by geeves » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:01 pm
Which oil is best is always good for a livly disscussion.
Neither of my wagons are that high mileage but both of them get valvolene diesel extra every 5000 nowdays and I wont be changing unless I cant get it.
When I got the bighorn I started with castrol as it was cheap but then put a couple of sumpfulls of repco oil in it Big mistake! By 4000km hot oil pressure was almost 0 and it burnt 2 liters per 5000 and a cloud every time you open the oil filler. Then the warehouse got the Caltex Dello gold very cheap. Its good oil Pressure held to the end of the change interval oil consumption stopped as did crankcase fumes. After 3 sumpfulls it stated to leak in several places Not much but engine oil coming out of the bellhousing indicates a big bill in the future maybe. Changed to Valvolene and after a couple of changes the leaks stopped oil pressure is good but by the end of the oil is not quite as good as the new oil but close enough.
The Wizard when I got it a year ago had a little crankcase fuming and did use a half litre between changes. Given a diet of valvolene it has settled down nicely. Couldnt tell what leakage was like as the idiot I bought it off had checked the oil once and dropped the capp on the exhaust manifold burning a hole in it. Then he just put the cap back on and drove it till I bought it. All the oil has dried now. Both wagons are around the 200k mark.
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them