The Goods On Oils

[SS8_Gohan]

Mobil 1 is good, although, i think it's an oil that needs more frequent changes than others...

RB's are "lifty" fullstop. Mobil 1 did quiet mine down a bit, Royal Purple made them quieter again... i would probably stay away from "lifter free" sounds horrible.

Good oil, fairly often. Just stick with that

[Rolls]

My RB doesn't make any lifter noise it also doesn't burn any oil and its a redtop RB20!

Edited March 26, 2008 by Rolls

[some_cs_student]

hey Gareth , i got it from harold, $11.99 per quart, and you need about 6, $71 - i was just putting it into a more friendly measurement, litres instead of quarts. But it's still around $70 for an oil change

6? Do you have an oil cooler or something? 6 * 0.945 (is that was a quart is?) that would be 5.67 litres.

Anyway, you probably did tell me and I have a terrible memory

Yes, I don't like the quarts measurement, its confusing.

[br3ndan]

hm, i change my oil at 5000kms or less. So non frequent changing is not the problem.

Maybe i try the mobile 1 0w-40w. Without lifter free. Might need to look for an alternative oil tho. 0w-40w fully syn around 90 for 5 litres!

Anyway i inform you guys how it goes. =)

[SS8_Gohan]

not from performancelub.com its not check out Harold's prices, some of the best oils and at great prices.

[Magic]

I went out and bought Mobil 1 0W -40 for my line. I'll be changing to it this week.

My car's done just over 97500km's. Mods are full turbo back, pod, fmic, and uppin the boost soon.

Hopefully it will be all good.

[Angus Smart]

Did we work out which ones on harolds page are rating 5?

[SS8_Gohan]

I think the only GrpV oils that Harold sells are the Redline ones... i pretty sure the others are GroupIV...

[Don Dada]

changed oil today from quaker state 20-50w to redline 20-50w went for a drive an heat it up pretty good then on idle started to hear a clicking noise(the kind u hear when u switch off an your exh is coolin down) seemed to be commin from the exh side rocker cover. Car has done 120000km an never heard this before. Any suggestions as to what this might be? By the way its not a constant noise it comes an goes.

[made_guy]

^^20w50!?!? are you driving a commodore or a skyliner dude?

[Rolls]

Maybe if the motor is thrashed and leaking/burning oil it might be appropriate, otherwise go something thinner.

[br3ndan]

yea.. agreed..!

I got told before to use 10/60, buy a guy at repco before...

He said if i used anything lower, my engine would be destroyed............................................................

I smiled and walked off. Lol!

[Chi100188]

hmmmm never listen to any repco guys cause some or most of them know SFA lol i use Motul 300v chrono thats 100 for 4 litres expensive stuff but aye it smells good and is good for the RB25 ;D

[Tomei_Powered]

PM me if anyone interested in MOTUL 300V and 4100 Series engine oils.

[DECIM8]

Hey guys, Just some feedback on this thread. Took the advice of the blokes here and the mobile one gold 0-30 worked great. Unfortunatly Its too good and I felt the engine was moving too freely and it was to thin.

Now have moved onto motul 5-40 I think xcess 8100 and its pretty good stuff. BTW oil change at 10,000km on the skyline with mobil gold came out slightly deep gold so its good for awhile id say (no oil cooler and yes I gave it a nice run)

Hope that helps some people, I just felt the 0 weight was too thin and would give too much unwanted engine wear.

[Rolls]

Thinner the oil means less friction which means less wear. However if you are a worn motor with poor tolerances I would agree. Also if your car sees extreme temperatures on the track.

[trel]

What about Castrol Edge 0w-40?

I hear some good things about the Castrol range...

[SS8_Gohan]

skip it, only Group III based oil... it might "say" Synthetic... but technically, it's not.

[some_cs_student]

What about Castrol Edge 0w-40?

I hear some good things about the Castrol range...

The castrol performanelub.com sells, the German 0w30 or the American 5w40 is supposed to be very good

[SS8_Gohan]

yeah, Castrol Syntec is their true synthetic oils... and surprise surprise, you can't buy it off the shelf here... well, not that i know about.

I would stick with the german 0w30 though.... i've heard a lot of reports that the American stuff is actually Group III, but Castrol decided they wouldn't tell anyone...