Castrol Edge

[Elfenstar]

Courtesy of you in this thread, a lil bit of caution from Genie and my itchy backside (plus the 5W30 edge is on sale at my local autoshop) I swapped over to it today

 

I could get the 0W30 syntec (a.k.a. GC) for around the same price but i would have to wait for a week for it to be sent over. Any idea whats the formulation differences??? I can't seem to find any info on edge in bitog.

 

Unless i can get edge this cheap in future, I'm planning on going back to elf (but on excellium 0w30) for the next change if everything goes well with the 30wt. Between the sale (which made it cheaper for edge), I couldnt be stuffed driving 20kms in start-stop traffic just to buy oil today.

 

On a good note, between the new oil, re-adjusted idle control (abt 100rpm up but still 100rpm below factory specs) and new plugs (plus a "refreshed" dizzy and new leads 5000kms ago), she's running sweet. If i didn't know i had a broken engine mount, i would not be able to tell

[Seanboi]

wa bro... 20wt still doesnt meet ur needs ah.

10wt like super thin sia... u sure ur 1.6L can use?

[Kieran1975]

Hi bro, Forklift trading......

[Furrynadz]

syntec 0w30

http://www.castrol.com/liveassets/bp_inter..._syntec_usa.pdf

 

edge specs

http://www.edge.castrol.co.uk/

i downloaded the spec for edge b4 but forgot from where :p

Edited May 1, 2007 by Furrynadz

[Furrynadz]

edge 0w40

 

13.5 cst @ 100degc

79.3 cst @ 40degc

cp 5800 @35deg c

htsv 3.7

pour -54

base 10.2

[Cyberet]

engine designed to take 20wt, as for 10wt, won't know until i try

haha, but problem would be where to source for it.

when using 20wt, the engine oil level remains same throughout the entire 10k km. UOA also shows no additional wear, in fact slightly lesser wear, most prob due to the better flow during cold starts.

[Cyberet]

RP XPR 0W10

hmm.. do u have the link where bob tested? couldn't find it.

 

now.. where to source for the oil.. and besides being expensive, it shouldn't be able to last

Edited May 1, 2007 by Cyberet

[Elfenstar]

I'm not too sure abt the link. But if you search for Neo 0W5 it should pop up.

[Elfenstar]

Hmmz... might give the syntec a try in future to see if it feels better... My oil changes are every 5000kms so i don't need a long drain.

 

On another note, the car seems to really like the 30wt. I'm sure the fresh plugs (vs 25000kms ones previously) and the increase in idle speed does help, but she does feel a lot more perky and smooth thus far.

[Furrynadz]

just got 2 sweet bottles of ow40 edge and 2 free deckchairs

[Kieran1975]

From Forklift?

[Furrynadz]

no

fall from sky

[Poortraveller]

wats a deck chair? something like those director chair?

[Furrynadz]

yeap

open up two, can take rest after wash car

[Elfenstar]

I thought u're a fan of 20 and 30wt oils???

[Furrynadz]

nah

thats genie

 

my car recommended min is 0w30

[Fcw75]

For those who wants Castrol Edge 5W-30 or 10W-30 oil, I saw it at the new Autobacs Ubi. Japanese version one.

 

Not cheap though...5W-30 FE is $95 and 10W-30 is $85.

[Furrynadz]

i use b4 5w30 FE for my camry

 

at the 95$ price, i rather get amsoil and half the price