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Originally Posted By: A_Harman I think the RL 5w30 will work fine for a low pressure turbo on a stock engine. RL & Motul are both ester-based oils, and are similar in specs and performance. Redline is made in California and is cheaper less expensive. I've heard great things about Redline and...

Stick with whatever oil viscosity the manuafacturer recommends in the owners manual, I believe for a 2006 Scion XB, it is 5w30. Any 5w30 synthetic oil, no matter the brand will be fine with your car and protect better then conventional oil.

No water-cooled bearing housing. 6.5 psi Stock motor No oil cooler currently, I do have one from when I was using a supercharger, need to work on extending the oil lines as the charge pipe for the intercooler is now in the way. I really like Motul's racing motor oil, how would you say Redline...

I want the definitive answer to whether it is okay to switch from the manufacturer recommended 5w30 to a 10w40 motor oil? I recently put a turbo on my 2006 Scion TC and plan on tracking the car, should I switch to 10w40? I'm sure this topic has been discussed several times, I've read that due...

So what kind of oil do you suggest? Now that I've added an oil cooler, I'm hoping that it'll help with the oil shearing. I'm fairly happy with the report, it seems like the oil did its job in protecting my engine considering that I drove 90 track miles in 5 sessions, each 15-20 mins non stop...

2006 Scion tC TRD Supercharger Odometer: 144,314 miles Valvoline Racing Synthetic VR1 10w30 - SL formula WIX Air & Oil filter 10% street/ 90% freeway: 1129 miles HPDE Streets of Willow track day: 90 miles Total miles placed on oil: 1219 miles Recently installed an oil cooler on my car, should...

Originally Posted By: Artem Being boosted changes the whole situation. With the added power of the supercharger (more heat) i would recommend you trying a 5w-40. Your engine could also be wearing out a little, with the added stress of Boost in an engine designed to be N/A, hence burning a bit...

Hey guys, Thanks for all the informative information. Here's a little more info about my car. It is supercharged and has 130k, mainly from lots of freeway driving daily with occasional spirited drives in the canyons and track days . I replaced the pcv valve like someone suggested yesterday...

Is it okay to use 5w40 in my car that the manufacturer calls for 5w30? I'm so confused on the topic of switching to a higher weight oil. Ie. Tight Bearing clearance of today modern engines. The reason I want to try 5w40 is because I've noticed more oil consumption then normal but have no leaks...

Originally Posted By: Basil Oh wow I read 2AZ-FE and assumed Camry... Try SSO, I've been using it in my 2AZ-FE Camry with good results. Mine only sheared down to 9.7 Cst at 100C after 9.3k OCI. That's with 2.2% Fuel Dilution. Pretty impressive, I think. Obviously, with a supercharger, it might...

Originally Posted By: tig1 For a 15K oil, would it continue to shear down if you ran it for it's designed use? With this last oil change, I noticed the 5qt of Castrol Edge U.S. no longer claims 15k oil change invervals. What is Castrol doing?

Wow, thanks for all the great input and comments. The temps here in California were pretty cool, I would say average temps were 80F when I used this oil. With the summer heat coming very soon, I still shouldn't worry about using this oil?

2006 Scion TC Castrol Edge 5w30 changed at 5000 miles. I drove 60+ miles everyday for work and two spirited driving runs through some canyon roads on this oil. This is the fifth oil change I've used Castrol Edge and I really like the way my car feels so I decided to send the Castrol Edge in for...