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| Author: | Mike [ Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | oil too thick? |
i did an oil change the other day and i used nearly 4 litres of 20/50 weight castrol gtx for older motors and i just read on the bonnet that it says to use 15/40 weight is the oil i'm using too thick? should i change it? cheers |
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| Author: | Rockhopper [ Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
should be right, but if it's blowing smoke, the thinner oil will make it worse |
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| Author: | royce [ Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:07 am ] |
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gtx is pretty shit quality oil, thicker oil isnt harder to burn, better oils are I would try and get your mixtures checked 1st as you may be running rich and washing the oil off the bores and burning that |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
Definitly change the oil for a good quaility 15w40. When it says 'for older engines' it really means pre 1940's cars  . You could even use a semi-synthetic 10w40 if you really wanted to, but don't use anything thicker than 15w40. It won't do any sort of damage using thicker oils, it just won't run as efficiently.
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| Author: | andrewa [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
due to amount of kilometers 230000klm i use penrite 30 which seems to be ok 
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| Author: | Mike [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
my odometer says 191,000ks but the speedo cable was broken for a few thousand ks so do i need to change the oil again now or would it be alright for a while longer? |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
If it was mine I would go ahead and change it now... but that's just me. |
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| Author: | Mike [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:47 am ] |
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i'm spending more money on oil than petrol
will i need another new filter? |
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| Author: | andrewa [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:16 am ] |
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i change my oil/ oil filter & fuel filter every 5000k as cheap insurance. |
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| Author: | Mike [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
i've changed mine twice on a quarter of a tank of fuel
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| Author: | Zook_Fan [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:24 am ] |
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how much it cost you to do that andrewa and how long time wise does it take you to do 5000k |
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| Author: | _noddy [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:27 am ] |
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hi |
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| Author: | Mike [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:31 am ] |
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a filter is like 20 bucks and the oil would maybe be 50? |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:38 am ] |
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Mike wrote: i'm spending more money on oil than petrol
You own a Zook, that's just part of life.
Don't worry about the filter. |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:39 am ] |
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_noddy wrote: hi
WTF??????? |
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| Author: | andrewa [ Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:13 am ] |
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hey zookfan. cost is about $55 & generally twice a year, so approximately every 6 months. |
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| Author: | Zook_Fan [ Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:30 am ] |
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that is cheap insurance then i was gonna say if you used the vehicle for longer k's it may be cheaper to save for a new engine and do the oil every 10-15k but yeah 6 months is ages |
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| Author: | andrewa [ Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil too thick? |
i'm actually saving for a motor in the new year. 1600 bottom end with 1300 head. that's the plan anyway!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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