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fazza
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17th May 12 at 08:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What's the best oil to use in my c20let. My engines quite tappy so was hoping to get a thickish oil? Perhaps fully synth??
Would that work?

Any make work better than another?
corsa-vxr
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17th May 12 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cat go wrong with gm oil bud and its fairly cheap used to be 12quid for 5 litres think its went up to 15 now
john_redtop
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18th May 12 at 13:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I use 10w40 castrol GTX on my XE that's a bit tappy on first start from cold then quiets down once warmed up
Mikey_j
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18th May 12 at 19:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Gm 10w40 all day long
P1CK4D
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18th May 12 at 19:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I used GM in mine aswell
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possy
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21st May 12 at 01:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i ust to use gm 10 40 or castral 10 40 now i use 15 40 no more oil leaks and runs nice and the oil isnot like cat piss dead thin
BeArDy
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21st May 12 at 07:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Always run 15 40 in mine.
It states 10 40 in all the books but that was when it was new not 15years old
Jed D
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21st May 12 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sorry to thread crash and that but is it true that you have to use mineral oil when building one?

iv used 10-40 gtx

 
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