Engine oil

Richos · Post by **Richos** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:34 pm

Can anyone recommend a good engine oil for a 2007 forester x?
I use penrite hpr30 20/60 in my other car (Sierra) is this ok for Subaru
Cheers Richo

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:28 pm

Richos wrote:Can anyone recommend a good engine oil for a 2007 forester x?
I use penrite hpr30 20/60 in my other car (Sierra) is this ok for Subaru
Cheers Richo

Penrite hpr 30 (full mineral) is what was reccomend to me and what I will use in my newly rebuilt EA81.
As far as I know it is great for solid lifter, push rod engines.
Dunno how good it would be for an EJ series engine.

Cheers Cam

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:35 pm

Richos wrote:Can anyone recommend a good engine oil for a 2007 forester x?
I use penrite hpr30 20/60 in my other car (Sierra) is this ok for Subaru
Cheers Richo

sounds like a good oil in for the WA heat

littlewhiteute · Post by **littlewhiteute** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:40 pm

Too thick.

HPR 15 would be better.

Good enough for me, one car is turbocharged.

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:47 pm

I use Penrite HPR10 (10W50) fully synthetic for maximum protection

Richos · Post by **Richos** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:08 pm

nachaluva wrote:I use Penrite HPR10 (10W50) fully synthetic for maximum protection

Thanks for the replies, i was leaning towards fully synthetic for the newer engine so i think i'll probably go with the HPR10 or 15
Cheers Richo

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:19 pm

Are the HPR 10 15 and 20 mineral or synthetic.
Hpr 30 I know is full mineral.

Cheers Cam

taza · Post by **taza** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:27 pm

nachaluva wrote:I use Penrite HPR10 (10W50) fully synthetic for maximum protection

I use this too in my new motor in the foz. Works well but I'm yet to have it in on a week of 40+ degree days...
I used to use Shell Hellix 20W50

Tweety · Post by **Tweety** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:47 pm

It's an age old question and you'll get many different answers.

I read once....imagine your garage is your sump. Fill it with tennis balls. That non synthetic oil. Now refill it with marbles. Thats synthetic oil. So its much finer and therefore a better lubricant.

I rang a few oil manufacturers. I came away with the view that most recommend a synthetic blend so you get the best of both worlds and keep oil cost low. Thats for my ea81 that's done 90,000kms since full rebuild. The previous owner- an older mechanic that nursed his engines, used 20W-50 non syn.

10-12,000kms between changes. Buy oil filters in bulk. But up to 20,000 is ok nowadays with the advances in oil quality IMO.

Richos · Post by **Richos** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:28 pm

Did the service today and used HPR 5 fully synthetic.
I checked on the Penrite website and you can put in the make/model
and they recommend which oils are best suited, anyway i'll put some k's
on it and see how it go's.
Richo

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