Td42 engine oil

[we11fd]

Hey
Does anyone here run castrol magnatec 15 40 in there td42
Mine is a silver top with turbo glide setup and had 320000ks it uses abit I oil,
From what I've ready he castrol would be a good choice?

What's everyone's opinions?

[Chimo]

we11fd

I was told, righly or wrongly, that if you change oil in these motors it will use oil, presumably for a while until it settles down, and then after the next change ie 5000kms later it should go back to using no oil. I look forward to hearing what the brains trust on this site have to say on this!
Anyhow since I bought my 89 GQ TD42 in 1990 and shortly afterwards fitted a Denco turbo full kit I have used the same oil ie Myrina L 15 W 40 which has now been changed to Rimula R3 15 W 40. This is by no means an expensive oil and we originally bought it on farm in 200lt drums and shared it between a couple of us. Now I get the R3 in 20lt drums and still do oil changes every 5000km.

The motor uses no oil.

I reckon, based on just 25yrs yrs experience with this motor "come in spinner" could be said to apply to the the need to buy expensive, you beaut oil to tip out every 5000km (along with two oil filters)

Cheers
Chimo

[MudRunnerTD]

we11fd

I was told, righly or wrongly, that if you change oil in these motors it will use oil, presumably for a while until it settles down, and then after the next change ie 5000kms later it should go back to using no oil. I look forward to hearing what the brains trust on this site have to say on this!
Anyhow since I bought my 89 GQ TD42 in 1990 and shortly afterwards fitted a Denco turbo full kit I have used the same oil ie Myrina L 15 W 40 which has now been changed to Rimula R3 15 W 40. This is by no means an expensive oil and we originally bought it on farm in 200lt drums and shared it between a couple of us. Now I get the R3 in 20lt drums and still do oil changes every 5000km.

The motor uses no oil.

I reckon, based on just 25yrs yrs experience with this motor "come in spinner" could be said to apply to the the need to buy expensive, you beaut oil to tip out every 5000km (along with two oil filters)

Cheers
Chimo

I have never heard about an engine using oil when different brand oils are used?? I cant really imagine why this would be accurate either to be honest.

I agree 100% though about using an expensive oil. Use a good quality oil for sure but it should not be based on price. Especially given you are dumping it every 5000kms! I use Caltex GTX and i buy it in 20lt drums from Supercrap when they have their 20% sales. I commute in the GUIV and therefore do allot of Freeway kms so have stretched my service intervals to 10,000kms but do oil and filters then.

[BigRAWesty]

X2 with Mr.
If your engine is using oil, it will chew oil. Some thicker oils will slow the loss, but not prevent it..
If your doing highway k's and the engine is hardly working then a 10thou oil change is fine.
But if it's your play car the it should have fresh oil at 5thou..

[we11fd]

I only went with the castrol because of its cf rating, not because of the price, is being cf rated important? I have read td42s are designed for this type of oil, and new ratings I oil have high detergent levels.

[Chimo]

http://www.shell.com.au/products-ser...a-r3-plus.html

Just had a look and it seems R4 is what I should have moved to after Myrina L !!!