What are the types of mineral engine oils? rating?

[Goodspeed]

well i went Mech today leaking at gasket head... or something like that.. when engine start the oil will flow out. anyway i was think of changing to mineral oil thicker one is what visocity rate... i have been using full sys all this time so dont know what brand is good... thanks... anyone?

[Emperor]

personally.....my EP80 is running on turbo diesel oil....it depends very much on engine. Mobil 1 for a start is good. But the best expert on this matter is Genie....trust his reputation.

[Genie47]

Yours is a pre-Millennium Swift. Use Delvac MX or Delo 400 15W40. Thick and then not as thick as 20W50. Good enough.

[Jeromez]

hi, anyone knows the most suitable engine oil for the KP60 model?

 

TIA!

[Genie47]

Delvac MX or Delo 400

[Jeromez]

i'n not familiar with that brand, but would that be 15w40 or 20w50?

[Genie47]

15W40. You can get Delvac MX locally but Delo 400 can be bought from the Caltex station just before the checkpoint in JB. Another good option is Castrol GTX 15W40. As long as it is 15W40, it is OK for a KP60. What engine is yours? 1K, 2K or 4K?

[Kazuo]

Bro, any oil to recommend EP80? I heard w40 is too thin, must use w50, is that true?

[Genie47]

I've used 15W40 before. No problems. I went as low as 5W30. No problems as well. Engine feels like it was on VPower all the way with RON92 petrol.

[Kazuo]

I'm trusting you on this bro.

 

will there be a leak or something? think my gasket not working properly le wor.

 

anyway, which brand is good? what grade? mineral or synth?

 

thanks

[Octopus]

I'm using Delvac MX, currently 2nd time in a row. Although engine is running smoothly and FC seems to have improved compared to when I was using 20W50 Havoline, but somehow I feel the oil is not 'oily' enough.

 

Meaning, when I check the oil level using the dipstick, the engine oil is not clinging onto the dipstick evenly......although can identify the level, but somehow not all the dipstick below the engine oil level is covered when I pulled out the dipstick to check the oil level. I remember when using 20W50 Havoline there's no such phenomena.

 

Anyway, last weekend bought 2 bottles of cxxxxxe (SL grade) from Carrefore, and will be switching over once I used up my remaining Delvac MX (still got 4 litres leftover).

[Genie47]

If there is a leak, you put any oil it will also leak. I will not recommend any brands but a good grade for Singapore driving and this weather is 10W30. If you can find a monograde SAE30 will be a real cake. I think MCF is ordering the synthetic Amsoil SAE30/10W30 SACD oil. Other than that, you hardly can find a synthetic let alone mineral SAE30 easily.

[Genie47]

Quite obvious why. It is a thinner oil. Most important is no consumption.

[Kazuo]

so 10w30 will be good for old ep80 huh? synthetic?

Ok, I will slowly work my way down to that.

 

Thanks alot.

[Genie47]

10W30 is good. If you are not racing, mineral 10W30 will do too if you are cash strapped. Synthetic will be nice but the small oil sump for the Starlet will mean that you cannot extend OCIs past 10k km.

[Kazuo]

oh ya, my leak mean leaking into the engine. not leak out.

[Kazuo]

ok, thank you so much.

[Genie47]

Then fix it. Will save you more money on the long run.