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96 850R Losing Oil

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Re: 96 850R Losing Oil

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Your car has a turbo, you really should use FULL SYNTHETIC.
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Post by misha »

rspi wrote:Your car has a turbo, you really should use FULL SYNTHETIC.
It's highly recommended but not necessary.Quality semi synth is also an option.

Also....5w-30 for Florida temperatures is too thin.
5w-40,5w-50,10w40 or even 10w-60 is recommended for Florida temperatures.
Since it's "R" it would be more happier 5w-50 or 10w-60 racing oil.
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Post by tryingbe »

misha wrote:
rspi wrote:Your car has a turbo, you really should use FULL SYNTHETIC.
It's highly recommended but not necessary.Quality semi synth is also an option.
The issue I have with term semi synthetic/synthetic blend is, you can have 99.9999% of convention oil with 0.0001% of synthetic oil in there, and legally you can call the oil "semi synthetic" or "synthetic blend". You literally have no idea what you're buying. You'll be better of buying 4 qt of conventional and 2 qt of synthetic then mix it yourself so you know what's in there.

Same type of issue with Group III synthetic, Group IV synthetic, and Group V synthetic oil. They all different but they are all called synthetic. :roll:
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Post by polskamafia mjl »

Perhaps a better question on my part; OP, does the oil light work on your car?
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As you know...when it turns on,it's too late.
What i was talking about is higher internal wear because of not enough oil in the engine.
With 3 quarts low...it was at 50% of crankcase capacity.Some internal wear occured for sure....time will show.
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rspi wrote:In Florida, you should be running 10w-40. ...
Yes!
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Light usually doesn't come on until about 4 to 4-1/2 quarts low (intermittently). Ask me how I know.
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Post by tryingbe »

rspi wrote:Light usually doesn't come on until about 4 to 4-1/2 quarts low (intermittently). Ask me how I know.
It's a oil pressure light, not oil level light.
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tryingbe wrote:
rspi wrote:Light usually doesn't come on until about 4 to 4-1/2 quarts low (intermittently). Ask me how I know.
It's a oil pressure light, not oil level light.
Lol, I'm well aware of that. When you have about 1.5 quarts left, and you make a turn, and the pick up sucks up air, the light comes on because there is no pressure at the sensor.
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