Engine Oil

[Dawnlite]

anyone got detail on engine oil.. like the different between 0w-40 and 0w-30?

[Apollo]

ignore the nos in front of W, which stands for Winter Code.

 

the remaining nos stand for viscosity of the oil

 

for more details on oil, fr the guru himself

 

http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carb...eoil_bible.html

 

something basic abt engine oil

 

http://www.z-stab.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18

 

hth

[Genie47]

There is a difference even for a climate like ours. 0W and 5W oils flow at startup much faster than 15W or 20W oils.

[Stary]

less vicosity oil say 40w and 30w make the engine more noisy rite?

[Genie47]

Nope. Engine might be smoother. Faster to warm up so fuel economy better.

[Apollo]

40W 30W...

 

just to correct it. should bw W40, W30.

 

usually the case. lower viscosity, engine noisy.

 

but the higher group ones, fully ester has natural ability to stick to metal parts and make them smoother without needs for additives.

[Titanium]

5W-30 (Below 0 Edited October 15, 2004 by Titanium

[Dawnlite]

i am using 0W-30 castrol SLX for my 10mth old jazz.. well i can feel that is much more smoother and quieter. before this i am using royal purple... at first was ok, but after abt 6000km, the engine fell rough...

[Genie47]

10W30 for turbocharge a bit risky lah! 10W50 or 10W60 is better.

[Titanium]

I cut n paste only...

[Normal_aspirated]

After trying Mobil 1 and Carfour's cxxxxxe, and compared with ChemLube, I still find ChemLube is the best in term of price/performance..........

[Titanium]

Chemlube, Royal purple and amsoil, which one is better ?

 

Royal Purple cheapest right?

[Genie47]

RP in SG is the cheapest syn oil. RP is expensive in US. But RP's racing oil is expensive anywhere and they are very good.

 

Chemlube and Amsoil roughly the same price per qt. Amsoil is PAO base while Chemlube is ester base.

[Normal_aspirated]

IMOHO, ChemLube (esther based) & Amsoil is best for Jap cars in Sg roads.

[Apollo]

yes, RP is cheapest, but varies according to viscosity.

 

I would still recommend grp 5 fully ester. u hv choice of either chemlube or redline.

 

Amsoil like fast metal is an extended oil, no?

 

To know more, goto read up abt UOA (used oil analysis) of the various oil in bobtheoilguy.com forums

[Nismo]

where can i buy RP oil?

[Nismo]

alamak.. ok.. i looked around n saw..

Edited March 12, 2005 by Admin

[Apollo]

no trouble at all.

 

RP is also sold elsewhere, Option workshop is one of them, but neber ask their price. looking at the display, I didn't think it was gg to b cheap anyway.

 

ok lah, my name not robert.