Oil used???

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chaosli
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soo i am doing a ka et and i was going to get some motor oil for it but i am just wondering if i should go for the watery grade like 5w-20 or go for the regular stuff 5w-30 or 10w-30


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Anything will work well, but try to stay at or above 5W-30 and try to use synthetic if you can. I'm currently using 5W-30 Super Tech from Wal-Mart. It's cheap but good, unless you're buying Royal Purple or Redline I think most Synthetics are pretty much the same.

I used to use 20W-50...but I have since decided that it doesn't flow well enough. Especially when draining from the turbo. Just my opinion though.

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I also use the 5w-30 supertech oil .. haha.. i've been using it for quite awhile.

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when ihad my kat, i used 10w40. either conventional or synthetic is fine, as long as you change it out regularly at good intervals.


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