davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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Recently bought a cally turbo have been fixing up a few things and noticed its time for an oil change was just wondering if you change it as you would a normal engine, e.g. drain the oil when its still a little warm
also i have some vauxhall semi 10w/40 syn oil is this suitable enough?
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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yes and yes
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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10/40 semi synth vauxhall oil is what vauxhall say it should be ran on oddly
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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i thought as it was a turbo it may need something thinner/ thicker so thought id check although anything must be better then whats in there at the moment which has been over filled aswel
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
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you would think a turbo would use thinner oil, but if vauxhall say run it on 10W40 semi then its designed and its tolerances are for 10W40.
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Ben ev
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: kingslynn / torquay
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ive always used thicker than that. would depend on spec and oil temps i assume. my turbo dosnt have a water jacket which is one rewason i use thicker oil (15w50) full synth
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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its a bit hard to know the spec's without pulling it apart i guess all i know is it looks like it has been taken care of
has a charge cooler and baileys dump valve as for anything else i have no idea
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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just to add it seemed to blow a little oil out through the dump valve unless im mistaken isnt that a bad thing?
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Ben ev
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your mistaken
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