Hello all! As topic, is the castrol 10w60 a good oil for a built evo ix engine?


Thankyou //Nickolaus

 

I use motul 300v and I recommend a synthetic ester based oil (motul 300v, redline, millers, silkolene,...)

 

i have motul 300v now but i dont wont to use it again, due to difficulty to get!
But the 10w60 castrol is also fully synthetic.
My question was really if the 10w60 is to thick?

 

id say thats pretty thick, i would not run anything over 20w50.

 

The 10/60 Castrol works as a 60 weight at high temp but really is not thick at all and makes good power on the dyno. Price is no worse than some other high end synthetics - BMW dealer is just about the only place to get it in North America. I use it in one car (normally aspirated) but use 5-40 Rotella on the Evo.

Friend in Europe uses it on all their race cars and personal cars including turbo. Much less wear on the race car engines than previous oils they used. When it burns it almost smells like bean oil, eg old Castrol R if anyone remembers that.

Personally, I'd have no hesitation running it in a built Evo and many of the guys in Europe on lancerrregister seem to be running it. Probably unneccessary/overkill but BMW specc'd it for their M series engines after they were having bearing problems and this seems to have been solved the issue.

BTW, here's a link on 10/60 discussion:http://lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=244716

 

I think that for sweden winter is pretty thick

do you have oil temperature gauge?

 

I only drive the car summertime. so that is why i want to run 10w60
Yes i do have a oil gauge

 

what is the max oil temperature when you run your car?

what is the temperature in summertime?

 

i dont know the maxium temp, i will go to tuning the 2 april, then i will start driving, around 20 celcius

 

If your oil engine doesn't exceed 115º/120ºC I would choose a -w50 oil