engine oil question

[Rob fulham4eva]

will be changin oil this week but i dnt no whts in there, am gona put synthetic oil in, do i need to get sum oil flush b4 i put the new stuff in??????

 

[Big_Daddy]

I wouldnt realy recomnedn flush on these cars. 10w40 semi would right for stock engine.

 

[Dave.]

Not required but it woulnd't do any harm, I'd flush using a cheapo halfords oil though maybe, rather than some sort of chemical flush

Stick with a 10w40 or 5w40 and you'll be fine

Dave

 

[Rob fulham4eva]

Not required but it woulnd't do any harm, I'd flush using a cheapo halfords oil though maybe, rather than some sort of chemical flush

Stick with a 10w40 or 5w40 and you'll be fine

Dave

getin mobil 5w-40, but if it goes rong u owe me ure starlet

 

[dac69er]

Not required but it woulnd't do any harm, I'd flush using a cheapo halfords oil though maybe, rather than some sort of chemical flush

Stick with a 10w40 or 5w40 and you'll be fine

Dave

i did the same on mine. i got some tesco cheapo oil, ran it for about a thousand miles or so then put in some 10w-40 semi

 

[Captain Starlet]

Drain the old oil out, pop a new filter on and top it up with a good 10w 40 semi and your away

rememebering to check as you fill and not to over fill.

 

[Rob fulham4eva]

Drain the old oil out, pop a new filter on and top it up with a good 10w 40 semi and your away

rememebering to check as you fill and not to over fill.

how big r the sumps on starlets????

 

[Dave.]

2.5L or 3.5L is the engine oil capacity (without/with oil filter, and probably just under - I've seen a few figures quoted from 3.2L to 3.5L). Not sure on exact sump capacity, but not far off that

Like I said though, roughly Check as you go and make sure you don't overfill it! Give it a min inbetween pouring and checking to let it settle too.

Dave

 

[ktl]

you need about 3 litres of oil. 10w 40 but dont go with cheap oil e.g im using castrl gtx but i find my engine ticks louder so im going back to performance oil lol

 

[Rob fulham4eva]

thanks alot guys

 

[Big_Daddy]

I had valvoline in mines and then switched to Toyota stuff, felt much quiter on start up.

 

[jomista2k7]

how much is toyota oil???

 

[Big_Daddy]

how much is toyota oil???

when i went they had it on offer in my branch, 10w40 5litre around £13quid

 

[jomista2k7]

would you recommend it??? or anybody else??

 

[Rumel786]

Have a look here mate

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-681-car-oils.aspx

 

[y3Lo]

yep, oil man will tell you, he knows toooo much about oil

 

[MarcoFTE]

3L goes into the sump from the Starlet. I've used Forté engine flush, the best product there is imo for flushing your engine. Helped me quite a bit. After that I started using 5w30 full synthetic oil from the Toyota dealer. Checked my oil saturday and after 2500+ km there is nothing missing, at least not noticable on the dipstick.

 

[SupaStu]

when i went they had it on offer in my branch, 10w40 5litre around £13quid

Toyota oil is about £32 for 4 or 5? litres of 5w 30 synthetic, good stuff.

Glanza takes about 3.2 litres of oil.

 

[MarcoFTE]

3.2 officially. Put 3L in it and you will notice it will end up around the F mark.
Don't put to much in it, that can cause damage just like to little oil in the sump.