JBomb3000 Donating Members 875 Member For: 19y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 30/08/06 12:14 PM Share Posted 30/08/06 12:14 PM Read through 3 pages and not once did the oil recommended by Ford appear 15/40.......←The owners manual recommends 15W-40, has done since the BA was launched in 2002. This is 4 year old information. Edge 0W-40 and 10W-60 which have recently been released/re-packaged are both approved for use by FPV so could you not say these oils are a more current recomendation by ford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 30/08/06 12:50 PM Share Posted 30/08/06 12:50 PM Read through 3 pages and not once did the oil recommended by Ford appear 15/40.......←The owners manual recommends 15W-40, has done since the BA was launched in 2002. This is 4 year old information. Edge 0W-40 and 10W-60 which have recently been released/re-packaged are both approved for use by FPV so could you not say these oils are a more current recomendation by ford?←So true. Not to mention issue 11 of 'Blueprint' (FPV's own mag for GT and F6 owners) has a full page ad for the DRIF6 car on the back cover, sprouting on about Castrol Edge 0W-40, and how good it is for the phoon.If it's good enough for a modified 380kw 700nm F6 powered race/drift car, it's good enough for my comparatively sedate street driven F6.And the back of the Edge 0W-40 pack reads:Meets performance requirements for all FPV models...←FPV specifically mentioned right there on the pack= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno Member 79 Member For: 18y 6m 16d Posted 30/08/06 01:12 PM Author Share Posted 30/08/06 01:12 PM Previous threads have recommended using mineral oil for between 5 and 10K to allow proper run in of the engine. My car has 1500kms on the clock so, I had a chat to Autotech. Apparently after building a new engine they allow 1000kms of run in with mineral oil, and then switch to full synth. Hence my reason for using Edge 0W40 at tomorrows oil change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 30/08/06 01:51 PM Share Posted 30/08/06 01:51 PM Nizpro do the same. First 1000kms runin on their 'runin' oil, then full synth (Mobil 1 I think).Anyway, I first changed my oil and filter at 3,000kms. Part of the reason for the early change was that the first lot of (runin) oil in a new engine could still contain metal contaminents that should be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Apples Donating Members 110 Member For: 19y 7m 2d Gender: Male Posted 30/08/06 11:36 PM Share Posted 30/08/06 11:36 PM Hi All,I have some leftover mobil 1 (5w-50 I think), but not enough for a full change, and I like the idea of the castrol Edge 0w-40. Also since I can't buy 7L I thought that I might get 5L edge and use the mobil. Now this sounds dodge, but can anyone give actual facts about whether this is an OK practise or not?Also opinions with explanations welcome... Fire away!Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBomb3000 Donating Members 875 Member For: 19y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 31/08/06 12:28 AM Share Posted 31/08/06 12:28 AM Hi All,I have some leftover mobil 1 (5w-50 I think), but not enough for a full change, and I like the idea of the castrol Edge 0w-40. Also since I can't buy 7L I thought that I might get 5L edge and use the mobil. Now this sounds dodge, but can anyone give actual facts about whether this is an OK practise or not?Also opinions with explanations welcome... Fire away!Chris.←Just leave 2L in the sump and and wack in a full 5 of Edge problem solved Nah seriously I would not recomended mixing oils of different brands and weights. Different brands add different addatives to their oils which could potentially react with each other as well as the fact you will be altering the overall weight and therefore lubricating properties of the oil. So don't be such a tight ass, either by 10L of edge or 10L of a cheaper oil like GTX3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 6m Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 31/08/06 12:48 AM Share Posted 31/08/06 12:48 AM I have had issues with lighter oils in the past with cold running engines... this is why I dont recommend Shell... I have also heard of other who dont like the stuff. I would go the 10W60 before the 0W40, purely because of the higher cold rating. I ran lower oil in the past and the engine was very noisy when cold (in a different car) and I wasn't happy with that at all, noise means wear and tear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno Member 79 Member For: 18y 6m 16d Posted 31/08/06 11:25 AM Author Share Posted 31/08/06 11:25 AM Seven litres of Edge 0W40 in the boot, I arrived at the dealer this morning for the complimentary service. I told them I had supplied the oil, and all excited at what great oil I had, I asked the guys what they thought, "wouldn't put that stuff in mate" one mech said. I replied that I had spoken to the Service Manager yesterday and he had recommended 0W40 over 10W60. Same mech "what would the service manager know". Second mech "better ask the warranty guy"At this stage things were looking grim. OK I said, have you seen the Service Manager around? Why don't you go ask him.Well it seems he knows more than his staff give him credit for. He walked over and said that the 0W40 was fine. That sealed it. I got the car back tonight with --- 0W40 in the crank. There is a god and his name is Service Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopism Tractor Driver Member 709 Member For: 19y 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 01/09/06 01:04 AM Share Posted 01/09/06 01:04 AM I have heard bad things about Shell oil... I would recommend Magnatec over that stuff and its heaps cheaper. The BF T takes approx 6.6L←What sort of bad things? Specific to Ts?I've used Shell oil for years, and never had any problems.←Helix Ultra is simply too thin for what Ford spec for our engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordak Member 1,226 Member For: 20y 8m 15d Posted 01/09/06 01:39 AM Share Posted 01/09/06 01:39 AM Seven litres of Edge 0W40 in the boot, I arrived at the dealer this morning for the complimentary service. I told them I had supplied the oil, and all excited at what great oil I had, I asked the guys what they thought, "wouldn't put that stuff in mate" one mech said. I replied that I had spoken to the Service Manager yesterday and he had recommended 0W40 over 10W60. Same mech "what would the service manager know". Second mech "better ask the warranty guy"At this stage things were looking grim. OK I said, have you seen the Service Manager around? Why don't you go ask him.Well it seems he knows more than his staff give him credit for. He walked over and said that the 0W40 was fine. That sealed it. I got the car back tonight with --- 0W40 in the crank. There is a god and his name is Service Manager.← Mate you need to find yourself a new religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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