fordom Member 145 Member For: 16y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 27/04/12 12:11 PM Posted 27/04/12 12:11 PM (edited) 10w60 in summer, might switch to 0w40 this winter, as it takes around 15 minutes of driving to get to normal oil pressure using 10w60 in the cold mornings10w60 is what castrol recommend for modified t'sI do my oil changes every 5000 or 6 months with a k&n oil filter ($18)($60 for 5litres of 10w60 castrol edge) Edited 27/04/12 12:14 PM by fordom
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Legacy Donating Member 3,994 Member For: 16y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 27/04/12 09:35 PM Posted 27/04/12 09:35 PM ^^^ I would think time would be ok mate but If only doing 10-12k a year I'd do two changes.
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 27/04/12 10:49 PM Posted 27/04/12 10:49 PM I do mine every ten. Wth supercheap castrol synthetic. Cheap, good and lasts ten thou...just. If I did a track day I would change it.Coolant and brakes once a year as well as diff oil.Auto...when it breaks
gsd112 Legacy Donating Member 605 Member For: 16y 17d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 02/05/12 11:46 AM Posted 02/05/12 11:46 AM What are peoples thoughts on the new castrol edge 5-40 oil?
Bulletime Legacy Donating Member 937 Member For: 15y 8m 13d Gender: Male Posted 04/07/12 09:55 AM Posted 04/07/12 09:55 AM Just changed from the stock crap to some full synth Nulon 10-40 on the weekend and what a differene to what was in before. Normally on really cold morning and at night on the way home the car idles really rough and is very lumpy, last 2 days since getting the new oil in and she's purring like a kitten straight away, very nice! Even though here in Canberra we've been having -5 mornings. Wish I'd made the change earlier than 53k kms, but oh we'll every 7500 from now on. All round it feels a lot smoother even once completely warmed up. 2
Kroozin Menace Legacy Donating Member 1,990 Member For: 15y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/07/12 01:50 PM Posted 04/07/12 01:50 PM I pulled my rocker cover off a while ago and had not done an oil change for a good 8-10k of hard driving (slack ass I usually do it every 5000kms), not to my suprise the engine oil (Nulon 10-40W) was pretty black but the oil was still stuck to everything, keeping inside the spaces between the the teeth of the cam gears that where upsidedown..... the sh*t was stuck to everything.I had to get some work done later and pulled the rocker cover off again roughly 800kms after an oil change.. I found everything was clean no more black anywhere and again the oil was stuck to everything doing its job.
Bulletime Legacy Donating Member 937 Member For: 15y 8m 13d Gender: Male Posted 06/07/12 11:47 AM Posted 06/07/12 11:47 AM That's pretty awesome, after a few more days I'm definitely noticing the car driving a lot better?
Pazzo Legacy Donating Member 11,132 Member For: 15y 11m Gender: Male Posted 06/07/12 07:29 PM Posted 06/07/12 07:29 PM Give ULX110 a shot, not cheap but top grade.
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Legacy Donating Member 3,994 Member For: 16y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 06/07/12 11:05 PM Posted 06/07/12 11:05 PM I did have concern about the Nulon 10w40 based on a post about sludge. I spoke to my tuner and they use Nulon products in both Holdens & Fords. They haven't pulled down an I6 that's been on this oil and found excessive sludge build up. So, I'm sticking with it.
SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Legacy Donating Member 1,808 Member For: 17y 9m 6d Gender: Male Posted 06/07/12 11:41 PM Posted 06/07/12 11:41 PM 20% off supercheap today. Great time to buy oil 1
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