Oils aint Oils

[SIVART]

I also use Castrol edge 10w60 Full Syn

its great to use and highly recomended if your giving the car a hard time

its a bit pricy $70 but I dont drive the car enough to complain


Gearbox + transfer case: Castrol Vmx80 just perfect
rear diff: Castrol LSX 80 (Lsd) very thick

 

[veerfour]

I also use Castrol edge 10w60 Full Syn

its great to use and highly recomended if your giving the car a hard time

its a bit pricy $70 but I dont drive the car enough to complain


Gearbox + transfer case: Castrol Vmx80 just perfect
rear diff: Castrol LSX 80 (Lsd) very thick

VMX80 is a mineral oil, the reason it works well is because it is the right spec. GL4. the one to use is castrol syntrans 75W-85 (full synthetic) not the 75W90 one that is GL5. Vr4, gsrs and i assume early evos require GL4.

Also for the engine maybe try some 10W-40 royal purple apparently its pretty good. I might try the 10W-40 synthetic Nulon stuff next service.

 

[p3akin]

to bring and old thread up..

i use castrol edge 10 60 in the winter, and 0 40 for the summer...

brake fluid i use the project mu ones i got from racer industries..

havent done a gearbox oil change yet, and am thinking about doing one soon.. any recommendations...?

 

[evopwr]

to bring and old thread up..

i use castrol edge 10 60 in the winter, and 0 40 for the summer...

brake fluid i use the project mu ones i got from racer industries..

havent done a gearbox oil change yet, and am thinking about doing one soon.. any recommendations...?

hey pete,

should the oils be the other way around?

ie 0w40 for winter use as its 'colder' and you need thin cold-start oil.

The factory recomendations for 4g63t engines is 10w-30 or 5w-30 in winter, and 20w-40 in summer.

Regardless, I use Castrol edge 5w-30 as it's the closest to factory recommendations (10w-40) but cheaper.

 

[p3akin]

not too sure alex...?

thats what ive been told to do... hm. LOL

 

[Entaran]

Actually for Australian conditions the factory recommendations are 15w50 all year round. 10w-30 and 20w-50 are only for japanese conditions where it actually snows and gets below zero.

Unfortunately, nobody has e1-3's with aussie owners manuals so it took a while for this info to filter. 10w-30 over here will create massive lifter noise.

Gearbox oil should be 75w90, I use redline mt90

 

[evopwr]

In the factory maintenance book it says for temperatures above 0 degrees, 20w-40 should be used.
15w-50 is close enough I guess.