Motor Oil

Discuss topics related to the CA18DE and CA18DET series engines.
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Nismo1182
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What motor oil does everyone use on their CA. What brand and weight.


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slw240sx
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mobil1 15w50 soon to be amsoil or redline

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10w-30 Castrol GTX

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Castrol 20w50 syntec blend with Lucas oil stabilizer.

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iliketocrash
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My CA isn't running currently but i used to run AMSoil all the time in my DSM. Love the stuff.

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15w 40 full synthetic

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Quote »15w 40 full synthetic[/quote] Slippery stuff! Will find it's way out of these motors one way or another.

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I bought synthetic 5w 30 not even thinking about the turbo... :) So i gotta do a change after i get it running and stable. Whats the concensous thing on oil?

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boost_boy wrote:Slippery stuff! Will find it's way out of these motors one way or another.

Dee


damn straight that what im running on this test motor until i blow it up and put some strength into the other block.


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