what oil would you use for a topup in an fc turbo II ?
10-40W mineral.
Ade
thanks mate
There is a massive argument about what oil is best for the rotary, I just use \'Halfords orange\' 10-40 mineral, the oil is changed every 6000 miles and a new cheap oil filter is changed - no point in spending much money on the oil filter, its not going to be on there for very long!
If you are going to keep the car for a while look at getting a \'futmoto oil drain valve\' its basically a tap that goes into the side of the sump replacing the sump plug, much easier oil changes - I can do mine with no mess by just pushing the catch tank under the car, don\'t even need to jack the car up!
i got 1 of those valves on mine, i was worried to begin with with the tap on it turning on when on the road but after i worked it for the first time i realised there was nothing to worry about, def a good piece of kit
I looked at those when someone on here posted about them (probably you!). They look like a good idea since we change our oil so much.
Ade
Quote from: wolfie1;800362i got 1 of those valves on mine, i was worried to begin with with the tap on it turning on when on the road but after i worked it for the first time i realised there was nothing to worry about, def a good piece of kit
I think they do a \'tap lock\' sort of arrangement for off-road vehicles incase they get knocked on large rocks etc, but ive never had an issue, they are really well made.
that sounds a useful piece of kit mitch, ill defo look into where to get 1
Yeah I\'d not heard about this before!? Where do you buy them from and how much?
yea spring loaded tap that sits in a notch, def wel made
if you dont know what oil is in it i\'d suggest changing the lot rather than mixing whatever is in there (mineral or semi) with mineral.
really struggling to find 10w40 mineral/// tried 2 motorfactors and halfords with no joy, where do you lot get it from ?
Halfords, get some Halford orange :) 10w40 is the standard mineral oil you can get
Quote from: B.Martin;800398Yeah I\'d not heard about this before!? Where do you buy them from and how much?
http://www.quickvalve.co.uk/
Quote from: m1tch;800502Halfords, get some Halford orange :) 10w40 is the standard mineral oil you can get
tried halfords today m1tch and they said 10-40 mineral had been discontinued after phoning a few other stores for me...... cheers for the link for the valve, will be geting 1... great idea that
PS just done a search on halfords website and theres no results for 10 w 40 mineral
I get mine from Eurocarparts...I think they normally stock at least one variant. I\'ve been able to just go in and pick it up to date. Couple different brands but the most recent was Carlube. The stuff doesnt stay in there long, I change mine over every 5k kms so about 3000 miles. Get the oil filter from there as well, like Mitch said: dead cheap stuff, no need to be fancy.
and thats mineral yea?
Quote from: rising son;800509and thats mineral yea?
Yup, 10w40 mineral
cheers bud, always thought these cars needed expensive stuff... but if carlube does the trick then happy days
Quote from: rising son;800513cheers bud, always thought these cars needed expensive stuff... but if carlube does the trick then happy days
Because the oil isn\'t going to be in there for very long, plus the engine burns it as it is in use its ok to use the standard stuff, with other high performance cars where the oil is being reused for a year or so you would need to.
valvoline sell it. Its decent stuff. They also do a 20w50 mineral racing oil
cheers guys :)