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I used 10w10 Penrite racing for 230000km and 15 years, in a 2 litre Astra turbo. When I sold it the engine was like new. Typical oil use over a 10000km oil change would be about 100ml (1/10 the is dipstick high to low marks, they are about 1 litre apart) from 4.3litres of oil (4300ml). Probably...

Oops, forgot to quote, this is in response to the guy asking if engines have ball bearings. Not usually, there are usually some on the motor in ancillaries, belt idle wheels, but not exposed to engine oil. Maybe the 1.0 ecoboost with its timing belt that runs in oil has them? Roller rockers...

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 What should we call it? Royal Purple?

Originally Posted By: Shannow So the shells are all rebadged Pennzoil ? (or vice versa). I missed something there. Shell bought Pennzoil-Quaker State in 2002. The Shell Helix Ultra they sell in Australia is the same as the 5w-40 Pennzoil Ultra. I am not sure what Pennzoil platinum is...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Pennzoil is pretty much a no show in Oz these days. Huh? It's every where. Pennzoil is Shell in Australia. Repco has 20% off Shell oils (including ultra) at the moment. BTW, OP, don't use Penrite Enviro unless your car is spec'd for it, it has low zinc (just over...

Originally Posted By: Doug Hillary Hi, Shannow - The new Group 5 lubricants being developed from 'roo and Camel fats (our most plentiful animals) will have better characteristics than the Kiwi lanolin based versions First they need to control the jumps in performance and get over a few humps...

WD40 should be sold as perfume for women to attract men

Well, I normally do all my own work on my car. This was sort of an emergency. Sunday afternoon I discovered water in my oil. I needed the car for travel to and from work. So I grabbed a hire car and got a mechanic to fix it up. It could have taken me a couple of weeks to sort otherwise. They...

When I had my oil cooler replaced and was picking up the car, the mechanic noticed some oil or such had got onto the windscreen. He grabbed a can of spray and a rag and cleaned it off. I asked what it was he spray. He said WD40, it's great for cleaning off oil. Two days later I am seperating my...

Originally Posted By: HerrStig How much of that is TAXES? Tax of 10% is already included. So working backwards that would be 9.09% of the selling price.

I think it's like the Purple Teletubby, a "lifestyle" choice oil, if you get my drift

I have emailed the Penrite tech questioning the oil recommended for my car. They had a 15w50 recommended (the thickest option in the manual or a 15w40. I asked about the 10w40 and the response was "We recommended using a 15w oil as that is what holden spec'd". I wondered about the quality of...

What does that say for OCIs on Mobil 1?

I just use their 10w-40 racing oil. It is not like we need the 0w feature in Australia, except for the oil being thinner at startup. Take a look at the specs though. At 40C the 10w-40 is 92VI and the 0w-50 is 108VI, the 10w is the thinner oil when cool. Also the 10w-40 has the advantage of no...

Mobil 1 EP, high efficiency with high capacity, enough to not require 3000 mile changes like some other high efficiency filters.