What oil do you use?

tommo · Post by **tommo** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:55 pm

Hey,
Possibly a very simple question... but i'm just curious what sort of engine oil people are using in older model subies?
For example my '89 brumby with almost 250000km on it.

Can the oil you use have any effect on performance?

Appreciate any words of wisdom (whether actually wise or not)

Tommo.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:18 pm

i use a 20w 50 in mine done bout the same ks as urs

how loud r ur tappets if they are hell loud i would recomend a thicker oil to shut them up a bit

tristan

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:31 pm

penrite 20w 50 is the shiz

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:20 pm

90brumby wrote:i use a 20w 50 in mine done bout the same ks as urs

how loud r ur tappets if they are hell loud i would recomend a thicker oil to shut them up a bit

tristan

I always thought a thinner oil was the go for quietening down noisy tappets?

Post by **Alex** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:31 pm

penrite 50...

alex

twc · Post by **twc** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:47 pm

I use a 5 - 30 fully sinthetic castrol R at the moment because of noisy tappetts. does seem to make a difference over the 15-40 i was using.. I also notice that engine seems rev a liitle more freely and runs slightly cooler???? cant really explain why except the oil ia as good as they say!!! wanna be for $49.95 i paid for it.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:37 pm

AndrewT wrote:I always thought a thinner oil was the go for quietening down noisy tappets?

if they are lifters like in the ea82 mabye but the ea81 in brumbys have tappets which require adjusting when i put thick oil in my car they shut up 4 a bit anyway

donno could be wrong

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:52 am

Elf Excellium keeps my L's tappets silent

Xtreme_RX · Post by **Xtreme_RX** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:26 am

Mobil Syn S Semi Synthetic 10W/40.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:45 pm

Cheapo Powermax 20-50... Works a treat at $20 for 5 litres...

Post by **Alex** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:51 pm

to semi-hijack this thread...what oil do you use in your diff's?

alex

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:37 pm

Engine i run sythetic 10-40 in the diffs LSX90

dibs · Post by **dibs** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:59 pm

hi guys gulf western here then i add moreys addetive in all my motors forester brumby 10 tonne mittsi truck and 2.4 slowlux driving my pumps briggs in the ride on and my honda wipa snipa.it helps run cooler and good far start ups. just dont use it in a potor bike gear box . lol. anti friction dont go down with wet clutches der.
dibs

Xtreme_RX · Post by **Xtreme_RX** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:02 pm

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:In the diffs LSX90

Ditto.....

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed May 16, 2007 11:57 pm

after stripping down an engine with 70,000 miles on it, wash components to find no black runoff on white concrete, not a sign of dirty internals...I am with John Laws on this one for 24 years -Valvoline XLD and their 15W40 Diesel oil will go in Project Cheap Grief

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:10 am

dibs wrote:hi guys gulf western here then i add moreys addetive in all my motors forester brumby 10 tonne mittsi truck and 2.4 slowlux driving my pumps briggs in the ride on and my honda wipa snipa.it helps run cooler and good far start ups. just dont use it in a potor bike gear box . lol. anti friction dont go down with wet clutches der.
dibs

ok i wrk in an auto shop an we sell gulf western for 15buks a bottle
i have come to the conclusion that this is just a cheap oil

but if it is wrkin for u continue usin it
also had a guy that ran castrol magnetic in his 5 liter commondore and it did just less than 100,000 before it seized

only personal opinon

dibs · Post by **dibs** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:48 am

personal opinions count i think we all have one . iv herd bad things about all oil havent we all. i have a ??? what do people like victor bray ,lowndes,scaff,tander,ingall.graeme cowin, use realy i know they drop it after each meating .but its got to be there sponsers.
hell my dad had a 50 model hudson with a wet cork clutch and it used to shuder on hill starts. then he put a bardal additive in it stoped any nonsence.
its a bit like what radiator treatment to use. or what petrol, smokes or cars u name it . each to there own im not nocking anyone
funny thing if you read the back of the bottle its probably bottled by someone else lol .

dibs

ps im an older fart n like my wife says i got an apinion on every thing lol sorta like been there done that .

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun May 27, 2007 7:19 pm

I accidently put LSX90 into a gearbox once and found it made the box smoother in shifting. Your results may vary should you try it but i was pleased with the results. The gearbox had only 68000kms on it

keppler · Post by **keppler** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:22 pm

try changing the orings on the oil pump but i use penrite 20w 50

SUBYDAZZ · Post by **SUBYDAZZ** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:23 pm

EJ22 with 184000km - I use Castrol Magnatec, I think it is 10W40. Have used it in past 3 Subarus and seems to help with noisy tappets* - at least for the first 5-8000km after a change, had tried Shell Helix of same rating and it tapped from oil change.

* there are a multitude of things that may help of worsen the tappet noise.