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recommended engine oil
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:16 pm
by subie_1st_timer
wanna change my oil in the brumby
ive been using penrite oils for sometime now but what grade is recommended for a ea81 with 314000km on the clock??. i seen that the guy i brought it from had an invoice from the mechanic and they used castrol 15w/40... a bit thin i would think. should i go a bit thicker to a 20w/50?
would a synthetic or semi syn be worth while?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:23 pm
by Matatak
id use a minimum of a semisyn 20W50.
edit - going thicker if its showing alot of signs of wear and etc.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:25 pm
by Alex
Penrite hpr 40 or 50 would be perfect for her.
alex
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:44 pm
by Jack
I've used 10w30 semi-synthetic in my EA81 for the past 2 years and it works fine.
Engine's done around 370,000km, no leaks, very little extra oil needed between servicings (~ 150ml extra oil per 10,000km), fuel consumption is around 8.7 litres per 100km.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:59 am
by discopotato03
Your call , if it were mine it would be a good 20W50 .
A .
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:38 am
by Dutchy
I use penrite 20-50w and my car runs well.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:08 pm
by El_Freddo
Cringe as you may.
I use what ever cheap oil I can get. So long as its petrol motor oil and its clean i'm happy with it. Today (due to uni student budget) I lowered myself to the budget supermarket oil
I usually keep my oil the same brand between oil and filter changes but today i was desprate... love that lifter tick (all good now though).
My local parts joint has this oil "power max" 5L for $20. Goes pretty good, I got no complaints... and my engines are still running fine.
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:44 am
by Gazza01
My 91 Brumby had 430000 on the clock when I bought it and it used no oil. I immediately did a compression check on all cyclinders . Cyl's kPa's were 1123-1121-1120-1121. See the compression for the later Brumbies is 1128 kPa. I thought this to be ok. I use 15-40 Nulon Diesel engine oil in all my Toyotas so I have started using the 15-40 diesel oil in the Brumby drives good and still uses no oil. Any comments from u guys out there.
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:42 pm
by NachaLuva
Gazza01 wrote:My 91 Brumby had 430000 on the clock when I bought it and it used no oil. I immediately did a compression check on all cyclinders . Cyl's kPa's were 1123-1121-1120-1121. See the compression for the later Brumbies is 1128 kPa. I thought this to be ok.
My comment would be that is bloody brilliant!
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:41 pm
by El_Freddo
Hmmm... Thread dig, nice
That's a top effort with your brumby! Gotta be happy with that!
How times change, I now got with a Penrite all mineral 20-60W engine oil and keep it clean - either change it every 10k km as usual or when it gets dirty looking...
Cheers
Bennie