What oil to buy now 10w 40 full syn Nulon is NLA?

[losh1971]

@Smitty was the amalgamation at the same time Nulon moved to the new range?

 

[Pollushon]

LS love Penrite. So do BMW and Mazda. HPR5 the world. Nulon is fine, just doesn't have the longevity of Penrite

I stock up whenever it's on a decent special, which seems more than enough to keep up with demand. Ten Tenths.... now that stuff is never on special

 

[losh1971]

Looks like I'll be switching to HPR10 once my stocks run out.

I heard a while ago Hi Tec which pretty much all the garages locally use, is or was made by Nulon. Not sure if that's accurate or not?

 

[Jeda]

Looks like I'll be switching to HPR10 once my stocks run out.

I heard a while ago Hi Tec which pretty much all the garages locally use, is or was made by Nulon. Not sure if that's accurate or not?

I run hpr5 5w40 in mine. Runs beautifully.

 

[losh1971]

I run hpr5 5w40 in mine. Runs beautifully.

I was using a 5w and it was burning about a litre or so between services. I switched to 10w and barely use 500mls.

What mileage you on?

 

[Jeda]

I was using a 5w and it was burning about a litre or so between services. I switched to 10w and barely use 500mls.

What mileage you on?

230,000km. Mine doesn't burn oil, but then again i give it new oil and a filter every 3000km or 6 months, whichever comes first, so if it does burn oil, it's stuff all.

 

[losh1971]

230,000km. Mine doesn't burn oil, but then again i give it new oil and a filter every 3000km or 6 months, whichever comes first, so if it does burn oil, it's stuff all.

Mines at 236k I think. Oil changes every 10k.

Plan was to do the diff every 10k as well but not sure if that plan will ever line up.

 

[losh1971]

I've been able to score the last available 10w 40 Nulon in the state. It's only a five litre, so with what I have in the shed I may be a litre short for two more oil changes. No one litre bottles in the state either so I may have to top up the last bit with something else. I have enough for one oil change. No 5w in the state either, unless I buy the new product. When the time comes I might just use a bit of Penrite to make up the 8.5L I will need.

In the future I might even use a mix of 10w and 5w Penrite. I used a mix last time and it seemed to work quite well. Good thing about 5w Penrite is I have seen it at a decent price at Autobarn and sometimes SCA. A mix of 10w and 5w seems to work quite well with oil consumption too, ie it doesn't use much like it did with straight 5w.

 

[Pollushon]

It doesn't make any sense re your experience with w ratings. This only pertains to the winter rating (cold start kinematic viscosity) and the difference between a 5w and 10w only really affects folk on startup who might live around the Arctic Tundra. I'm guessing it's more likely these are different formulas, which can account for consumption

I wouldn't go into using Penrite with preconceived notions. HPR5 is the one you want, it's a different formulation to the 10 and your probably not wanting a 50 weight on your big ends just yet. I wouldn't mix them either

 

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