Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

As im currently on the hunt for a v36 i thought id do a bit of research on what oil you guys use for yours..assuming u own one.Cos i work in auto parts retail store i thought hey if uguys use it and i can get it discounted at work..BONUS

I was thinking penrite or castrol edge titanium, maybe even mobil, tho i've never used mobil ever in my previous cars so not to clued up on its performance..

What do you v36 owners use?

Thanks,Nossy.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/392885-v36what-oil-do-you-use/
Share on other sites

As im currently on the hunt for a v36 i thought id do a bit of research on what oil you guys use for yours..assuming u own one.Cos i work in auto parts retail store i thought hey if uguys use it and i can get it discounted at work..BONUS

I was thinking penrite or castrol edge titanium, maybe even mobil, tho i've never used mobil ever in my previous cars so not to clued up on its performance..

What do you v36 owners use?

Thanks,Nossy.

Mobil 1 synthetic or Castrol Syntec (German one)

I have always avoided their products after they thought it was a good idea to put teflon in engine oil. Their normal oils may very well be good, but I can't trust them.

They aren't.

Their 100% Synthetic Transmission is bloody good, but keep away from their engine oils.

i always heard they werent that great

Use it in everything I own, my V36, XR8 and including a 300rwkw club car that has been cained the last four years on Nulon. Used it in my old R33 And R34 as well. Use it in eng, trans, diff And coolant. Never let me down :thumbsup:

I have always avoided their products after they thought it was a good idea to put teflon in engine oil.

What's your opinion on teflon in engines? Isn't that (PTFE) what Slick 50 was mainly made with & now a lot of other engine treatments?

Yes, Teflon is Dupont's trade mark name for PTFE, which some, not many, oil additive companys put in their additives. A quick google search will give you plenty of information on why teflon isn't good in a car engine.. mainly the fact it is a solid, even though it is ground up very fine, it is still quite able to clump and clog oil filters at best, but small oil pathways at worst.

Even Dupont refused to sell Teflon to Quaker State (Slick 50) to use in their oil additives as they knew it was bad and didn't want their name associated with it.. however, a court case initiated by Quaker State ended up forcing DuPont to sell PTFE to them.

Just about anyone who knows their oils well, will tell you to never use additives in engine oil.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • @666DAN sorry to bring you and old thread.     I've got my de+t done and it's all running great other than 1 small issue.    Car has remained auto with the na auto and tcm, I've used a stagea ecu with. NIstune board and everything is great other than my gear selection on the dash. It illuminates park, reverse, neutral, 3rd and 2nd when selected . But nothing when in  drive or what gear your in when you pop it into tiptronic. I'm sure there is maybe 1 wire in the ecu plug I need to move to rectify this. Do ya have any ideas?     Cheers man
    • Well I recently changed my rear axles and was thinking if I bumped anything, I have been driving the car for a while now though... But it has been raining today so everything is wet under the wheel arches. Brakes feel fine and can't hear any of the metal screamers, I had a squeak coming from one of the handbrake drums but that seems to have gone away a while ago. I was going down a hill when it lit up and I did feel the abs bite for a second and question why it did it?
    • Correct. Um. I dunno. I haven't cared enough about the way that the NA cars work to know for sure. But..... The 33/34 turbo manual cars have an electronic speed sensor in the gearbox that outputs a +/- (ie, sawtooth AC) voltage signal. That is connected to the speedo. The speedo then outputs a 0-5v square wave (ie, PWM) signal that the ECU (and any other CU on the bus) sees. The speed sensor is NOT directly connected to the ECU. So here's the problem. Your new ECU expects to see the PWM signal, but must somehow be getting a direct signal from the diff speed sensor. Which would suggest that the wiring of the NA car is not the same as the turbo cars. I think you will need to spend some time with (hopefully the wiring diagram for the car) and a multimeter to see what is connected to what. Then, presuming I am correct**, you would then want to separate the ECU speed signal input from the rest of the car's wiring, and probably either buy a speed signal converter, or build one using an arduino (or similar). That would take in the speed sensor signal and output a scaled (and suitably rearranged) signal for the ECU. ** We shouldn't presume that I am correct here, because there might be something else crazy going on. I don't think you could convert the speedo to be fed from the gearbox sensor, because the pulse rate from that sensor is probably different to the diff sensor and then the speedo would read wrongly. And this also wouldn't fix the ECU's problem either, because the ECU doesn't want to see the gearbox signal direct either (assuming that they are all on the same wiring, for some odd NA related reason, see above caveat!) Does this help? Probably not. Can you make it work? Almost certainly. With the above work. You should buy a handheld oscilloscope from Aliexpress so that you can view these signals directly. Connect up the probes and drive the car. Show photos of the screen when drving at known speeds and connected to different places, and we'll see what we can learn about it.
    • Assuming your brake pads are not worn right down, I'd add a little brake fluid. Is there any sign of a brake fluid leak?
    • Hello all,  I need of some help. On my drive home my handbrake light lit up and started flashing. When I got home I checked my handbrake sensor under the centre console and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I have scanned my car via the consult port, no codes shown. Checked my brake fluid as well which is half full. Tried unplugging the brake master but it didn't change anything. Thoughts on what it could be? The master float doesn't seem to be stuck. My car is an 1998 ER34 sedan GT. No hicas but has ABS Photos below 👇🏾 
×
×
  • Create New...