ripped6 Donating Members 246 Member For: 13y 4m 24d Gender: Male Posted 07/01/13 04:09 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 04:09 AM Hey all, just trying to work out how long to leave the run in oil for in my FG XR6t. Had the car tuned to 280rwkws at 750kms and then to 390rwkws at 1350kms. I've clocked up 4500kms currently and considering getting it swapped out this week. Any advice would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 07/01/13 04:43 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 04:43 AM It's no different to the oil that normally goes in them.A lot of people change the oil halfway between services, eg. 7500km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 07/01/13 06:16 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 06:16 AM yeh bang something good quality around the $40-$50 mark a 5lts, but not full synthetic must be semi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 28d Gender: Male Posted 07/01/13 06:39 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 06:39 AM Id change it at 5k... No need to run anything special if your changing it every 5-7k... 15w40 in any good brand is fine.... For a stock motor anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped6 Donating Members 246 Member For: 13y 4m 24d Gender: Male Posted 07/01/13 06:53 AM Author Share Posted 07/01/13 06:53 AM ah ok, I thought maybe they ran a different oil in them to begin with in order to help clean out any tiny bits of metal that might come off as the engine runs in. I'll get it pulled out this week anyway as it's close enough to 5000kms. cheers for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naldz006 Member 61 Member For: 12y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Mallee Posted 07/01/13 07:40 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 07:40 AM Most of the running in of an engine is done in the first couple of hundred kms. If you kept the engine under load both accelerating and decellerating during that time then it's probably run in as good as it's going to get. As for 390rwkw by 1300km, lol, it would have been run in on the dyno doing that, and it would have certainly been run in by 1500km if you were boosting it which I assume anyone would! I would have ripped the factory oil out then and put a good quality fully synthetic in of a heavier weight. 40 weight just won't offer you enough protection at the power you're making imo. castrol edge 10w/60 seems to be the oil of choice for people running modified turbos, especially in summer.I avoided redline but boosted my car from day one. Got a drum of the gtx15w40 used from the factory and changed oil at 1000km, 3000km, 5000km, and put nulon 10w40 in at 7500km. Only left mineral oil in mine until then as my car is unmodified. If I modded it pretty heavily at 1000km like you did then mine would have had fresh fully syn oil in her then. Oil is cheap insurance in my opinion especially if you drive the car hard. My stock fg f6 made 283rwkw on one dyno and 281rwkw on another so she's healthy.And if you're worried about metal in the oil, then get a couple of filtermags to slap on to the oil filter. I've been running them on mine since new. you'll be surprised how much tiny bits of metal they catch when you cut a filter open. even have a couple on the zf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 07/01/13 07:49 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 07:49 AM castrol edge is junk in these donksnever run a full syn in these engines aswell has to be semi, cam lobes will look like a pitted hunk of snot at 100,000kms been proven many times aswell"regular" turbo engine "thinking" doesnt work on these cars ............no u cant use a boost bleed t piece either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naldz006 Member 61 Member For: 12y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Mallee Posted 07/01/13 07:59 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 07:59 AM castrol edge is junk in these donksnever run a full syn in these engines aswell has to be semi, cam lobes will look like a pitted hunk of snot at 100,000kms been proven many times aswell"regular" turbo engine "thinking" doesnt work on these cars ............no u cant use a boost bleed t piece eitherInteresting. I don't frequent the forums but it's the first I've heard of fully syns causing this issue. Too long service interval I would have thought more likely but I'm happy to be re-educated on my oil. I'll be sticking to nulon with mine until it gets modified. Hard to find anyone who gives that oil a bad rap in stock turbos.What oil are you running in your modded f6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 07/01/13 08:01 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 08:01 AM First I've heard of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 07/01/13 08:04 AM Share Posted 07/01/13 08:04 AM nulon but its a semi, even ford factory fill is a semifull syn is not recomended, as per ford ( I know this means bugger all ) and as per many engine builders see the effects on the cam/s and lash/tappetsits effectively a roller cam set up and any engine builder will not recomend full syn on a roller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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