edge Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 As the V160 is no longer available i wanted to know what is a good tried and tested substitute. I found this post here Is this any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 No more V160?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayney Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I mate I spoke to Mark at Pheonix about this the other day. He said Shell or BP do a similar oil. May be worth giving him a buzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 speak to ryan.g he will tell you what NOT to use lol the oil in his supe rotted the gearbox seals big time, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 CW put mine in, no idea what though but I am sure it is good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 This thread may be useful: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=92481 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 This thread may be useful: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=92481 Nice one, Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Apparently Royal purple do a fully synthetic that doesn't kill the box. Most other synthetic gear oils allegedly do (IIRC Red Line was said to cause increased wear leading to faliure within 30K miles), so beware!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I have Royal purple in my box, works just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Snake Oil 101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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