Engine Oil

[Twolitre]

Penrite 15W60

Me too
This oil is semi synthetic, comes in 5L packs and is only about $45 from Partmaster and great for those track days!
Castrol is a good all round oil and Repco oil is all good cos it's just rebadged BP oil but I tend to stay away from Valvoline now after what seems like some bad quality control issues!

[Jools]

I use Penzoil 10w-30

Used to use Castrol, but hard to find 10w-30 now

[B1NZ]

so whats the deal: If your engine shits out due to oil contamination can you claim expenses from the oil company?? They prob have some loophole to get out of it

Just a quick note: Does anyone else think its funny how the oil companies keep putting up their petrol prices because of the "cost of oil" yet shell recorded their biggest record profit in the last financial year? Sounds like a load of bullshit to me!

[CaM]

i usually use castrol, but at the moment my 86 is runnin on MOBIL DELVAC MX, i'm pretty sure it's a diesel only oil..... meh,

[strap-on]

haha i hear ya brendon, wat i find funny is when the dollar drops (or increases, watever it is that SHOULD make our gas cheaper) it takes ages for the price to drop becaus ethey reckon it taks 6 weeks to filter thru the economic system yet..... when something happens to make the fuel more expensive, they put the price up straight away

[NA Drifter]

emmm many differents opinion out there....
Valvoline =
Castrol and others = ??
I notice Mobil 1 will magicly disapper and need topping up.
Castol Magnetic... seems to be pretty good..
I haven't found an engine oil that will stand race condition.. Use to use Mobil S and they always thin out like water(no oil pressure) after race. Castol Magnetic much better but in long term, it fail too maybe due to oil change needed?
Or maybe should use higher grade oil instate of 15w-40 to maybe 20w-50? or others??

[True ah no]

Go the Castrol Magnatec!

Found that it dosent burn off as quick, cold start protection and not to expensive. my car stoped smoking once I got rid of the mineral 20w 50 and replaced with 10w 40 magnatec. used it on all my cars and seems to do the trick

[jr007]

I got magnatec in the old 101. Hey, it ain't a 12,000 RPM screamer, so why waste my valuable booze money on oil!

Actually, i've found f*ck all difference in most of the "mainstream" oils out there. The go in, go black, evapourate, get changed (eventually)!

[tatsumaki]

Castrol RS (aka R Synthetic) 10W/60 ... always, along with the good 'ol TRD filter.

Cheers,

Paul.

[Al]

Penzzoil 10W30 as its the reccomended viscosity for the 3SGTE

Genuine Toyota filter too...they are only $23.90

Al

[tatsumaki]

I think the more important thing here to understand ppl is it's not so much what brand, but how often the oil and filter are changed.

If I decided to used a mineral based or semi-synthetic then i'd need to look at more regular changes. In my book, if the oil looks slightly dirty, time to replace.

Using the Castrol RS and TRD filters certainly cost more, but consider this :

a) I've had my car (1990 GT Turbo Starlet) nearly 6 years and still running original turbo ... we haven't needed to replace the seal or bearings.

b) Recently did the shim adjustments in the head ... cams and valvegear were all clear as a whistle !.

c) TRD filter avoids sludge up and premature "dirtying up" of the oil which we've found with other aftermarket filters used on this motor. This relates to the issue where the filter almost sits right next to the turbo - and hence can cook oil in filter.

For the record Toyota recommend 10W/30 on this vehicle too. However, when you run the vehicle daily outside the prescribed parameters Toyota intended, you MUST adjust accordingly.

Cheers,

Paul.

[Mischief]

Castrol full synthetic! I have a GSR and even though it full synthetic, the oil gets black real quick like in a few days straight after I change it!