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Old 03-19-03, 11:37 AM
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Which grade of oil for an FD?

Which grade of oil and company are you guys using on your FD?
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I've been running Mobil 1 15w50 for almost 2 years now.
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Just kidding. I've been running Royal Purple Racing 51 (20W-50) and I've got some Racing 41 (10W-40) to try.

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10w30 for the past 5 years on my FD using any major brand name.
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mobil1 15w 50 is what i heard is good
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Originally posted by vosko
castrol GTX 20w50

Same here, Castrol 2050
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So in other words, it doesnt really matter

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I firmly believe in synthetics for turbo'd cars due to the high temps in the turbo.

Was using royal purple 5W30 with no issues but due to cost I switched to Mobil1. With my new single turbo I got a bit of oil leaking into the compressor section with the M1 5W30 so I switched to M1 15W50 and no more oil leakage.
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using mobil 1 10/40 now....switching to 15/50 at my next oil change.
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I had your same setup and was very happy with Redline 20/50.
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RX7.com says its gotta be 20/50.
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Mobil 1 5w-50 ........ the best I have EVER run !

I learnt the hard way (I thank one of my competitors for letting me refresh his engine! "only run on M1 since new" ), only wish I found this product sooner

I was shocked with the reduced wear since that day 3 years ago I never looked back
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I have been looking for a good source for Mobil 1 5w50 synthetic. I do believe that Jeg's here in Columbus carries it? Where do you guys source your expensive synthetics?
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Try NAPA, Autozone and Pep Boys.
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Thanks for all the replies It looks like I'll be going with 20w50 synthetic oil.
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straight 50wt is the best , no thinner than 20/50 if you value your front main bearing!! i use Royal Purple nitro 51 in the race car and put straight 50 wt in cutomers cars.


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straight 50wt is the best , no thinner than 20/50 if you value your front main bearing!! i use Royal Purple nitro 51 in the race car and put straight 50 wt in customers cars.


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I have heard that if keeping the oil squirters you don't want to use synthetic because of combustion properties...anyone have any more info on this?
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That is ancient news. Specifically, ash content from synthetics, which is not what is was in 93.

RedLine Synthetic 10W30, shifting to Royal Purple
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15/40 Motul 4000 LL


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