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Old 10 April 2006, 04:42 PM
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Would like to use Castoral, but what grade should i use.

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Old 10 April 2006, 04:59 PM
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10w40
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15-50 or 10-50. I have started to use 15-50 motul 300v competition oil, keeps excellent pressure at idle.
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Surely this would depend on what car you have, what mods have been done and what use it gets???
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is 5w 30 ok?? on standard internals uk 2000
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For a standard uk car, Subaru reccomends 10w40. Everyone uses something different - for example I use silkolene 15w50. There are a million of these oil threads if you have a search....
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