Formuls R Synthetic. It should be avalable in the US.
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From: Ross [mailto:
vecc@tpgi.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 29 July 2002 7:29 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Something not right with my engine...?
At the moment I am using BP C6 Global 15W40 diesel oil with one litre of Moreys, seems to work well, but I might try the 10W60 Castrol, does anyone know the name of it? By the way, I ended up getting Michelin Vivacy tyres, very smooth, quiet tyre, the difference in comfort is unbelievable.
Cheers
Ross
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From: Rod <mailto:
melrod@optusnet.com.au>
To:
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Sent: Saturday, 27 July 2002 108 AM
Subject: Re: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Something not right with my engine...?
Josh,
I understand what you mean. Here in Aust our Liberty's suffered from bad lifter noise and oils can make a tremendous difference. If the car had not had the wrx head/piston swap done under warranty then it will be inevereratable that the lifters will get noisy. Mine did it after about only 68,000km, not high mileage by any means. The noise maybe not bad and you might think you can get used to it but it has other consequences such as bad fuel economy and lack of performance..... due to the fact that the knock sensor considers this noise 'pinging' and sets the ecu fuel map/ignition curve and boost into safe mode. My RS during this time could only get 9psi boost - my chip is for 17psi - and only about 350km on a tank of fuel.
I myself tried many oil visc's. The winter weight didn't seem to make any difference, i.e. be it 5W / 10W / 15W
but the high visc did. When a ?W-30 was used the noise was accentuated. ?W-40 not much better. 5W-50 was good for a while. Doug who sent the previous post is now on 10W-60 which seems ok. I know that oil manufactures are suggesting around 5W-30 these days. Subaru do also. Though if you look on most oil company websites they list a higher visc oil for the RS Liberty, e.g. 15W-40 / 20W-50 etc. So I;m sure they're thinking along the same lines.... that's where I actually thought about oil types and then tried the heavier visc oil's. I ended up having the heads modified to fix the lifter noise..... didn't know about Castrol 10W-60 then.
If you don't have lifter problems and all is fine I would use a 5W-30 or 40.....
cheers, Rod ... in Oz
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From: Josh <mailto:
josh@surrealmirage.com> Colombo
To:
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Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Something not right with my engine...?
The debate about oils will continue on and on.......
Personal experience/suggestions, find a motor oil that works and stick with it!!! Do not be swapping oils, especially between dino and synthetic or semi-synthetic.
Switching between different brand oils is a no-no....the reason being is every manufacturer puts a different set of additives and such in there. When you put oil in your engine it bonds to the metal....when you put a different kind of oil in there, the additives in that oil break down the bonds on the other oil, and then the new oil has to go through the whole process of bonding with the metal and so forth.
Dino and synthetic. Switching back and forth is not good as it can really cause hell with your seals. Not all synthetics may do this, but I have heard of some instances where when you go back to dino oil from synthetic the seals will dry out, and the engine leaks oil like a mofo.
Synthetic oils are the MOST deterginated oils......is the best engine cleaner out there. They will strip all the crap from your engine!
So big point to take away.....stick with the same oils.....avoid the jiffy lube places.....most of them don't have a clue what's goin on.
Plus with most of these motors in our legacies......they are higher mileage motors. It may not be a good idea to switch over to synthetic later in its life........just my thought on the matter.
Josh
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From: Douglas Hancock [mailto:
douglashancock@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:40 AM
To:
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Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Something not right with my engine...?
I have been talking to so many people about this recently. Use only Synthetic shit. I have just put 10w60 Castrol and it is magic. After about 5000kms of trouble with oils I have finally found one. By all means use your brand of oil but cheak the grade you use. I also tried Valvaline Synpower 20w50 shit, Valvaline formula 5000 20w40 half blend shitter. Need I go on.
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From:
paul.travers@vodafone.co.nz [mailto:
paul.travers@vodafone.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, 26 July 2002 2:28 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Something not right with my engine...?
funny you said that I just had an oil change at Midas (dont go there BTW
they are dodgy) I asked for semi-synthetic they put in full synthetic
instead (or so they said - they didnt fill in the windscreen sticker
correctly, wrote 15w-50 or some crazy thing which is why I questioned
them).
Is the pennzoil "blend" a semi-synthetic? I used 10w-40 semi-syn
previously and perhaps this is what I need to do.
Um, what is the magic lifter fixer called and where can I get it?
Why does full synthetic make this happen?
Hey anyway thanks a lot for the tip its much appreciated
Paul
"stu_j_ure"
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Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Something not right with my
26/07/2002 engine...?
15:58
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to
BC-BFLegacyWor
ks
what oil are you using??
I had a similar noise coming from the head, about 2 weeks after an
oil change. It worked out to be the lifters sticking because of the
different oil (shell helix syn). I changed my oil back to the
previous brand(pennzoil synthetic blend - excellent) then had
some 'magic' lifter fixer added (this expensive grey stuff)and all
was smooth again.
maybe its the same deal?? if not then never mind.
cheers
Stu - NZ
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