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jamesgtturbo
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Make: Toyota
Model: Glanza V ep91
Year: 1996
Engine size/type: 1331 cc
Any mods: basic ct9 modifications
Type of use (road/track): fast road
Additional info (max oil temps, current oil used) : i use 5w 40 fully synthetic ford oil ( i work for ford
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What do you want a recommendation for? Engine, Gearbox etc?
gearbox i reccomend 75w 90 redline gearbox oil , ive always used 5w 40 past 3/4 years in starlets never had a problem
Model: Glanza V ep91
Year: 1996
Engine size/type: 1331 cc
Any mods: basic ct9 modifications
Type of use (road/track): fast road
Additional info (max oil temps, current oil used) : i use 5w 40 fully synthetic ford oil ( i work for ford
)What do you want a recommendation for? Engine, Gearbox etc?
gearbox i reccomend 75w 90 redline gearbox oil , ive always used 5w 40 past 3/4 years in starlets never had a problem
ann_kelvin
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Make: Toyota
Model: Starlet Glanza V
Year: 1998
Engine size/type: 1.3 turbo
Any mods: no mod
Type of use (road/track) Road use and long road use
Additional info (max oil temps, current oil used) - No idea on the oil temps, currently using Mobil 10w-40 and gearbox oil royal purple 75w-90.
What do you recommend for engine and Gear box.
thanks
Model: Starlet Glanza V
Year: 1998
Engine size/type: 1.3 turbo
Any mods: no mod
Type of use (road/track) Road use and long road use
Additional info (max oil temps, current oil used) - No idea on the oil temps, currently using Mobil 10w-40 and gearbox oil royal purple 75w-90.
What do you recommend for engine and Gear box.
thanks
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Dave.
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http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/showthread.php?t=11002
Grade................0degC............10degC...... .........40degC...............100degC
0w-40...............665cst.............354cst........ ..........82cst................14cst
5w-40...............842cst............ 430cst..................91cst................14cst
10w-40.............874cst.............440cst .................91cst................14cst
15w-40...........1260cst.............595cst........... ......107cst................14cst
(CST = A unit of kinematic viscosity. 1 centistoke = 0.01 stoke.)
Essentially, a 10w40, has a certian viscosity (thickness, or ability to flow) at operating temperature. At operating temperature, 0w40,5w40,10w40, 15w40 all have the same viscosity, the first number, before the w is basically how thick it will be when cold.
At operating temperature a *w30 oil would be thinner than a *w40 oil.
So, a 0w40 will provide you with great cold start protection, as the car (oil pump etc) can move it (the oil) around more freely within the engine when cold, as you can see, it is the thinnest when starting from cold (although still not nearly as thin as when at operating temperature).
On top of this, the further apart the two numbers are (the 10 and the 40 for example in 10w40), the more additives are present to give the oil its multigrade property)
Oilman has given much more info in his post above, but that should give you a rough idea
Dave
Why has mine been ignored?
Sorry, didnt mean to miss it.
5w-40 is fine for the engine at those temps, though you can do much better then the halfords stuff that is not synthetic at all, it is what they call a hydrocracked mineral oil.
For the straight cut gearbox I would look at a decent synthetic such as the Silkolene Syn5 75w-90, not cheap but will help to protect the straight cut gears.
Cheers
Guy.
Make: Toyota
Model: Glanza V ep91
Year: 1996
Engine size/type: 1331 cc
Any mods: basic ct9 modifications
Type of use (road/track): fast road
Additional info (max oil temps, current oil used) : i use 5w 40 fully synthetic ford oil ( i work for ford
What do you want a recommendation for? Engine, Gearbox etc?
gearbox i reccomend 75w 90 redline gearbox oil , ive always used 5w 40 past 3/4 years in starlets never had a problem
Those choices are fine, the Ford oil is designed to shear down (thin) very quickly so keep it changed on a regular basis.
What redline you using for the box?
Cheers
Guy.
Ok, there is only one main difference between these two.
The 5w is slightly thinner ot cold temps then a 10w so this allows for better start up protection, warms up faster and circulates quicker.
When hot they are both the same viscositty SAE40 and this is measured at 100degc.
On a side note, 10w40 oils tend to be semi synthetic and 5w-40 tend to be synthetic.
Cheers
Guy.
You choice of oils are fine, you could upgrade the 10w-40 semi synthetic Mobil to a decent 5w-40 synthetic for better protection.
Royal Purple fine for the gearbox.
Cheers
Guy.
L900CMC
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Thank you sir
ann_kelvin
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Thanks a lot for the advice Guy.
Kelly
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We bought the Halfords fully synthetic , i did see the mineral stuff and part synthetic on the shelf but bought the fully.
sx_turbo
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sx_turbo
Lifer
its actually mineral oil.
it is mineral oil where the particles are manipulated to become a type of synthetic.
this type of synthetic is no where near as good as true synthetic, the problem being is that true synthetic is bloody expensive to make.
hence why true synthetics are £35+ per gallon, and bmw and vw specify this grade.
your £15-20 halfords and other stuff is this cheap manipulated stuff.
halfords oil is made by COMMA, comma make most of the cheap stuff, but it is not as good as what they actually put in there own bottles.
wee-jo
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Make - Toyota
Model - Glanza V
Year - 1996
Engine Size - 1.3 Turbo
Mods - HKS Exhaust, Double plated clutch, TRD Quickshift, HKS Actuator and HKS Fuel cut defender
Road Use - Fast road use/long drives
Oil Type - no idea sorry
Was just wondering if you could recommend an oil type for my engine and gearbox as I'm not sure on types eg semi-synthetic or synthetic
Cheers man
Model - Glanza V
Year - 1996
Engine Size - 1.3 Turbo
Mods - HKS Exhaust, Double plated clutch, TRD Quickshift, HKS Actuator and HKS Fuel cut defender
Road Use - Fast road use/long drives
Oil Type - no idea sorry
Was just wondering if you could recommend an oil type for my engine and gearbox as I'm not sure on types eg semi-synthetic or synthetic
Cheers man
You can use either, semi or full synthetic. From a quality, performance and protection point of view synthetics are better in everyway.
For the engine a 5w-40, something like the Motul 8100 5w-40 is a good choice at a good price http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-877-mot...line-and-diesel-engine-oil-100-synthetic.aspx
For the gearbox a synthetic too, if you want to go all out something like this http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-850-silkolene-silktran-syn-5-75w-90-fully-synthetic-gear-oil.aspx
Cheers
Guy.