whitestu
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 09:15 AM |
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Zetec Blacktop Oil
I'm using Halfords fully synthetic 5w40 in my Zetec 1.8.
Its a bit noisy as per my previous post.
Could the oil be the issue? What do people generally use in Blacktops?
Cheers
Stu
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SeaBass
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 09:24 AM |
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I'm using Miller XFS 5w40 in my blacktop 2.0. Seems pretty good to me. Much less noise than the old Xflow.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 09:29 AM |
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I've just got some castrol 5w-30 for my 1.8 blacktop (just what the book says) - but it is only a standard tin-top.....
[Edited on 21/4/08 by mcerd1]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:42 PM |
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If you used the wrong oil in our mondy 1 it ran like a dog missing all the time.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 01:38 PM |
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Oil could definitely be a problem - zetecs are especially susceptible to noise for some reason.
Use the recommended GTX Stuff (0Wsomething I think) every time in mine and quiet as a mouse....
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big_wasa
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 03:10 PM |
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either 5w 30 or straight 30w 
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whitestu
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 03:54 PM |
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I'll change it and see what happens - I'm not very hopeful that a change of oil will fix it but I want to take the sump off anyway to
check the crank isn't hitting the pickup pipe so I'll give some 5w30 a go.
Cheers
Stu
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focijohn
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 05:30 PM |
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i use standard ford 5w/30 on trade discount! quiet as a mouse. Valves can stick if it not upto spec!
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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skodaman
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 06:52 PM |
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Think I put 10w/40 in my silvertop and it performs fine. Something cheap anyway and not especially thin or thick. I begrudge paying 35 quid for oil
as it's more than i paid for the car.
Mind you i didn't know there was an issue with using oil that was too thick at the time and also i hadn't planned to put it in the
locost either.
Sorry to hijack the thread but what's the thinnest oil u guys would use in a mildly tuned crossflow assuming it has all been meticulously put
back together? More worried about oil leaks than engine protection here.
Skodaman
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