oil grade
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oil grade
Ive put in 5-30w castrol magnatax synthetic oil to attempt to quieten down the ticking is this grade ok for the british climate, or is it better for colder temperatures?
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Now gone: Autozam AZ-3(Jap spec MX-3). 91, 1498cc DOHC 120bhp as standard. Manual, A.C, 17" black chromes with 205/40/17. Stainless Steel Exhaust,Pipercross Filter, Eco-tek valve, Strut brace, Racing steering wheel.
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says in the book 5w30 for COLD temperatures only...
that stuff is like water in our climate, you wanna be putting 10w30 (the book says) in the UK.
I've got semi-synthetic, 10W40 in mine and it runs fine.. no noise at all from the lifters, apart from occasionally they rattle for a while... (and very rarely one or two of them rattle for ages... scary stuff ) but its been really good so far on 10W40..
get that 5w30 out of there if i was you, too thin.. not enough protection unless your running under 5 degrees C kinda stuff... and that dont happen THAT often in UK summer LOL
that stuff is like water in our climate, you wanna be putting 10w30 (the book says) in the UK.
I've got semi-synthetic, 10W40 in mine and it runs fine.. no noise at all from the lifters, apart from occasionally they rattle for a while... (and very rarely one or two of them rattle for ages... scary stuff ) but its been really good so far on 10W40..
get that 5w30 out of there if i was you, too thin.. not enough protection unless your running under 5 degrees C kinda stuff... and that dont happen THAT often in UK summer LOL
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Hmmm, I've got 10W40 GTX Magnatec Oil in my RS too.
Good stuff methinks - don't know what was in there before.
Seems to be OK. Engine runs quietly without rattling.
Good stuff methinks - don't know what was in there before.
Seems to be OK. Engine runs quietly without rattling.
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