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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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Don't know if it has been posted before, but what oil is best to use for a turbo engine??
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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what turbo engine?

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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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a decent fully synthetic oil.shell,mobil1,castrol rs,valvoline etc....
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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Full synth for me

for my C20XE i just used Semi, no need for full on average N/A engines

Ask Oilman for some of his extensive oil info. Think he's done a few write ups on here, then youcan read and decide for yourself
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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I use Mobil 1 Motorsport.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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I use mobil 1 motorposrt or valvoline
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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and use the SAE numbers Ford tells you to use? ie: 10w40??
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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mobil 1 15w50,castrol rs 10w60,shell 5w40,all these are good oils,i used these only on my cossie
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:04 PM
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thnx m8, that's usefull info
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