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Old 27-10-2006, 05:21 PM   #1
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Speaking to my mechanic and i ask him what does he replace in falcon oil with(10W-40) he says 15W-40 as the engine wearing.Surely 50ks isnt nothing for a big six,I asked that because i was thinking of replacing with fully synetics oil.Any one with suggestion to either the comment or oil one would choose

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Old 27-10-2006, 05:24 PM   #2
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Speaking to my mechanic and i ask him what does he replace in falcon oil with(10W-40) he says 15W-40 as the engine wearing.Surely 50ks isnt nothing for a big six,I asked that because i was thinking of replacing with fully synetics oil.Any one with suggestion to either the comment or oil one would choose

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Depends on it's use.
I certainly would not be usine thicker oil unless it started to loose it out the back.
No In my opinion 50,000 is still a baby, barely run in.
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Old 27-10-2006, 05:27 PM   #3
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Speaking to my mechanic and i ask him what does he replace in falcon oil with(10W-40) he says 15W-40 as the engine wearing.Surely 50ks isnt nothing for a big six,I asked that because i was thinking of replacing with fully synetics oil.Any one with suggestion to either the comment or oil one would choose

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Definitely DON'T use thicker oil!! 50,000 kms is nothing.
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Old 27-10-2006, 05:28 PM   #4
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50,000km is "just" run-in.

Use the factory spec-oil (whatever is mentioned in your manual).
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Old 27-10-2006, 05:38 PM   #5
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your mechanic might be a d1ck h3@d mate. mine still uses 10w50 or whatever gets put in it. its got 338000ks on it. your engine is run in now but it surely isnt worn!
the difference between the two oils is the first one you said is a bit thinner when its cold then the 15w40 which is a bit thicker at cold startup which can cause wear in the first place anyway.
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Old 27-10-2006, 06:10 PM   #6
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I'm still using the factory spec 15w/40w in my Falcon and it has done 201,000kms. Worn, nah.
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My brother still uses the recommended oils fully synthetic for his BA with 65,000km.
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If you were talking about something from er, directly north of here or an GenIII, maybe at 100k you'd start using thicker oils. I know people who have well over 200k on their E series and AU's. And those cars never, I repeat, never need a top up.

Just clocked over 100k on my own AU and it does its 15k without even a slight drop in oil level.
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Old 27-10-2006, 08:12 PM   #9
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Mines topped 301,000km in the VP Still use the same oil no top ups. But i use GTX2 and it was suggested too go maybe a thicker oil. But If it doesn't chew oil or smoke why change it?.
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Speaking to my mechanic and i ask him what does he replace in falcon oil with(10W-40) he says 15W-40 as the engine wearing.Surely 50ks isnt nothing for a big six,I asked that because i was thinking of replacing with fully synetics oil.Any one with suggestion to either the comment or oil one would choose

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cmon, is ur mechanic a first yr apprentice. Unless your engine has been on the rev limiter and in the redline for the whole 50ks than and only than may ur engine be "weary". Ur engine is just past the run in stage of its life. My option is to use the oil it specifys in ur user manual.
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Old 27-10-2006, 08:42 PM   #11
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50,000km is "just" run-in.

Use the factory spec-oil (whatever is mentioned in your manual).
Definitely!

In fact I would think it wasn't even "just" run-in.
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Old 27-10-2006, 10:45 PM   #12
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Cmon Guys is only a forum to voice options
I didnt say I believe hes word as gospel
just to see beside manufactures oil whats the best to keep the car tip top do forum members use that's all
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