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Is 0w30 fully sinthetic oil alright for the zlet?
cant remember, im sure ive heard people using this
cheers for any advice
there is loads of different opinions on this one mate
do a search and make your own mind up ;)
i just had a search and can only find 1 preson saying they were using it and they wanted to chance it for one thas not a thin
so is it 5w 30 or 10w 40 whats everyones opinon on this as im doing mine tomorow so need to know tonight
welsh-andy
25-10-2006, 22:29
i was told 5w/30 is too thin for the zlet,hence thats y i selling it on egay
thats what i think too. i use 5w40 (fully synth)
welsh-andy
25-10-2006, 23:21
rob says he uses 5w30 with np's. so i mite try mine after
A lot of the recommendations (oilman...) are for a 5w40 FS and so many are saying to avoid the semi stuff.
I have 5w30 in now and all is well. Oil usually sits at about 85-90 celcius on normal driving, going up to about 95-100 on a good blast. No tapping from a 91k miler engine on cold starts etc etc.
The 5 is a good choice coming into the winter and i wouldn't say there's too much difference between the 30 and 40 in the winter. (waits to be shot down in flames for the last comment!!)
jamesmurray
25-10-2006, 23:38
im running 0w40 mobil 1 stuff at the moment and its running sweet as nut. doesnt use any oil at all. up until now ive been using 10w40 semi-synth, but il stick to the fully synth from now on becuase of the extended oil change range.
jimbo
id change it more often if your running the engine on cs3....
10w40 fully syn. here.
Amsoil from Courtenays
jamesmurray
26-10-2006, 10:56
i was always changing it at 3k miles on semisynth, but with fullysynth u can leave it a fair bit longer. im going to give it a good 5-6k miles before i change it again, pouring money down the drain if you do it before.
jimbo
montyfox
26-10-2006, 18:46
Been using mobil 1 0w-40 on my zlet, no smoke, no problems.
well changed my oil yesterday and put in 5w30 so we will see how it goes, seems fine so far
welsh-andy
27-10-2006, 22:32
cool,aint had the weather to change mine yet,bloody welsh weather:(