Recommended Oil for STi / WRX

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Mar 1, 2002 | 11:37 PM

FOZ STiV5

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Just wondered what everyone is running their cherished motors on. I have heard differing views.

e.g. Fully synthetic 5-40 Good or Bad…… some say 15-50 semi synthetic is the best choice……

Anyone care to comment??

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Julian

Mar 2, 2002 | 10:38 PM

JIM THEO

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Castrol RS 10W/60, Redline 15W/50 and Motul V300 15W/50 is my vote.
JIM

Mar 3, 2002 | 02:11 AM

WREXY

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From: Greece, previously Syd Australia

Julian,

You need to read these threads m8. You will need an hour or so. They talk about big end failures and what oil you should use. Advice on these threads is from the best techs on the board.

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/Forum9/HTML/002503.html

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/Forum9/HTML/002752.html

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/Forum9/HTML/002939.html

Cheers,

Wrexy.