Castrol R
30 November 2005, 04:42 PM
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Castrol R
Has anyone here ever used Castrol R in their Subaru? I just love the smell and as my new 2.5 will soon be ready I thought I might run on it. Is it suitable?
03 December 2005, 12:30 AM
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When I used Castrol RS 10/60 in my Mini, it had a faint whiff from it. Mind you, it did burn a little oil, so I wouldnt expect to smell anything from a Subaru.
I was very surprised to smell it even from the Mini considering its a synthetic oil and not related to Castrol R in any shape or form.!!
Plenty of people even commented at the time about the smell.
I was very surprised to smell it even from the Mini considering its a synthetic oil and not related to Castrol R in any shape or form.!!
Plenty of people even commented at the time about the smell.
03 December 2005, 10:43 AM
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Very unwise to use this oil in an everyday road car. It's caster based and although caster oil is a superb lubricant it has not got the properties for anti-sludge, long life, corrosion resistance etc. It's meant for competition use and even then only in a small minority of race engines these days.
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