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| Thread ID: 106484 | 2010-01-10 10:29:00 | Car: oil filter. | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 847602 | 2010-01-11 01:20:00 | Just ensure the oil you are buying conforms to or exceeds the car manufacturers specifications. There will not be that much difference between the big name oil 'manufacturers' in this country. With an oil based lubricant (don't know about synthetics), they probably all use the same base stocks and then put in their own additives Mechanics attached to car dealers like say Toyota may well be audited, as may be approved shops that specialise in certain makes, and their personel may well go on training courses for those makes. I go to the local mechanics I've been going to on and off for over 30 years :) They do a good job. When I had a new Daihatsu, then I went to a local Daihatsu appointed mechanics. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 847603 | 2010-01-11 03:27:00 | It scares me how little some drivers know about their cars | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 847604 | 2010-01-11 03:31:00 | Just ensure the oil you are buying conforms to or exceeds the car manufacturers specifications. There will not be that much difference between the big name oil 'manufacturers' in this country. With an oil based lubricant (don't know about synthetics), they probably all use the same base stocks and then put in their own additives Mechanics attached to car dealers like say Toyota may well be audited, as may be approved shops that specialise in certain makes, and their personel may well go on training courses for those makes. I go to the local mechanics I've been going to on and off for over 30 years :) They do a good job. When I had a new Daihatsu, then I went to a local Daihatsu appointed mechanics. Types of oil ba it all comes out of the ground terry. You can run coconut or castor oil as a lubricating oil in an engine if you want. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 847605 | 2010-01-11 03:47:00 | Don't go back to the mechanic that told you to clean and reuse your oil filter. And don't pay $50 - $70 for a OEM filter, unless you have money to waste. I got a repco one for my car for $13. Sure, it's not an Audi, but they all do the same thing really - and I just spent 4k on my engine and yes I do trust a Repco filter. As for what oil to use, I'd search your car on the net and find what people recommend for YOUR car. Had a guy at oil changes tell me 5w-30 was too thin for my car, and then he compared it to his SUBARU. If in doubt for what brand of oil, go Castrol if you can afford it. The Edge/Sport is the same as the German Castrol sold overseas. Most people don't really understand how oil really works. In really basic terms you want an oil that is quite thin when it's cold, as that's when most damage occurs (when your car is cold). Generally, it's all pretty much the same viscosity at operating temperature. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 847606 | 2010-01-11 03:58:00 | Types of oil ba it all comes out of the ground terry. You can run coconut or castor oil as a lubricating oil in an engine if you want. You may well think that...but I couldn't possibly comment :) Well yes, suppose I can. Castor oil is actually a very good lubricant, has fatty acid long chain molecules that attach to a surface. As you know used to be used in racing engines as well as 'ordinary' engines at one time, Castrol R and all that.... but high temperature properties are scungy. Have to change the oil after every race or every few hundred miles. Good for adding a drop to the petrol to get that....Ah, Castrol R smell. In the olden days before 'universal brake fluid', Girling brake fluid was castor oil based then there was somewhat of a controversy with Lockheed as to what standard and materials to adopt...Lockheed won, hence the brake fluid we have today. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 847607 | 2010-01-11 05:00:00 | do not wash out filters. unfortunately plenty of idiot mechanics do, even supposed good ones. oil.... check what the vehicle requires and any oil that you CAN NOT use. eg i have a vehicle here that cannot use a certain grade oil, below that grade is fine and above that grade is also ok. its just that certain grade they leave something out which stuffs up these motors. the warning is in the handbook. i would also look after the vehicle extremely well, cheap euro cars are VERY expensive to fix. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 847608 | 2010-01-11 06:59:00 | A far better idea than washing the oil filter is to cut it open and see what it has been catching. A messy process that just may someday show you that something nasty is going on that you should check before it turns to disaster. If the residue is metallic, it is not a good sign. With Audis, some owners former suggest you save the oil and change the engine. I couldn't possibly comment. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 847609 | 2010-01-12 15:57:00 | Types of oil ba it all comes out of the ground terry. You can run coconut or castor oil as a lubricating oil in an engine if you want. Mix mineral and high quality synthetic, on a regular basis, in your favorite car, please, Pretty please. :rolleyes: |
angry (15305) | ||
| 847610 | 2010-01-12 18:30:00 | I dont even own a car. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 847611 | 2010-01-12 18:51:00 | Plenty of people reuse oil filters. I'll find you a link. I'd go 20k-ish before I change the filter. 7-10k for oil change. No issues. Washing it does sound like a bad idea though, as water will contain bigger particles than oil. And it probably wouldn't be designed for reverse flow. Prefect, I am sure driving a bus to the dairy will hurt the environment, think of the children!!! :p |
Cato (6936) | ||
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