Thread: Oil Question Again

Originally Posted by jliquorish

Hey Tombie,

Did you watch LR Time's crankshaft failure mitigation. Sounds watertight to me. Interesting his comment on SDV6 being more likely to do crankshaft because of too much horsepower.

John

Yes I did.

Which part sounds watertight to you?

Originally Posted by BradC

Where’s Tins when you need him?

I'm here, but Dazza has it covered. Besides, I know bugger all about modern oils so haven't been paying this thread any attention.

It still bemuses me that people believe they own a thread simply because they started it though.

SimmAus, I think I can see oil Co. web sites changing as we speak, I note today the Sth African site mentioned, no longer recommends 5W-40, now shows 5W-30.
The Aust ref doesn't figure either as the rec. for 0W-40, as an alternate oil to 5W-30, states for non DPF vehicles!!
Staying with 5W-30 as per my Indy rec. Christian makes a very commanding representation, but I'm no mechanic or auto eng. so must go with the majority.
It made good sense for our 230 K Km wagon in this bloody hot climate, but there is good sense and then there is the majority. Cheers Botto

Originally Posted by BradC

Where’s Tins when you need him?

He's too busy putting his 10 cents into every other post on the forum .

Originally Posted by loanrangie

He's too busy putting his 10 cents into every other post on the forum .

While you just give us 5?

Originally Posted by Tins

While you just give us 5?

Quality not quantity .

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Quality not quantity .

Why not both??

Can we change the name of this thread to 5W Dumbass 30