Synthetic Oil for Euro

[Lozer]

The problem with friction additive oils & any friction mod oils is that the friction oil makes the bore in your motor very slipery & eventuly leaves a very hard film in the bore & then your rings don't do there job & lets oil pass the rings to ezy, eventuly leading to excesive oil usiage & loss of compression in your motor. I have been using Penrite ever since it came out & not once have i ever had a problem even when i raced cars back then. I did rember in the 70s Gastrol put to much friction additives in there oils & stuffed up a hell of a lot of motors. Just me ten cents worth!...

[Jasemas]

Castrol Edge Titanium 5w 40SN is on sale at repco for $35
Usual retail is $75

[Fredoops]

The most common anti friction agent used soluble Moly, I've yet to read a case of it soluble Moly ruining a modern engine or leaving hard films. Zinc on the other had does exactly that leaving a hard film, and high content of zinc kills your cat converter and can corrode certain cam metals or foul your spark plug (probably not in the amount in the hpr5 contains tho) .

Part of reason is why zinc is being replaced by titanium in certain oils.

[Lozer]

MMMMMMM Fredoops, I did not no that. what do you recomend for a 30,000 klm 2011 Euro.?

[ChaosMaster]

MMMMMMM Fredoops, I did not no that. what do you recomend for a 30,000 klm 2011 Euro.?

If your driving everyday, then any old Synthetic oil is good. It's better to do more regular changes than to buy a good oil and keeping it in there for prolonged periods. Castrol Edge is a great oil when it's on sale (usually around the $30 mark)

[Jasemas]

Again boys 5w40 edge is on sale at repco!

[Fredoops]

MMMMMMM Fredoops, I did not no that. what do you recomend for a 30,000 klm 2011 Euro.?

Factory Fill for the CU2 euro's are 5w20 or 0w20 synthetic.

pause for a sec and think about that for a moment when choosing oils.

[Jasemas]

Is that why they are using oil because its too thin?
Had a chat with the foreman of a honda dealership in perth and agreed about the oil being too thin

[ChaosMaster]

Is that why they are using oil because its too thin?
Had a chat with the foreman of a honda dealership in perth and agreed about the oil being too thin

They do it to meet newer emission standards. But because they know it's too thin, they made burning 0.5L oil every 1000km within "specifications"

[laijer]

What do you guys think of the Valvoline SynPower 5w-40?
It's on special at Repco for $29.99 save $35. $65 at Supercheap Auto.

[Lozer]

Not a grate lover of Valvoline Especialy when you see it for sale in K Mart or Big W. I allways use Penrite But thats just me.

[Fredoops]

Get valvoline, lots of good UOAs on bitog.

Should be good for the cl9.