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A search on the net spat out these two..

MOBIL

FORD PERFORMANCE VEHICLES F6 Typhoon, 4.0L 6 Cyl. DOHC Turbo Eng., Man. (2004-2005)

Crankcase

MOBIL 1 0W-40 or MOBIL 1 5W-50 or MOBIL SYNTH S 10W-40 or MOBIL SUPER S 10W-40

Capacity 6.6* Litres

Manual Transmission

MOBIL 1 SYNTHETIC ATF or MOBIL MULTI-PURPOSE ATF

Capacity 4.8 Litres

Differential MOBILUBE SHC ID

Capacity 1.86 Litres

Power Steering MOBILFLUID 424

CASTROL

FORD PERFORMANCE VEHICLES F6 Typhoon, 4.0L 6 Cyl. DOHC Turbo Eng., Man. (2004-2005)

Crankcase

CASTROL FORMULA R SYNTHETIC 10W-60

Capacity 6.6* Litres

Manual Transmission

CASTROL TQ DEXRON III

Capacity 4.8 Litres

Differential

CASTROL SAF-XA

Capacity 1.86 Litres (See Note 706)

Power Steering

CASTROL SYNTRANS 75W/85

Notes * Includes Oil Filter

706 Do NOT use any additives.

Keeping in mind these are recommendations and all conform with Ford specs but you can buy better oils but at a Cost.

Castrol TransmaxZ is way better than CASTROL TQ DEXRON III but cost 3 times the amount as well so use what you wish and at what cost you put on your vehicle.

Oils cheap! Gearbox and engines are NOT!!!!!

SHELL doesn’t even list an F6!!!

CALTEX are the same NO F6!!!

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Just had my car serviced and they used castrol formula r synthetic. It is not cheap at around $125 just for the oil.

The funny thing is that the owner hand book recommends a mineral oil rated at 14w 40??? I used to notice a slight tapet type sound at start up that would go away after 2 seconds. Since the new oil went in there is absolutely no ticking sound at startup. This only used to happen first thing in the morning so I'm not sure what oil was in it before?

I had a go at my dealer for the price they charged me. Can you believe they also charged me $28 for "filter oil"? When confronted they apologised and said they would look after em at the next service. All up I paid over $150 just for engine oil not including filter and disposal of dangerous chemicals.

Could be worse though. My work mate has an STi and he loves it more than moist people love their kids. The car has never - repeat ever - been in the rain!! He runs it on a racing Motul oil at an astonishing $40 per litre!!!

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Qik,

How many km's has your car done.

I hope more than 15k km or the synthetic oil will prevent the car being run in properly.

$125, is not bad for Synth oil from a dealer.

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Could someone recap on when you should use mineral/semi-synth/full synth again?

Comes down to opinion. I hate the thought of my engine being stressed with sh1t oil but that's just how I feel, mines got the castrol R 10/60 in it already with only 1800 kms on it.

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I'm either obsessed or ... yeah okay I'm obsessed with my new car.

Went on a bit of a mission to find what oil I should be using in my T when it hits it's 3k mark and what will be the best for it's future life...

Synthetic, Synthetic Blend or Mineral

While on my net travels, I've found an article which explains in great detail the myths and facts about Synthoils.

After reading this I've decided to go with Castrol Magnatec anyway, I've decided on a regular 7,500k change and partly bcoz of price but also to fall somewhere in between the Synth and Mineral debate. Also bcoz I don't plan to hammer my beast non-stop (otherwise I'll lose my licence, job, car, house and then my marriage) like if I were on a track. So the Synthetic blend should be up to the task of my needs, though I'm more than likely to change my mind as the time to decide comes closer.

Hope this is of some value and an interesting read, published in 1999, still relevant!

Let me know if any problems with the host.

http://rapidshare.de/files/9536407/Synthet...hoils_.zip.html

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After I put it up I downloaded as a test and it worked without probs.

It might be if you're using a dowload accelerator program, if you use split parts I think it can cause these probs. Maybe just use the save file as option in your browser and see how that goes. I used Firefox's save and all ok.

Let me know if still any probs after that.

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