What car do you have, and what lubricants do you use? Engine oil,transmission oil,etc

[louielou]

Pretty new to this forum, just wanted to know what kind of lubricants have you guys used in your cars? Motor oil, trans/gearbox oil/ brake/clutch fluids What has been the tried and the true, and what was a complete dud. THese days its a bit hard to know whats good, because sometimes they're just trying to sell you something, or its just overly hyped. Please tell us what car you own and why you stand by the products you use.

Much appreciated. :)

[louielou]

In the late 1990s, Castrol started selling an oil made from Group III base oil and called it SynTec Full Synthetic. Mobil sued Castrol, asserting that this oil was not synthetic, but simply a highly refined petroleum oil, and therefore it was false advertising to call it synthetic. In 1999, Mobil lost their lawsuit. It was decided that the word "synthetic" was a marketing term and referred to properties, not to production methods or ingredients. Castrol continues to make SynTec out of Group III base oils, that is highly purified mineral oil with most all of the cockroach bits removed.

Shortly after Mobil lost their lawsuit, most oil companies started reformulating their synthetic oils to use Group III base stocks instead of PAOs or diester stocks as their primary component. Most of the "synthetic oil" you can buy today is actually mostly made of this highly-distilled and purified dino-juice called Group III oil. Group III base oils cost about half as much as the synthetics. By using a blend of mostly Group III oils and a smaller amount of "true" synthetics, the oil companies can produce a product that has nearly the same properties as the "true" synthetics, and nearly the same cost as the Group III oil. The much more expensive traditional synthetics are now available in their pure forms only in more expensive and harder to obtain oils. To the best of my knowledge, Delvac-1, AMSOil, Redline, and Motul 5100 are the only oils made from pure traditional synthetics.

source:http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html

[kj9438]

i using castrol engine oil on my civic and jazz

[TheSaint]

93' EG8 Civic Gli (sedan)
D15b7 with USDM D16a6 cam, USDM D16z6 IM and JDM D15b gearbox
runs on Caltex Vortex 95/98
engine oil - OEM Honda FEO 10w30
trans oil - OEM Honda MTF
brake/clutch fluid - Project Mu G/Four 335
coolant - OEM Honda Blue Coolant

(ran the same setup in my Dc2 when i had it as well)

been running the car on OEM honda fluids since about 150k kms - has run on it fine all the way to 320k kms
tried FEO Ultra 5w30 when it came out - but it was too thin and the engine ate a bit of it - went back to normal FEO and never had a problem since
use J's Racing sump bolts on the engine and gearbox
honda oil is pretty much castrol oil that is specially formulated by honda

usually when im helping a mate out with a honda rebuild/restoration the first thing we do is goto honda and get all OEM fluids for it
almost always makes a big difference to how well the car runs straight off the bat

[DakDak]

In the late 1990s, Castrol started selling an oil made from Group III base oil and called it SynTec Full Synthetic. Mobil sued Castrol, asserting that this oil was not synthetic, but simply a highly refined petroleum oil, and therefore it was false advertising to call it synthetic. In 1999, Mobil lost their lawsuit. It was decided that the word "synthetic" was a marketing term and referred to properties, not to production methods or ingredients. Castrol continues to make SynTec out of Group III base oils, that is highly purified mineral oil with most all of the cockroach bits removed.

Shortly after Mobil lost their lawsuit, most oil companies started reformulating their synthetic oils to use Group III base stocks instead of PAOs or diester stocks as their primary component. Most of the "synthetic oil" you can buy today is actually mostly made of this highly-distilled and purified dino-juice called Group III oil. Group III base oils cost about half as much as the synthetics. By using a blend of mostly Group III oils and a smaller amount of "true" synthetics, the oil companies can produce a product that has nearly the same properties as the "true" synthetics, and nearly the same cost as the Group III oil. The much more expensive traditional synthetics are now available in their pure forms only in more expensive and harder to obtain oils. To the best of my knowledge, Delvac-1, AMSOil, Redline, and Motul 5100 are the only oils made from pure traditional synthetics.

source:http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html

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[Jccck]

use J's Racing sump bolts on the engine and gearbox

I'm assuming the J's sump bolts have the magnetic tip?

And i've always loved Penrite Engine oils, people will say it's overrated.. But i've heard many an engine shop swear by the stuff.
OEM Honda is great for all other misc' fluids.
And if you're after value, NULON is cheap, aussie and pretty good quality too!

[TheSaint]

I'm assuming the J's sump bolts have the magnetic tip?

And i've always loved Penrite Engine oils, people will say it's overrated.. But i've heard many an engine shop swear by the stuff.
OEM Honda is great for all other misc' fluids.
And if you're after value, NULON is cheap, aussie and pretty good quality too!

yup - had an opportunity to get them cheap and they have the magnetic tips - so i thought 'hell why not' lol
Nulon arnt bad - aussie brand too =)

i have heard good things about NEO oils - but i think they are called something else in australia

http://www.neosyntheticoil.com/

[Fredoops]

Www.bonistheoilguy.com. /thread loljks

2003 CL9 accord euro automatic

K24 with simple IHE.

Engine oil: Mobil One (USDM import. used both group 3 5w-30 and group 4 0w-40)
The newer Hondas with their lower tolerance levels love synthetic oil. I switched to mobil one and never looked back.
BITOG forum sources suggest Honda OEM is nothing other than an expansive castrol magnetic which I tend agree. Gonna try Amsoil (group 4) next.

Ps: Honda also has ther own full synthetic oil, Honda FEO ultra 5w-30 (group 3)

Auto tranny fluid: Honda OEM ATF-Z1. Imo, frankly, its rubbish, the fluid longevity just isn't there to satisfy the 60k km service interval Honda has on the auto tranny. 10 million auto tranny recalls in the USA proves the point.

Honda released a new type of auto tranny fluid ATF-dw1 which is supposed to be tougher and last longer.
But imma use Amsoil ATF instead next time around.

PS fluid: Honda OEM, due to the extra anti-frothing agent in the Honda ps fluids.

Coolant: Honda long life OEM

Brake fluid: castrol response super dot 4, but it only needs dot 3.

[TheSaint]

we just started using this on a few of our cars - amazing stuff

http://www.project-mu.com.au/en/products/other_fluid.php

[senna]

What is that equivalent to? Dot 4+ or Dot 5 etc?

[TheSaint]

i think its similar to Dot 4 ... but i would have to email marty to find out
ill ask him next time i get a brakes quote =)

[senna]

Cool, cheers

[louielou]

http://www.gllubricants.com/ some decent products at a competitive price.