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Morning All,

Ive decided to step up the quality of my oil to redline. Ive been quoted about $125 for 5 lites of the 10W40 (engine oil) and about $65 for 2 and a half litres of the shockproof. What shockproof should i be buying tho. there are 3 grades and i got told by one guy that the "medium" would be fine, then another said the "lightweight" is what i need. Would there be much difference between them???

the mods i have are :-

Pod, Intercooler, 3" exhaust turbo back, Power Fc (about to get installed) and boost controller (shipping as we speak).

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i run the same combo ... it does deppend if its Getrag box which i beleive is later model skylines... but you didnt say what yours is bud !

for r32's i went 10/40 Engine, lightwieght shockproof like the dealer book says but for the getrag upgrade the superlighweight is used!

A tip... Anyone supplying these oils should have knowledge and manuals to follow like bursons where i went. i made him ring redline to make sure.....

Edited by ishh

Yeah im about 99% sure i dont have the Getrag box. One of the guys mentioned this to me. well, id say lightweight it is. Cheers for the help. also how often do u change the redline oil. i currently change the engine every 5,000kms. i hope to get a bit longer out of this oil for the price. is this the case or am i just pullin the old wallet out as always?

Yeah im about 99% sure i dont have the Getrag box. One of the guys mentioned this to me. well, id say lightweight it is. Cheers for the help. also how often do u change the redline oil. i currently change the engine every 5,000kms. i hope to get a bit longer out of this oil for the price. is this the case or am i just pullin the old wallet out as always?

I have been using the Redline engine oil for about 5 years now on my old gtst and now my gtt. I usually change it between 5000 and 7000 kms. On my last change I thought I would take it to 10000 but for some reason my engine warning light came on at about the 9000km mark. I did a diagnostic check and came up with an 02 sensor error. I changed the 02 sensor but this did not fix the problem. I changed the engine oil and the light went away. I have no idea why I would get an 02 sensor error from old engine oil but this is enought for me to keep up the 5 - 7000km change in the future.

Also if you are buying it from an auto shop and not a mechanic, it comes by the gallon. This is not enought for the RB's, you will need to buy 2 to begin with and you should get about 4 more oil changes out of the second gallon.

Craig.

You will need around 4-5L of oil for the gearbox, ive only seen it in the 4.5-5L containers and you'll pretty much use it all.

Redline engine oil comes in per quart bottle too so you could just get the exact amount and nothing more.

Redline

i used the 3.78 litre pack and the 1 pint extra bottle for my rb26 and filter...

i have about 500ml top up if i need it :) and was around the $150 mark.... $125 for the 3.7 and $35 fore the pint

The gearbox took 1 x 3.7 litre pack of lightweight with some still left in the bottle so that 5 litre figure your guessang at benm is probably a little exessive. Dont go guessing its to important....

theres lots of info on sump capacities in the info bomb search feature.

Edited by ishh
You will need around 4-5L of oil for the gearbox, ive only seen it in the 4.5-5L containers and you'll pretty much use it all.

Benm, u have a GTR but i have the GTS-4. I think we have the same gearbox from memory. not positive. if not then would that be why the guy told me i only needed 2 1/2 litres for the box. Is this what a normal R32 GTS-t box would take???

I've used the red bottle which is 3.765L in both my R32 GTR and R33 GTS-t and on both occassions their was about 1-2cm left in the bottom of the bottle, so i'd say atleast 3.5L will be needed however I have no idea about an R32 GTS-t.

I just bought 2x bottles of redline 3.87l 1030w for $120!!!

Works auto assesories in perth.

The guy told me to use 10-30w.. is this too thin?

How did you get 2 bottle for 3.87L? You mean 1 gallon for $60 bucks? That really good prices you get there.

btw Redline comes in per quart or gallon bottle.

Edited by Trex101

i checked out www.redlineoil.com.au/reseller-locations.asp and it has each dealer in each state. the "coventry auto parts" dealerships currently have it on special. i was quoted $125 for 5 litres of 10W40. similar price for the shockproof stuff, roughly $25 p/litre it works out to be.

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