Synthetic Engine Oil

[Cro]

Cool, thanks guys.

[Guest zerorespect]

do not forget gentlemen that turbos use the engine oil for cooling/lubricating the turbo in addition to the motor - hence why the xr6t takes 7odd litres of oil

because the oil is being used to cool the turbo it will blacken and become polluted much quicker than the same engine oil in a n/a vehicle. the oil will be absorbing a lot more heat than that inside an n/a.

the general rule of thumb is that all turbo cars require oil changes at at least 5k km intervals. in addition if you take your car onto the track you should consider changing the oil immediatly and adjust the servicing schedule appropriatly.

as I'm yet to see any topics regarding turbo timers or oil coolers may I suggest very carefully that if you intend to keep the car for a long time pay the extra money and change the oil & filter every 5k km like the owners of most other turboed cars.

synthetic oil will provide you with better protection at higher temperatures (ie. it doesn't degrade to black sludge as readily as natural oil when exposed to heat) - I will be changing to synthetic at 8k km (5k km after the 3k km checkup).

[Dagabond]

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[CJF077]

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[Dagabond]

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[PSI40L]

if the synthetic oil is a much better oil or so they say I dropped my oil at 5500km and put shell ultimate helix fully synthetic 15w - 50w drove it for aboutt 500km and the car felt worse as though it took all day to rev and the viscosity rating isn't that much higher .then I got the recommended ford oil rf1340 which by fact is fords lpg oil did another oil change and the thing was screaming again . I think ill stick to the ford spec oil. so much for the $100 experience with the synthetic my mother cant even use it for her cooking now

[Turbo6man]

if the synthetic oil is a much better oil or so they say I dropped my oil at 5500km and put shell ultimate helix fully synthetic 15w - 50w drove it for aboutt 500km and the car felt worse as though it took all day to rev and the viscosity rating isn't that much higher .then I got the recommended ford oil rf1340 which by fact is fords lpg oil did another oil change and the thing was screaming again . I think ill stick to the ford spec oil. so much for the $100 experience with the synthetic my mother cant even use it for her cooking now

I'd suggest you used the incorrect viscosity - I would have used 5W-50 or even 0W-50 and maybe in a quality oil like Castrol R. I'm not knocking Shell but I think the Castrol R has the reputation as far as synthetics are concerned.

[chrislak]

Has anyone had any experience with this motor oil brand (follow link)- http://www.autospeed.com/shop/category_290...omsvr=103482430 , it seems very expensive though the specifications are very impressive if true

[Falchoon]

Interesting that link - the oil manufacturer reccommends running "normal" oil for the first 10,000km and then switching to synthetic.

[chrislak]

I now that was a interesting comment, BUT did you notice the price of the oil. If it does what they claim it would be worth the extra money.