faster, some people claim they can tell the difference between oils in terms of acceleration, I never noticed a difference.
Gravity is proof that nature keeps getting us down.
[QUOTE=does it make the car go faster?? [/QUOTE]
that was a joke. didnt really think it would.
Owner of a SlowVactioner
I use to use castrol magnatec but changed to penrite HPR30. Can't complain as the engine runs alot better.
I got Penzoil 20w 50.... yes yes I have an older car and it does the trick, plus I add X1R for the added lubrication. I fully believe in engine additives, they have worked wonders, In fact a friend of mine ran his v8 around the race track. NO OIL, just a bottle of X1R and it never overheated at all!! Had friends cars (not holden) but they were chugging around and I added some of X1R and they got about 10 years back into their power! Dont judge until you try!
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well thats not always good, the darker the colour the better the detergent level IMO. (as long as it isnt pitch black coz u may have a rooted engine)
Physics Geek
^^Fair point that. But then again, if you saw the used (read: dead) magnetec that was coming out, you'd agree that it was not doing a good job of keeping anything clean.
The penrite coming out is much darker than when it went in, but it's still got that nice golden brown colour deep inside it. But the other oils were black.
Also, I know the engine isn't rooted, because it's not actually burning oil at an excessive rate, the rear main seal leaks like a sievebut that's all. There's no smoke from the exhaust even at full throttle, so that's promising.
Gravity is proof that nature keeps getting us down.
yea fairly expensive job the rear main seal
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so how does the brand fuchs measure up against castrol and all the others, cos thats what i use and the engine runs fine...
ive never heard or seen it before
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it is some german brand if you cant tell by the name, they run a couple cars in the carrera cup so i dont know, i would like to see the comparisons
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wat viscosity are all these oils the holden guys told dont run anything but 20w 50 in the engine but i just changed to 15w40 and ive noticed the engine to be a little smoother i only changed cuase of my little problem i still havent addressed (hoping to blow the engine good excuse for a rebuild)
Physics Geek
The original oil in the VN/VP engines (and I could be wrong on this), was a 15w-40 oil from what I know.
That said, these engines aren't new anymore, and allowing for the fact that most are now on the ugly side of 250,000kms using a thicker oil is quite alright. In fact there was someone posting on here the other week about how they have a 40w-70 in there just to stop the leaks.
Most people find that a 15w oil is too thin and leaks out through the rear main seal. So a slightly thicker oil is good.
A 20w-50 oil would be fairly good as long as it's a good oil.
LOL, I know someone's mum who actually changed the oil in her car and put cooking oil in. Needless to say, that engine didn't last too long.
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First oil change i did it with Shell oil Forgot which one but it was 20-50.
Next oil change i used Castrol GTX2 20-50.
The shell was very good, The castrol burns a little early on warm up. But after that it seems great.
My Friend used magnetic once in his VR Berlina and it blew out smoke all the time, It was just to thin for his car.
Yeh, I second that. My car loves it
Sean
Yep Penrite All the way...car car DRUNK Castrol like there was no tommorrow Put some Penrite HPR 30 in it...oil hasnt used any..and ive done 10,000kms and about to do another oil change...Def using Penrite 1st off this time
Drifting in a front wheel drive, is like going to maccas for an apple, Possible but pointless
The Man With No Name
penrite hpr15 here
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