bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 08/01/13 06:46 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 06:46 AM No the RP was black unlike its purple that it begins with but it still looked ok as far as the texture, smell and feel of it.The shell in my territory was almost sludgy you could say and also black and with a bad burnt smell and something else and the head had alot of gunk (carbon?) built up in where you can see from the filler hole. I will do a oil flush next time before changing it but my xr6t is still clean inside and both cars have the same km's on the clock.I did assume though that the oil in my territory had done alot more km's than the previous owner mentioned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 08/01/13 07:04 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 07:04 AM I run royal purple 10-40 in my fg have done from 15,000kms when I switched to full syn now has 32,0000.. No probs with it apart from the price. Change it 5000-7500kms when I can be bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj1991 Member 38 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Posted 09/01/13 11:39 AM Author Share Posted 09/01/13 11:39 AM Awsome ill stick with the purple...So whats the verdict 10w40 or the 15w40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun001 Member 16 Member For: 11y 11m 1d Posted 09/01/13 01:36 PM Share Posted 09/01/13 01:36 PM castorl edge 0w40 is what I use,recomend you do aswell even though its a bit pricey it is quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 4m Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 09/01/13 02:47 PM Share Posted 09/01/13 02:47 PM Mate... He's talking about running Royal Purple.. And you're saying he should run Castrol Edge but it's a bit 'expensive'? Anyhoooo.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeze_xr Bronze Donating Members 168 Member For: 12y 8m 26d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 09/01/13 08:21 PM Share Posted 09/01/13 08:21 PM I've been running royal purple 10w40 since I bought my car a year ago and can't fault it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonian101 Donating Members 961 Member For: 16y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 09/01/13 11:00 PM Share Posted 09/01/13 11:00 PM Have been using Royal purple 10w 40 since 7,500kms. My FG has now done 187,500kms! Must be a record! Also done at least 20 full circuit days and it gets flogged, trust me. Can't fault the oil but it does get get changed every 7,500kms (before circuit days) and who on this forum doesn't throw money away on these cars? The higher end synthetics are all much the same. Penrite, Amsoil and Mainlube all good. There a plenty of threads anwering why not to use a 0W though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/01/13 11:18 PM Share Posted 09/01/13 11:18 PM has anybody been able to find kinematic viscosity figures for the RP stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impellor Member 835 Member For: 14y 4m 11d Gender: Not Telling Posted 09/01/13 11:30 PM Share Posted 09/01/13 11:30 PM (edited) Sorry Ralphie looks like they are keeping it a secret. I also use Penrite. But what I have uncovered is that they RP and Penrite have similar flash points, and are using zinc not sulphur as friction modifiers. I know Penrite used high quality base oils, so I'd suggest the greatest difference in the two oils is price.Cheers Edited 09/01/13 11:33 PM by Impellor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj1991 Member 38 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Posted 10/01/13 07:33 AM Author Share Posted 10/01/13 07:33 AM so 10w40 it is then...Problem solved...Thanks everyone for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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