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hey people.
Its summer time again. I am running 10w-30w oil in my vct 'lane and having issues with the oil pressure dropping low on a hot day idling in traffic . When its cooler -no problem. A new pressure switch was installed a year ago. Is this common? Should i use a different oil, install a oil cooler or change oils? It does run on gas and was thinking to swapping over to penrite HPR30 gas oil. I think it is a 15w-50w. Any ideas?
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31-12-2006, 10:41 AM
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Mate use a thicker oil. 15w40 will be fine..
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31-12-2006, 10:43 AM
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thank sbutler
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15w-40 will be a start as has been said, i would personally use mobil 1 5w-50.
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31-12-2006, 01:39 PM
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I run HPR Gas 10.
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The only reason they use it from new was to get fuel & emitions figures as low as possable, for EPA reasons. I have tried it in a couple of race cars & will never use it again. Both my T3s use Shell ultra+ 15w40..
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31-12-2006, 04:36 PM
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Isnt shell ultra 5w-40? Its the grey bottle.
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so the viscosity of the oil has no effect on the operation of the vct?
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VCT isn't really an issue in a T3
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i use hpr10, top stuff, i think its 10-40 or 10-50
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so in my 250 pursuit what should i run at the moment i,m running 0w 50
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