The Goods On Oils

[duff]

i got sougi s6000 for 65 bucks at auto barn today in warners bay newcastle. just go in and say i can get sougi s6000 from spares planet for 65 bucks. else if you live in sydney go there and get it. i bought 2 bottles to give it a go

[LotusGTR]

Can anyone see any dramas buying / running this product. Parallel import from the USA. Does it make any difference?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mobil-1-Engine-Oil-...=item27aff2f3e1

Autobarn etc pricing is $95 for 5l and this stuff is $65 (plus freight) for 5.68l. The only (non technical) down side I can see is the packaging not being in litres to slightly harder to know what's gone in - I'm really scratching for problems now....

Advice?

[Rolls]

LOL freighting a single bottle of oil from the USA is going to cost like $100

edit: oh wait it is local, in that case I cant see any issues.

Edited October 11, 2010 by Rolls

[xALmoN]

I just put in the sougi s5000 this arvo, didn't change the filter though, was too lazy, will change the filter next service..

With the previous oil, when i ran the car, it didn't sound good, revving above 5.5krpm sounded rough..

With the new oil, i did some revving in neutral, nice and smooth, i like it, for under 50bucks, its a damn good oil, and at this price, i can change it every 4000kms. Driving around felt nice and smooth, but the exhaust was a tad louder...

[Birds]

Do you know what viscosity you were running previously?

Another happy Sougi fan

[xALmoN]

Do you know what viscosity you were running previously?

Another happy Sougi fan

not really, i don't even know what oil was in there, but it was watery as hell.

[Birds]

Probably broke down over a long time

[SlowSkyline]

LOL freighting a single bottle of oil from the USA is going to cost like $100

edit: oh wait it is local, in that case I cant see any issues.

looks dodgy as hell that listing on ebay! looks like the inside of a shipping container

[Rolls]

looks dodgy as hell that listing on ebay! looks like the inside of a shipping container

probably is, but how else does the oil get here?

[LotusGTR]

probably is, but how else does the oil get here?

Worry not as in the end I bought from performancelub.com. Same product and pretty much the same price, just a more forum-known seller. Plenty of feedback on the eBay seller too though.

[Wacky Dee]

probably is, but how else does the oil get here?

Wait WHAT !?! Are you saying my oil didn't arrive on a magical flying sled pulled by white unicorns ???

[Trozzle]

http://www.motul.com.au/product_line_up/4s.../4stroke16.html

Is there any reason as to why this would not be suitable for a car? It looks like it's aimed at motorcycles, but it isn't specifically for wet clutch or integrated gearbox....just a 4-stroke. It's 10w40, so it would be great as I'm after a 10w40 oil. Thoughts?

[Moodles2]

http://www.motul.com.au/product_line_up/4s.../4stroke16.html

Is there any reason as to why this would not be suitable for a car? It looks like it's aimed at motorcycles, but it isn't specifically for wet clutch or integrated gearbox....just a 4-stroke. It's 10w40, so it would be great as I'm after a 10w40 oil. Thoughts?

Most bikes have a wet clutch, what this means is the clutch shares the engine oil. Bike oils don't have any friction modifiers in them, otherwise if you put normal car oil in the clutch would be too slippery and never grip.

[Trozzle]

so more or less, it's not at all for use in cars. No worries thanks

[Jez13]

Wouldn't have anything to do with him putting two zillion PSI through it ?? nah that wouldn't count

Changed my oil in my 08 wrx (35,000ks). Used motul 300v 5w30 power racing, $60 for 2 litres (lucky my car only uses 4, unlike the gtr which used close to 6 with alll the external lines and coolers, cans etc). Very happy with the results. The car seems to rev easier, sound quiter and accelerate smoother. Who would have thought such a difference could have come from using a better oil. To be fair though, the Subaru service centre were using a 5w30 semi castrol, so one would expect such a difference.

[KrazyKong]

Does anyone know the current state of GW and Sougi? I havn't posted here in quite a few months and was wondering if anything had changed, or if they went through with their plan to stop production. Birds? Galois? you guys are still here I hope

[Galois]

Haha still here mate, still here. Last I heard they were coming up with another cheap 10w40 replacement product. Birds will know more though...

[pipster11]

my mate who works at supercheap tried to get some but the supplier they use said he has none left and won't be able to get any more

[JGTC]

Hey there,

just offering some feedback as i recently purchased some Redline ATF from this guys and it's legit, for the same price as Harold's @ performancelub.com

plus he also stocks 1 Gallon variants of the entire Redline Range as performancelub.com only offers the 1L quart bottles

I chose to pick up from him, but shipping is under $10 up to 25kg, so for NSWelshmen its great if u want to save money by picking up rather than getting it posted

he's a decent guy, service and price was good so its hard to choose other wise if you're after Redline, Mobil or Shell fluids. He also stocks Mobil oil filters and NGK sparkplugs

Here are his details,

GL lubricants

Nick

0405 509 621

Can anyone see any dramas buying / running this product. Parallel import from the USA. Does it make any difference?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mobil-1-Engine-Oil-...=item27aff2f3e1

Autobarn etc pricing is $95 for 5l and this stuff is $65 (plus freight) for 5.68l. The only (non technical) down side I can see is the packaging not being in litres to slightly harder to know what's gone in - I'm really scratching for problems now....

Advice?

[Trozzle]

I called GW to ask about Canberra distributors, and they informed me that s6000 had been discontinued....BIRDS EXPRAIN PRX