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July 2004
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Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 09:51
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Which oil is tha best oil for a 14 year old 3S-GTE.
Synthetic of Mineral. Grade? Weight? Brand?
I've only owned the car for 7 k and changed the oil 1nce.
Took some advice and went with 20-50 mineral Penzoil.
I didn't argue too much cause it was the bees nuts when i rode a bike. But it doesn't perform at all as well as whatever was in there when i got the car.
The only mods are a relief valve and BOV so it a fairly standard setup.
need some advice from people who know.
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Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 10:52
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All of the mr2 die hards in the US will talk your ear off on how great Mobil 1 (fully synthetic) is and how they can go for a lot longer before the oil breaks down.
A sythetic make a bunch more sense as well to me as they can get the cold and hot viscosities spot on and there's no chance of impurities.
Check out http://www.mr2oc.com/, there's a ton of information about the 3sgte's which would be relevant to you.
Not taking anything away from toymods, a lot of people here no their sh*t backwards and inside out. There's just a crap load more people in the US and hence a much large car enthusiast community.
Cheers,
Dave
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MACKAY
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May 2002
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 10:59
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I'm pushing out over 400 HP from my 3sgte and have had no problems with using ( BP Coarse Plus ) I pulled my motor down after 2 years of punishment of 30+ psi boost and the bearings looked as good as the day I put them in .
Trevor
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Brisbane
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July 2004
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 11:43
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'0W-30(Amsoil) is my opinion on the best weight. Optimum protection and performance. '
'It gets over 115 degrees here in the summer so I run the Mobil 1 synthetic 15w-50 "race formula" and then I switch to the 10w-30 for maybe 3 months of the year (winter only).'
'I use 10w30 year round, Mobil 1 synthetic.'
'The manual says 10w 30 for summer time, 5 30 for really cold weather.'
'I run 5w40 fully synthetic'
'The shop I took it to replaced it with 5 30 '
'or should I go with 15w 50 or something?'
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Yes ,well i registered there and they all had an opinion.
Any1 tried a few different grades and weights have an opinion. (it doesn't get much below 10 Degrees C here ever)
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I Supported Toymods
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Sydney
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December 2002
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 12:04
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Don't bother with 30 weight oil around here... not on an aging engine anyway.
15W50 is what I've run ever since I got the car (2 years ago), only ever bothered with semi synthetic and have used Penrite HPR15 and this Gulf Western Protecta Ultra... both VERY good oils!
I personally think the penzoil stuff is pretty poor and I suspect the penzoil oils sold in australia is not the same as that which is sold in the USA.
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Brisbane
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July 2004
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 12:10
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Yeah, this is what i have heard of Penzoil now. Didn't use to be that way i'm told.
anyway thanks for the info.
i'd really like to hear from some1 who has used some oils that suck then some that are good.
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Melb, Victoria
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April 2004
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 14:25
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i just did a oil change on my 3sgte gen2 and i put 10w-40 motul turbolight full synthetic in. car runs very smooth and revs much free-er. befor that the motor had 20w oil in it and it didn't run as well.
alot of people on celica.net strongly suggest around the 10w-30 full synthetic oils for the life of the engine.mobil 1 is way too thin..
Hope this helps 
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sydney
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September 2004
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Re: Which oil 3S-GTE
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Thu, 16 September 2004 17:34
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i like using motul too... turbolite in summer and 8100 in winter... 0w40...
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