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^Agreed

Also remember that if it's burning oil, using a heavier one won't solve the problem, just hide it. And by using a different oil to what is recommended, it's not doing your skyline any favours.

Dump the old oil, put something decent in, wait 5000km checking regularly, dump and repeat.

my car used to run on valvoline - was finee i just use turbolight 10 40 now for the skyline

helix imo is a good oil for the money, valvoline engine armour can be quite cheap on sale too .. i service my bunky with helix :)

when buying oil , dont be cheap, use a high quality oil such as Mobil 1, royal purple, redline, motul300v

if your still using oil then your engine or turbo seals need some work or use a thicker oil like 60 when hot, but really your engine isnt that healthy if you have to do that...

about to buy oil for a change on my skyline. hve been running Mobil 1 but just shopped around n the best it goes for is $86....

N at the moment Castrol Edge sport (fully synthetic- at least in name) is $40. Im halfway tempted to go for this because less than half the price is a mad difference.

Is it worth stopping lower? also im about to put in a new HKS turbo at the same time as the oil change n then of course she is going to be getting tuned, and 'enjoyed' thereafter...

any thoughts from those in the know? Such it up n run the decent oil or is there not much in it n for less than half the cost just roll with the Castrol....?

cheers

Justin

Edge is a semi-synth, Edge Sport is supposed to be a group 4 synthetic.. but there is a catch, some of the ones labelled Edge Sport arern't actually what they appear to be (25W50 is suposed to be one of them a basic mineral oil, 5W30 is supposedly a group 3 semi-synth)

I'd be going for motul 8100 xcess or xmax in it for $75, esp if you're going for bigger kw and tune etc... Also some people are running syn-x (or something, read last few pages) with some success.

yeah here in WA (the rip off state) those are $86+.

Unless anybody on here in WA know where to get Mobil 1 or Motul 8100 for under $80?

Putting in royal purple 10 - 40 next couple of days paid $100 :-( but will be good.

thanks guys i did the flush and oil change and now use fully synthetic turbo light specifically designed for turbo cars :) $60 a bottle is enough. but there was a few others in the same brand that were $80-$100, but turbo light is fine for me, as my engine is running stock internals and stock turbo

  • 3 weeks later...

Just bought another 6 liters of Neo synthetic platinum series 10w-40 diester base 100% synthetic engine oil

Made is USA

Wholesaler I buy it from said Terry ashwood uses the exact same engine oil in his Gibson r32 gtr and does not want to touch anything else !

But not cheap at about $150 for 6litres.

:) only the best for my rb26

Just bought another 6 liters of Neo synthetic platinum series 10w-40 diester base 100% synthetic engine oil

Made is USA

Wholesaler I buy it from said Terry ashwood uses the exact same engine oil in his Gibson r32 gtr and does not want to touch anything else !

But not cheap at about $150 for 6litres.

:) only the best for my rb26

sounds like you got a little ripped off

http://www.gccorp.com.au/automotive/product_info.php?cPath=54_57&products_id=72

i might try this next service, supposedly 1 year or 40,000 kms change period (but needs about 3 filter changes in that time)

The wholesaler I get it from is only 1 suburb away from me so I don't mind paying more for convience. And I always buy 6L

They have used the same oil in a porsche race cup car that did 4000 track kms and after an oil analysis test found that the oil still didn't break down.

I've ran motul 300v and found the Neo to run a abit better oil pressure and engine temp to be about 5-10degrees cooler

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