Best Oil to use on the 86

[sav]

Cool, thanks.

[Ryan86]

If you google the above name, this is what comes up.
https://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rc...55534169,d.ZG4
I will make contact with my team at TSAM and find out who is suppling the oil!
Does indicate fully synthetic.

[sav]

Aha, thanks for the info!

I'm not too worried about the supplier, it's just interesting.

[Ryan86]

This oil is very thin, if you shake the bottle sounds like water in a bottle.

[sav]

HECTIC

I must actually check the Ford top up oil I've got in the garage which I've bought when I got my previous car. It's also "diesel oil" if I'm not mistaken.

I'm glad the 20W50 days are over, it was ridiculously thick.

[Vic_RSA]

Originally Posted by Ryan86

This oil is very thin, if you shake the bottle sounds like water in a bottle.

Oh and a pointless piece of information - it fits in the standard door cupholders!

I'm one of those paranoids that always carries extra oil in my car - especially a high revving car!

[Ryan86]

Originally Posted by Vic_RSA

Oh and a pointless piece of information - it fits in the standard door cupholders!

I'm one of those paranoids that always carries extra oil in my car - especially a high revving car!

Eish now that's extreme...... Are you SA's Mad Mike....

[sav]

LOL!!

My Ford revs higher than the 86 and I've never had to top the oil up.

[sav]

Oh, and if you want to drive your paranoia crazy, Google "how to check Subaru engine oil level". There are a million different opinions.

[Vic_RSA]

Originally Posted by sav

LOL!!

My Ford revs higher than the 86 and I've never had to top the oil up.

What's the Ford's mileage? As soon as you start going south of 160000km and you have a car that can rev to 8100rpm - you start watching the levels weekly!
http://forum.9000rpm.co.za/viewtopic.php?id=6906

[sav]

Originally Posted by Vic_RSA

What's the Ford's mileage? As soon as you start going south of 160000km and you have a car that can rev to 8100rpm - you start watching the levels weekly!
http://forum.9000rpm.co.za/viewtopic.php?id=6906

It's just under 110000km. It only revs to 7800 so it'll be fine.

[sav]

BTW
Those RSi/RXi engines(black top) were notorious for running bearings, 3 friends who owned them all had failures so I wouldn't use that as a yard stick. Rather look at something like the Civic Vtec and S2000.

[WiKKiD]

Originally Posted by Ryan86

This oil is very thin, if you shake the bottle sounds like water in a bottle.

It's like someone pissed in a empty quart of oil bottle. Resealed it and sold it as motor oil

[WiKKiD]

Originally Posted by Ryan86

Indeed drive to the Toyota you purchased your car from and ask what oil was used, to ensure you match oil top ups. As far as I recall, it is not advisable to mix synthetic oil with standard or part synthetic.
0w20 synthetic is what I see posted in the forum.
Once your dealer has advised what oil to use, buy a 5L for top ups as some garages may not stock synthetic.

All 0-20 motor oil is synthetic. FYI