Motor Oil

[minux]

Any top brand 10w-60 for me.

 

[nicko]

Castrol Magnatec 10W 40

 

[Scooter79]

The guys using the fully synthetic nulon, does your gen3s run quietlly on cold start up & at operating temp ? Cheers.

I don't have a gen3 but the L67 is dead quiet both hot and cold with Nulon.

 

[cpbait]

how much is this nulon fully senthetic?, i used the new nulon semi synthetic 10w-30 in my gen3, seemed good to me, a little bit noisy at start up but has been like that since i bought it and have been told by a few ppl its acceptable for a gen3 all have the same noise, once it warms up its fine, gotta change my oil this week, looking at the mobil one super synthetic, but its $90 for 5liters, so bought $110 by the time i get 6 liters of it.
the nulons is a lot cheaper and comes in a 6liter container.

 

[warrick]

its around the $60-$65 mark for the 6litres from memory.very handy coming in the 6lt bottle too.
cheers
warrick

 

[minux]

how much is this nulon fully senthetic?, i used the new nulon semi synthetic 10w-30 in my gen3, seemed good to me, a little bit noisy at start up but has been like that since i bought it and have been told by a few ppl its acceptable for a gen3 all have the same noise, once it warms up its fine, gotta change my oil this week, looking at the mobil one super synthetic, but its $90 for 5liters, so bought $110 by the time i get 6 liters of it.
the nulons is a lot cheaper and comes in a 6liter container.

Use the 10w 60 for the love of god....

 

[mar-d-mac]

Use the 10w 60 for the love of god....

why the 10w 60 minux....when most ppl are using 10w 30 - 40....

 

[Holden2gether]

Mobil S for me, like some here.It's what's been put in it since new and I like to keep the same oil in a motor.

 

[minux]

why the 10w 60 minux....when most ppl are using 10w 30 - 40....

Who is most people?

As i said, talk to any decent performance workshop they will use 10w 60, talk to any oil specialist who is also an LS1 enthusiast, they will say the same thing.

People use 10w 30 because holden say so. I used to have oil samples taken every 2000km in my last job(didnt cost a thing) and the 10w 60 always rated better.

But hey, what do i know, forget i said anything

 

[bradcad]

I agree with minux here- a heavier weight oil vs something as light as w30 the heavier (providing they are both quality oils) will will out.

Oil engineer I know visited Holden when they first started specifying w30 weight oil. He said to the techs that this is going to kill motors, they agreed but said that's what they are told to specify, so they do.

Holden when they first started specifying this weight had all sorts of well known problems, from big ends to mains, ring seal and other friction related issues. There were a lot of warranty calls, and rebuilt GEN III's.

I suggest you reconsider the use of w30 oil