View Poll Results: What kind of engine oil are you using?

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  • Shell

    6 4.92%
  • Castrol

    41 33.61%
  • Nulon

    14 11.48%
  • Mobil

    19 15.57%
  • Penrite

    19 15.57%
  • Home Brand

    0 0%
  • Car manufacturer specific Oil

    4 3.28%
  • Other

    19 15.57%
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    Penrite yes
    Liquimoly, no cos not many places stock it, were looking at oils that youd be almost garunteed to find anywhere in Aus.
    Motul wasnt tested by us either.

    It to do with the "Class" of oil. Redline and Royal Purple are class 5 oils, best available atm, Mobil Syn is class 4, all the other off the shelfs are class 3 or lower.
    ahh yeh.. class 4/5 is good yeh but i wouldn't be putting it in a car pre say 1995ish... for a modern engine theyre great but engine thats seen a few years they can be bad news
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    Quick tip guys, need to change oil today.

    Have a Z20LER, would it be ok to use the same oil as for Z20LET? Not many Z20LER owners in this thread it seems.
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by dsuhiti91 Click here to enlarge
    Quick tip guys, need to change oil today.

    Have a Z20LER, would it be ok to use the same oil as for Z20LET? Not many Z20LER owners in this thread it seems.
    Should be fine. What does your handbook recommend?
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    10w-30 or 15w-40.

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    Id suggest 10-30
    Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.

    This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....

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    Thanks guys, will do.

    Heads up, Super Cheap is 20% off store wide today!

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    Strange, would have thought it would be a 10W-40

    Mind you, this place says 5W-30 http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-992-fuch...l-engines.aspx
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    My z20let suggests 15-40
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    Seems there are a few options, for now I'll stick to what the handbook says, but open to other suggestions.

    Btw, as it is my first change on the Astra, is the oil filter similar to the Vectra CDXi? Or the conventional filter?

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by dsuhiti91 Click here to enlarge
    Seems there are a few options, for now I'll stick to what the handbook says, but open to other suggestions.

    Btw, as it is my first change on the Astra, is the oil filter similar to the Vectra CDXi? Or the conventional filter?
    Conventional, Z154 from memory.
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