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    As title says, what oil do u guys reckon should be used in a turboed 260,000kms old ecotec? I been using HPR15 10w-60 but been told it's too thin?
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    20/50 should be fine we run $14 bottles of gulf western 20w50 LOL oils oil
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    Haha fair enough as long as u keep up with oil changes ay
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    every 5000km or lesss sometimes its so cheap to do
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    at the moment we running castrol edge hot oil pressure is lower than gulf western
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    its not quite turbo yet, but iv been using Penrite HPR10. its a 10w50 (i think, its been a while since iv bought any) and i plan on continuing with it once the turbo is on.

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    Alright sweet, might go with somethin bit thicker like u said delco
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    Yer my bad edals, ur right it's 15w-60 lol thus the HPR "15" lol
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