recommended engine oil

subie_1st_timer · Post by **subie_1st_timer** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:16 pm

wanna change my oil in the brumby

ive been using penrite oils for sometime now but what grade is recommended for a ea81 with 314000km on the clock??. i seen that the guy i brought it from had an invoice from the mechanic and they used castrol 15w/40... a bit thin i would think. should i go a bit thicker to a 20w/50?

would a synthetic or semi syn be worth while?

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:23 pm

id use a minimum of a semisyn 20W50.

edit - going thicker if its showing alot of signs of wear and etc.

Post by **Alex** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:25 pm

Penrite hpr 40 or 50 would be perfect for her.

alex

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:44 pm

I've used 10w30 semi-synthetic in my EA81 for the past 2 years and it works fine.

Engine's done around 370,000km, no leaks, very little extra oil needed between servicings (~ 150ml extra oil per 10,000km), fuel consumption is around 8.7 litres per 100km.

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:59 am

Your call , if it were mine it would be a good 20W50 .

A .

Dutchy · Post by **Dutchy** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:38 am

I use penrite 20-50w and my car runs well.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:08 pm

Cringe as you may.

I use what ever cheap oil I can get. So long as its petrol motor oil and its clean i'm happy with it. Today (due to uni student budget) I lowered myself to the budget supermarket oil

I usually keep my oil the same brand between oil and filter changes but today i was desprate... love that lifter tick (all good now though).

My local parts joint has this oil "power max" 5L for $20. Goes pretty good, I got no complaints... and my engines are still running fine.

Cheers

Bennie

Gazza01 · Post by **Gazza01** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:44 am

My 91 Brumby had 430000 on the clock when I bought it and it used no oil. I immediately did a compression check on all cyclinders . Cyl's kPa's were 1123-1121-1120-1121. See the compression for the later Brumbies is 1128 kPa. I thought this to be ok. I use 15-40 Nulon Diesel engine oil in all my Toyotas so I have started using the 15-40 diesel oil in the Brumby drives good and still uses no oil. Any comments from u guys out there.

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:42 pm

Gazza01 wrote:My 91 Brumby had 430000 on the clock when I bought it and it used no oil. I immediately did a compression check on all cyclinders . Cyl's kPa's were 1123-1121-1120-1121. See the compression for the later Brumbies is 1128 kPa. I thought this to be ok.

My comment would be that is bloody brilliant!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:41 pm

Hmmm... Thread dig, nice

That's a top effort with your brumby! Gotta be happy with that!

How times change, I now got with a Penrite all mineral 20-60W engine oil and keep it clean - either change it every 10k km as usual or when it gets dirty looking...

Cheers

Bennie