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Engine oil!!!

chris oo

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Hi People,
i have a vx lumina 3.8 l was wondering if any could recomend a really good engine oil and the viscosity i do about 28,000 kms a year to and from work and i take her on drives a couple of times a month. thanks in advance
 

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20W/50 I use this and its fine,if your car has done alot of kms then use the SUPER 20W/50
 

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I used to use penrite HPR 10W/50 think it was but now car has over 200k so use penrite 20W/50 and runs like a dream!!
 

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Yep, 20W50 is the oil of choice for the ecotec.
 

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i know this has/is done time and time again but....

since having my car converted to LPG i've noticed it uses more oil, first oil change when i bought the car which had fresh oil in it was .5 of a litre down on the first change. i don't know what oil was used, i've used castrol magnetec 10w40.

since having the car converted to LPG which burns hotter and it's now using around 2 litres every 5 to 6 thousand K's

so tomorrow i'm changing to penrite semi synth 15w60 hope fully it will use less oil

BTW the runs like new with no issues

i guess as the engine ages gets modified the oil needs change
 

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I use this. Been in my motor for 2 years.

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hey mate your best bet is to check your service records and just keep using whatever its been serviced with before
 

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so i changed the oil today went from castrol 10w40 which i was very happy with, to penrite 15w60

all i can say WOW, who would of thought oil could make such a difference, the engine is super quite and feels better than ever, not a single tick from a cold start

i guess as someone mentioned above the older the engine the thicker the oil should stay at when at temp

my engine is at 210,000 k
 

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so i changed the oil today went from castrol 10w40 which i was very happy with, to penrite 15w60

all i can say WOW, who would of thought oil could make such a difference, the engine is super quite and feels better than ever, not a single tick from a cold start

i guess as someone mentioned above the older the engine the thicker the oil should stay at when at temp

my engine is at 210,000 k

Is that the penrite semi synthetic HPR15? I use that in my VS ecotec and Ive found its excellent oil...fairly cheap too.
 

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yeah i use the penrite HPR 15 in my missus vx wagon & when i found out what oil holden used in my ss Thunder 6.0ltr think it was that valvoline syn power changed that to full synthetic penrite & it was the quietest 6.0ltr while running & when i sold that & got a seven seater Gu patrol due to to many kids lol
i even changed that to Hpr 15 i,ve used penrite oil for all the cars i have had since i was 18 & will never change even use penrite out board oil & 2 stroke oil for my boat
 
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