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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:27 am 
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Should i use hpr15 or hpr30 in my car? (It has nearly done 220,000K)

 

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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:33 am 
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dyl wrote:
Should i use hpr15 or hpr30 in my car? (It has nearly done 220,000K)






you should use HPR 10


my engine has 210 000 on it and i use motul 8100 synthetic 5w40
have no problems with burning oil or noises.
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:08 am 
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tickford_6 wrote:
dyl wrote:
Should i use hpr15 or hpr30 in my car? (It has nearly done 220,000K)






you should use HPR 10


my engine has 210 000 on it and i use motul 8100 synthetic 5w40
have no problems with burning oil or noises.


damn u lucky then!


i would say the hpr 15
but then depends on the condition of the engine
if it has had a hard life the hpr 30 may be the way to go

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:08 am 
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Check out this Oil Metal Conditioner called Roil. I have used it in the past and is good see link:
http://www.jaguarmagazine.com/website/links/roil-metal-conditioner.shtml

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:17 am 
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ive been using the fully synethic but my bottom end is starting to get a little old and worn so i might have to change to a slightly thicker oil
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:13 pm 
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i'm using HPR15 this winter and the cars has done 290,XXX k's. I usually use HPR30 normally.

Changed every 5000ks with new filter.
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:35 am 
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i'm running hpr 30 in my xr6 gets really good oil pressure, was finding the lighter oils a bit to thin

 

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