SUPRA FLY Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Whats the best engine oil to use on a 1994 Supra? Before anyone mentions I did do a search and found nothin. Lookin to have the engine oil and filter changed but wanted to know which oil peeps recommend. Castrol maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Castrol RS 10w 60 out of choice. Valvoline 5w50 on a VFM basis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Are there any really bad oils? or viscosity ranges that aren't recommended? seems to be a fairly wide range of oils used in general.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRA FLY Posted April 29, 2004 Author Share Posted April 29, 2004 Yep thats why am slighty ish about it all. I topped up the oil the other day and put half a litre of Shell Helix Plus which is semi-synthetic because the Helix Ultra (more suittable for performance engines and recommended by Ferrari) which is fully synthetic says its for engines less than 10 years old.....not sure of the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 is GTX magnatec 10w - 40 shite? Thats what i was thinking of using... used to use the same on my MR2 Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Magnetec is not recommended for the Supra...even by Castrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by Alex Holdroyd Magnetec is not recommended for the Supra...even by Castrol. well il give that a miss then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 No Magnatec is semi synth, use a fully synth. 5w50 10w60 15w50 will all be fine, especially the thicker one with summer coming (as some say its a bit thick for winter starting). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Well halfrauds are doing buy 1 get 1 free on their own make 5W/40 fully synthetic motor oil if thats any interest to you. I bought some at £29.99 for 2 five litre containers which I am going to use to drain and flush my new TT donk when I finally get it Hint Hint Neil lol:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by dangerous brain Well halfrauds are doing buy 1 get 1 free on their own make 5W/40 fully synthetic motor oil if thats any interest to you. I bought some at £29.99 for 2 five litre containers which I am going to use to drain and flush my new TT donk when I finally get it Hint Hint Neil lol:p Bollocks to that - its just had a 400 quid service Every fluid changed Arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD3000GT Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 OH Yes its an NA as well. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRA FLY Posted April 30, 2004 Author Share Posted April 30, 2004 Its time to cus its people so to sort this out am I right in thinkin any Fully Synthetic engine oil will do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Upto you. U get what you pay for. Mobil 1 tends to get past the seals though. The Valvoline is quite cheap if your on a budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Alex, not disbelieving you, where do Castrol say that about the Magnatec 10-40w. Never heard it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRA FLY Posted April 30, 2004 Author Share Posted April 30, 2004 Puttin budget aside ....which is the best oil to use then cus it looks like not everyone knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Stick in some Valvoline Synpower 5w50. Came out top of the poll down on here a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by Terry S Alex, not disbelieving you, where do Castrol say that about the Magnatec 10-40w. Never heard it before. Same question Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timwildman Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by Terminator Same question Alex. Someone from the other side, phoned castrol up and asked them. They said not good for turbo cars. Even though Toyota put it in my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Nothing documented?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by HISUPE Bollocks to that - its just had a 400 quid service Every fluid changed Arse. Yeah but any good engineer will tell ya when ya hump an dump an generally maul an engine or gearbox you release all sorts of crap that was stuck in allsorts of places into said component (you can't tell I used to work in an early failure detection unit can ya lol) and that standard practice post engine/transmission change is to drain and flush and replace All filters (we used to then send them for analysis including an oil sample lookin at PPM parts per million of metals suspended in the oil) So for the sake of £30 I will whack 2 cans of fully sythentic oil through the blighter over the tuning runs. Bear in mind post chinook helicopter aft transmision change we run it for approx 20 minutes on the ground and empty the oil out and refill at 125 litres of £2 a litre oil then run it for 20 more minutes and do it again, Oh and again between 5 and 25 flying hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Originally posted by dangerous brain Yeah but any good engineer will tell ya when ya hump an dump an generally maul an engine or gearbox you release all sorts of crap that was stuck in allsorts of places into said component (you can't tell I used to work in an early failure detection unit can ya lol) and that standard practice post engine/transmission change is to drain and flush and replace All filters (we used to then send them for analysis including an oil sample lookin at PPM parts per million of metals suspended in the oil) So for the sake of £30 I will whack 2 cans of fully sythentic oil through the blighter over the tuning runs. Bear in mind post chinook helicopter aft transmision change we run it for approx 20 minutes on the ground and empty the oil out and refill at 125 litres of £2 a litre oil then run it for 20 more minutes and do it again, Oh and again between 5 and 25 flying hours. Fooking hell mate - its only a car piston engine LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cargill Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Originally posted by dangerous brain Bear in mind post chinook helicopter aft transmision change we run it for approx 20 minutes on the ground and empty the oil out and refill at 125 litres of £2 a litre oil then run it for 20 more minutes and do it again, Oh and again between 5 and 25 flying hours. Is that how you stopped the failures? BTW is FADEC working properly these days, I've not heard of anything bad for a while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Originally posted by Timwildman Someone from the other side, phoned castrol up and asked them. Tim are you in regular contact with the other side? its just that i've got old relatives i'd like to catch up with......... er to stay on the techie side, what would make an oil ok for the NA supra but not the TT? I know the turbo's etc can give the oil a harder time and hence more regular changes but i've never heard of a oil being ok for NA's but not TT's........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 scooter, temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Talking of the otherside, Alex, you may wish to pass this link to Nathan and send him all my best wishes http://www.zeitronix.com although he fishes here regularly so he will probably see it himself;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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