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Offline KA24ET

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Gday all.
Just checkin what everyone is using for oil.
I have a boosted KA24 and im using Penrite 15-30 semi synth and im pretty unhappy with it.
Might try some thicker stuff
Curious to see what u guys are all running!!

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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #1 on: Mar 3, 2010, 08:18PM »
Running shell 15-40 at the moment.. Was running 15-50, but the 40 seems a bit better..

Kind of hard to define "better" tho.
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #2 on: Mar 3, 2010, 09:08PM »
Mines an SR20, but even when I had the KA i was using penrite hpr15. Always ran perfect with it and the SR still does.
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #3 on: Mar 4, 2010, 10:08AM »
penrite all the way , ka i used hpr 30(whit 500k km ::)) , now with the vvl i was using 15, only yesterday i put in 10. i think the main issue, no matter what oil you choose change regularly as well as the filter.(about 5k). ;)
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #4 on: Mar 4, 2010, 04:43PM »
i ran mobile 10-40w semi synth was originally super syn but i think its now called 2000x not sure, that wat i ran in my Ka and i had no issue wid the oil

i use motul turbo light 4100 on my turbo sr atm
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #5 on: Mar 12, 2010, 05:28AM »
mine (ka24det) loves Castrol GTX3
runs cool & it's still full at every 5k oil change

i'm also running a larger Z9 oil filter if that makes any difference
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #6 on: Apr 20, 2010, 10:21AM »
you may need to run slightly thinner oil in winter than summer....
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #7 on: Apr 30, 2010, 01:43PM »
mine (ka24det) loves Castrol GTX3
runs cool & it's still full at every 5k oil change

i'm also running a larger Z9 oil filter if that makes any difference

It does, drops your oil pressure.
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #8 on: May 6, 2010, 10:08AM »
Shell 20W-50 in both cars, probably still run this even with the new motor in the black car.

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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #9 on: May 6, 2010, 12:30PM »
Why so thick?
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #10 on: May 6, 2010, 01:01PM »
Both are original bottom ends, and are what is recommended from the factory.


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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2010, 08:31AM »
i use mobile 10W-30 in my 180k mile KA with no issues.
changing the oil can be a real pain sometimes though.
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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2010, 08:40PM »
changing the oil can be a real pain sometimes though.

How so?

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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2010, 12:23PM »
If you have the right tools it's a 20 min job, if you have a hoist it's a 10 min job ;D

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Re: What oil type and grade are you runnin in your KA24
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2010, 03:48PM »
15-50 which i think is necessary if you have the high k's.