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Texx

Texx

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Hi Guy.

Could you give me your opinion on Shell Helix Ultra 5w40? I can get hold of a 20ltr drum for £70, so sounds a reasonable price to me?

I've been using Castrol Magnatec Pro C3 5w40 for sometime now with no apparent issues, but my supply has dried up and the Shell oil seems to be better priced.

Cheers buddy! :)
 
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oilman

Trader
Its ok mate, similar to the likes of the Fuchs Titan Supersyn 5w-40. Its a group III Hydrocracked jobbie. Keep it to regular changes and all will be good.

Cheers

Guy
 
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gkjnr

Fresh Recruit
hi mate i,m new to these cars and i want to change the oil i have access to fully synthetic 5-30w would that be ok the mods to the car are as folloBlitz induction kit,Greddy Front mount intercooler,Walbro 255L/hr fuel pump,exedy clutch,apexi avcr electronic boost controller,s/s four branch manifold,hks actuator,hks fuel cut defencer,blitz nur spec exhaust,rota lightweight wheels,tein springs and dampers.iridium plugs,HT leads,cusco oil catch can,hks ssqv dump valve,new brakes and tires,turbo timer
thanks for any advice
 
Fro

Fro

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At the minut i run a 10-40 semi synthetic cause i just thought oil was oil, but my local starlet buff reckons i would be best with a 5-40 fully synthetic as thats what he and most other local starlets run, and going by what youve told others i think it might be time for a change!?

Ive got a 93 ep82 with standard internals running a hybrid with supporting mods at 1.1bar, what you think?

Also, the oils you quoted below, are they in any kind of order or are they all similarly good quality?


oilman said:
Silkolene Pro S, Gulf Competition, Redline and Motul 300V are about as good as oil gets
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Also, did you say somewhere that the mobil1 was a good oil? or are the above ones better?

Sorry for all the questions, cheers!
 
Fro

Fro

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Ok, thanks for that. And a 5w-40 fully synthetic should be fine? Would i need to somehow try flush out ALL the semi synthetic before i filled with fully?

Cheers
 
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EvilKnievel

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thanx for the answer. What your opinion on the castrol fully synthetic oils? Quality wise and what would you suggest as service interval?

Thanx again
 
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martin82

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Make Toyota
Model Starlet GT Turbo
Year 1991
Engine size/type 1330 with standard CT9 Turbo

Any mods - Induction kit, decat & exhaust system

Type of use - road use

Additional info - current oil unknown but done by previous owner 1000 miles ago

What do you want a recommendation for? - engine & gearbox please
 
durmz

durmz

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Make Toyota
Model Starlet Glanza v turbo
Year 1996
Engine size: 1331cc, standard engine

Any mods - air filter relocated, rx7 tmic, decat, japspeed exhaust

Type of use - fast road use

Additional info - the car is coming up to 190000km so im trying to maintain the best protection possible, because i still drive her hard :) also have the tgtt trackday coming up, so wanna keep her sweet for that, recomend changing oil before and after or??


What do you want a recommendation for? engine oil to use, just about to service, and gearbox oil for a manual gearbox with a clunky aftermarket lsd (trying to make it clunk less!), that i believe to be a cusco.

thank you very much.
 
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oilman

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durmz said:
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Make Toyota
Model Starlet Glanza v turbo
Year 1996
Engine size: 1331cc, standard engine

Any mods - air filter relocated, rx7 tmic, decat, japspeed exhaust

Type of use - fast road use

Additional info - the car is coming up to 190000km so im trying to maintain the best protection possible, because i still drive her hard :) also have the tgtt trackday coming up, so wanna keep her sweet for that, recomend changing oil before and after or??


What do you want a recommendation for? engine oil to use, just about to service, and gearbox oil for a manual gearbox with a clunky aftermarket lsd (trying to make it clunk less!), that i believe to be a cusco.

thank you very much.
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5w-40 synthetic for the engine, loads to choose from but the best and most popular are the ester based synthetics that can be found here http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-953-ester-synthetic.aspx

For the gearbox a 75w-90, cant go wrong with the Silkolene Syn5 75w-90 http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-673-75w-90.aspx

Cheers

Guy
 
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