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Cozook

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:08 am

G'day all,gotta do oil change,I know its 15/40 for the 1.3..
its got almost 200k on the clock,no smoke,goes good and starts good.
What brand would you recommend?
Did tappets today and she is quieter
but still has a little bit of tappet noise.
Would you recommend a different weight of oil?
Should i use an engine flush before oil change?
Full synthetic?Is it always the best option?
ta Cory.

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:11 am

I use oil made for older engines...

Cozook

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:12 am

Sweet thanks mate.

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:15 am

i used oil for older motors and the tappets got louder than with standard oil from the same brand

Cozook

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:03 am

Oh bugger ....now i'm confused....LOL

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:09 am

it confussed me too i had noisy tappets so i adjusted them cold then they got quieter but i realised it had too much oil in it (5litres instead of around 4) so i changed the oild to that older engine stuff and now my tappets are even louder than when i adjusted themi think the oil i used which was like 20 50w is too thick

Cozook

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:15 am

No worries ...i'll try to get a 15/40 for older engines...Penrites been good to me in the past so i'll go shopping in the morning ,see what i can find.

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:21 am

have a look here
http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... pic&t=2583
theres a bit about different oils

Cozook

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:34 am

Thanks mike...

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twitchy

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:15 pm

Cozook wrote:

No worries ...i'll try to get a 15/40 for older engines...Penrites been good to me in the past so i'll go shopping in the morning ,see what i can find.

Seems to me you already made the right choice with Penrite, go the HPR40 & you should be fine. I run Penrite in everything I own, bikes included.

Cozook

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:56 pm

Oops..too late...before i went into the ripco store i thought i'd better check
the sticker under the bonnet coz i got a memory like a siv.....
My sticker said 10/40 (always used 15/40 coz my haynes book told me to)
so i got Mobil semi-synthetic 10/40 coz thats all i could find in 10/40.
Is that ok?If not next time I'll go back to 15/40...i confuse easily.

Last time i did the oil i dropped the oil out..then put new oil in......
then tripped over my new filter....doh.....
so the oil i pulled out today was BLACK AS!(yes i put a new filter in this time!)
Been using penrite for a while....hope suzi dont blow up coz i put Mobil in!
I know i blow up when i can't get my brand of smokes!!
thanks guys ,Cory

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:19 pm

It will be fine mate... It is still an ok brand, unlike the cheap and nasty oil which is actually recycled engine oil...

brendan

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:16 pm

has anyone tryed the homebrand oil woollies sells?

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:08 pm

Canola oil?

mmmmmmmmmm deep fried pistons :lol:

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:16 pm

brendan wrote:

has anyone tryed the homebrand oil woollies sells?

That is the oil I was referring to in my last post...

Cozook

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:20 pm

Sweet,thanks guys....

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