Jaymz21 Neutral Newbie December 15, 2003 Share December 15, 2003 i'm going for my Castrol SLX in january after 5k wif RP. but its kinda ex for a SJ oil, dun u think? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 15, 2003 Share December 15, 2003 (edited) 78 bucks at Forklift Enterprises. Cheapest around. Can get beach chair also! Nice to use if you when you wait around for your car as it is being serviced Actually if you don't mind, can carry on using RP. When hit 4k, send oil for analysis instead of shelling out money for another oil change. Your car new, right? See the results then if confident with the oil, carry on using. At 6-7k, send for another analysis, still confident, continue until 10k then change . So to save money. Set the OCI to 10k . Spend more money in the beginning so that you can save money later At any time when the results show excessive wear, change oil to supposedly better one like SLX. Repeat. Like finding a good wife. Edited December 15, 2003 by Genie47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymz21 Neutral Newbie December 15, 2003 Share December 15, 2003 my car 5 yrs old liao loh...no more new.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinged 5th Gear December 16, 2003 Share December 16, 2003 Supposingly SLX is also meant to last 10km before next oil change, but I am changing at roughly 7 to 8km? I have RS in my engine to do the flushing work now ... 50wt ... fuel consumption can be quite ... full tank finished in barely 4 days. A total mileage of 380km ran, as compared to my usual 450km. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 17, 2003 Share December 17, 2003 Still less than 10. OK to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 17, 2003 Share December 17, 2003 Not to say it should last 10k. It is the TBN that counts. Total base number. As the oil gets older, it becomes acidic. Also lots of junk gets into it. So it depends on whether you are comfortable with more and more junk getting into the oil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 17, 2003 Share December 17, 2003 BTW, the SLX is the new SLX. Don't get the SLX A1 which you see commonly. That is ACEA A1 rated. The new one is A3 rated. A3 is better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Neutral Newbie December 19, 2003 Share December 19, 2003 Actually if you don't mind, can carry on using RP. When hit 4k, send oil for analysis instead of shelling out money for another oil change. Your car new, right? See the results then if confident with the oil, carry on using. At 6-7k, send for another analysis, still confident, continue until 10k then change. just wanna find out where and how to send for analysis? tks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 19, 2003 Share December 19, 2003 You can send it to a local representative of Wear Check. See link below: http://www.wearcheck.com/contact/global_contact.asp ALS Chemex does it here. Charges $60 for an analysis. $80 with TBN (Total Base No.) Or you can send it via regular mail to Blackstone Labs in the US. http://www.blackstone-labs.com/ Or get Terry Dyson to give his professional opinion on the results. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/terry.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinged 5th Gear December 22, 2003 Share December 22, 2003 A total mileage of 380km ran, as compared to my usual 450km. Ed Fuel consumption goes up a little for this second tank ... 420km for one full tank. Still on 50wt oil as i had described ... Hit 6k km ... I may change it to SLX already ... instead of waiting til it hits 10k. Hopefully I can manage 500km and above ... possible? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 29, 2003 Share December 29, 2003 Someone just informed me in another forum that Shell stations are selling Rotella T Multigrade for $19 for 4L! It is damn cheap! BTW, it is a fleet oil just like DMX. Got 10W30 . Like DMX, RT has soot control and all the things that a HDDEO is supposed to do. Good for any car! Nobody has seen RT Synthetic or Synthetic Blend yet. Should be more expensive. RT got rave reviews by those guys at BITOG forums. In fact, any HDDEO used by the guys at BITOG into their gas engine cars got rave reviews. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinged 5th Gear December 29, 2003 Share December 29, 2003 (edited) I believe not all Shell petrol stations are carrying this oil ... Woodlands Ave 9 Bukit Timah Mandai Boon Lay That's all I have tried. I may be interested to buy it and stack it somewhere ... would still prefer to try out Castrol SLX for a start. Still looking for the 30wt onez. Ed Edited December 29, 2003 by Ravinged Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stary Supercharged June 30, 2004 Share June 30, 2004 Genie, you can't use airmail to send it to US rite? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear June 30, 2004 Share June 30, 2004 Wow you sure are digging up the old bones on this forum . Yes you can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stary Supercharged June 30, 2004 Share June 30, 2004 you tell me to use search what Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear June 30, 2004 Share June 30, 2004 Yes use search but the thread so old already! This kind of thing can PM me. It is alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stary Supercharged June 30, 2004 Share June 30, 2004 Genie, I am not sure if this is true. But if you send via airmail (or buy oil via airmail), I was told that the aircraft cargo compartment can be very very cold (-35 degrees F) .....and this might change the characteristic of the oil.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear June 30, 2004 Share June 30, 2004 It is send oil for analysis. Not buy oil when I said about airmail. The oil is used by the engine already. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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