fordom Member 145 Member For: 15y 8d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 27/04/12 12:11 PM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 27/04/12 09:35 PM Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 27/04/12 10:49 PM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 02/05/12 11:46 AM Share Posted 02/05/12 11:46 AM What are peoples thoughts on the new castrol edge 5-40 oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 13y 9m 23d Gender: Male Posted 04/07/12 09:55 AM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/07/12 01:50 PM Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 13y 9m 23d Gender: Male Posted 06/07/12 11:47 AM Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 10d Gender: Male Posted 06/07/12 07:29 PM Share Posted 06/07/12 07:29 PM Give ULX110 a shot, not cheap but top grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 06/07/12 11:05 PM Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Donating Members 1,808 Member For: 15y 10m 16d Gender: Male Posted 06/07/12 11:41 PM Share Posted 06/07/12 11:41 PM 20% off supercheap today. Great time to buy oil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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