13th August 2004, 09:23 AM | #31 | |
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This makes finding alternatives difficult as I dont know what grade the oil is. I feels to me like it is being with held to stop you replacing with an alternative so your forced to buy the V160, I know BMW do a similar thing with some of their diff oils. However ive got stuck into this one now so I am going to give Toyata a good prod and see what comes back. Cheers Guy.
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I'll have a dig when i get home see if i have any more info.
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However there is an advantage to moving to a slightly thicker oil if the car is of quite high mileage and is driven hard. The problem with the 10w-60 is it is too thick. the 10w is fine the problem lies with the SEA60. When hot it is as thick as some gear oils! this is often read as good oil pressure etc. However your engine is having to work over time to pump this stuff around, to do this it takes power from elsewhere. The 5w-50 was a better choice however I believe the VI improvers have to work over time to control the balance between such a large viscosity range. To cover a range this large thay have to throw in lots and lots of VI improver. Evan though VI improvers are in every multigrade, the Less Vi improvers the better. Go for a 10w-50. This should be Ideal. We have the Silkolene Pro S 10w-50 which is a very good ESTER synthetic, or the Mobil 1 15w-50 PAO synthetic. E-mail me at sales@opieoils.co.uk for a full price list. Cheers Guy
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Cheers Oilman, will be ordering some soon.
By the way, if it helps with the getrag v160 gearbox oil issue, I know that the same gearbox was used in the Porsche 968 and the Lotus Carlton. Cheers mate.
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It's also used in the R34 Skyline and I believe the Corvette once it went 6-speed.
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Cheers guys,
That helps. Im on it. Guy
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Oilman,
I'm running with Shell Helix in my TT supra. Nothing wrong with that is there? I thought that if shell make the best fuel for our cars, then they surely must make a good oil for them as well?
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What grade are you using? I can then recomend a selection that I can stand by. Cheers Guy.
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Going back to the V160 oil - there is an Esso oil that is recommended for the Skyline (which has the same box..) Esso ATF D21065
It's not the same as far as I know...but it does get used in Getrag box's
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Simon, nice to have you on the site, your clearly very clued-up on this stuff.
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