david

Good or bad oil ??

I was using GTX for pre 90 engines but seen this and was wondering if its any good

Ginge !

its a bit thicker and so the engine dont loose as much oil

a mate of mine used it when he was told to use oil that was too thin and he done his valve stem steals in and that helped the smoking hes car used to do

i used it in me 1300 escort too as that started using alot of oil

AlexF

not for your car no...

alex

Ginge !

yeah not fora turbo car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, forgot to type that

too think fornthe oil seals on the turbo and cant ha dle the temps they reach either

david

Whats recomended then, engine is nearly 100k but i fitted a new oil pump and camshaft/followers last year.

A.Moore

Where's Oilman when you need him?

david

AlexF

std ford oil for your car

or maybe sythetic if its a good spec/ recent ish rebuild.

Its not coz its too thick for the oil seals Ginge! Its just cheap low spec oil!

Alex

Ginge !

think just 10/50 fully sythetic oil, not castrol rs 15 60 though, cant think of the name of it but its deffo oilman ya wanna talk too

Ginge !

no im sure its due to how it acts when up to temp, its not as reliable, but i also was under the impresion that the thicker oils are bad for the turbo , could be wrong, dont mind if i am either

but i do know it worked wonders on me mates 8v dhoc 2.0 sierra and my 1300 hcs escort too

david

for oilman

rabmc

He`ll recommend silkolene S1 davy what about magnatec ? or is gtx magnatec

AlexF

magnatec and gtx arnt always the same...

but oilman will say silkolene... coz he makes most money it I'll bet

oilman

I'm here, what's the question?

Model, year, engine etc. Any mods and type of use would help too!

Cheers
Simon

PS: Couldn't find a phonebox - Sorry for delay

david

88spec, 99k on the clock,standard car,new oilpump and camshaft (both standard) fitted last year. Not a lot of miles but driven hard when it is

oilman

My book says 10w-40 semi-synthetic (cost option) or 5w-40 fully synthetic (quality option).

Cheers
Simon

Rob

fooking horrible stuff, wouldnt use it in my V6. apparently the same as the old GTX but that is bollox, run's hot I found and breaks down quicker than other oils.

Rob

oilman

It would break down quickly as it's a mineral oil.

Cheers
Simon

Rob

i used to run GTX in my V6 all the time with no issues (regular 3k oil change) but when they switched to this newer stuff, it would break down very quickly i found. I cant remember if I had the oil cooler then or not mind. but i noticed a difference in longtivity between the old and new blend.

Rob

david

5/40 it is then Simon how do you rate the valvoline stuff ?

Thankyou for the advice

David

oilman

Drop me an email and I'll send you a price list with some options:

sales@opieoils.co.uk

OR, look at the prices posted here and then ask me questions.

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=101561

Cheers,
Simon