Synthetic or non synthetic oil for turbo setup?
05-28-2010, 07:50 PM
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another for rotella T here, cheap and works great! My lt1 had a 7.5Q pan, and I did royal purple once, cost me 100 for oil and a filter. Hated the stuff and switched to rotella T
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05-30-2010, 12:34 AM
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I should have been a little bit clearer in my statement. The usual over the counter syn oil does not have all the good stuff you want in it. Like all the extra zinc, etc. You need to buy something like Amsoil or Royal Purple to get all the additives they took out of good oil like the OLD Mobil One. IMO there are some good regular oils like Rotella that have all the additives AND Valvoline VR1 racing oil. I personally use the Valvoline VR1 racing oil 20w/50 in my Supra and tons of my Supra friends run the same oil w/out issues... Its a little more than the regular oil, but a little less than top synthetics.
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welp guess if thats true, sounds like a good reason to use it to me.. I deffinatly cant tell my pops this..he'll go 11-14k per oil change with what ever cheap **** walmart puts in his new Tundra..if i told him synthertic never breaks down..good chance hed never change his oil
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welp guess if thats true, sounds like a good reason to use it to me.. I deffinatly cant tell my pops this..he'll go 11-14k per oil change with what ever cheap **** walmart puts in his new Tundra..if i told him synthertic never breaks down..good chance hed never change his oil
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05-30-2010, 09:04 AM
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I should have been a little bit clearer in my statement. The usual over the counter syn oil does not have all the good stuff you want in it. Like all the extra zinc, etc. You need to buy something like Amsoil or Royal Purple to get all the additives they took out of good oil like the OLD Mobil One. IMO there are some good regular oils like Rotella that have all the additives AND Valvoline VR1 racing oil. I personally use the Valvoline VR1 racing oil 20w/50 in my Supra and tons of my Supra friends run the same oil w/out issues... Its a little more than the regular oil, but a little less than top synthetics.
I think phosphorous is another additive to ease the wear on valvetrains but it kills converters..so many of the companies have pulled it out of their oils.
05-30-2010, 10:29 AM
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i run synthetic royal purple 15w40
my motor was broken in on rottela
i was reading somewhere the the royal purple oil was specifically designed not to break down in turbocharger bearings
my motor was broken in on rottela
i was reading somewhere the the royal purple oil was specifically designed not to break down in turbocharger bearings
