Me again! Oil change in the GU...

What filters do you use?
Steve

Hey chris i just read the post outlining your mods, sounds real nice, you obviously want it to work hard but you are prepared to look after it. With the oil, basically because of the declining sulphur levels in the fuel the oil in the diesels have to carry a lot more soot loading and resist sludging etc. at the moment the best oils to use are the ci4 but even these will soon be outdated. I would recommend choosing a major player and stick with their line of oil, as there will be less dramas when up specing later, a ci4 mineral should handle the work ok as you are going to change it every 5k anyway, once you have narrowed down your choices of ci4 oils ,look for the manufacturer approvals, the more the better, as the better additive packs are used to meet their specs, any of the ones meeting the volvo vds3 rating are really good. do some oil condition monitoring at the change to establish its condition, and only go to a synthetic if it's soot loading is no good or its base number drops too low, the oil report will tell you whats what. And buy it in 20 Litre drums, you will save heaps.

AS for the nissan boost control trouble you mentioned in the other post, it sounds like a wastegate problem plain and simple, either the sizing is marginal or the actuator is faulty.

Gday Bradley,
The ZD30 engine in the patrol does not have a waste gate fitted there is a variable vane that controls the spool speed of the compressor wheel. The variable vane is controlled via the computer using a VVT soleniod. just thought i would let you know.
Thanks
Steve

G'day Chris,

As Brad sisd, stick with a major player and whatever they recommend for your particular engine and you'll be OK.

Most major oil manufacturers have "lube recommendation" pages on their websites that relate to particular models of vehicles and recommend which of their products are suitable for the task.

Castrol recommend Magnatec for your vehicle. Here is the link to their guide. Mobil, Shell and most others have the same facility on their site.

Hope this is useful info

To save $$$ on my Hilux 3.0TD servicing, I buy Caltex Delo 400 in 20L drums and Toyota Oil filters. I do the 5,000 oil change at home with the aid of a greese gun.

For the 10K service I fill up 2 * 5L bottles of oil out of my 20L delo drum and throw in a filter. Saves a truck load of cash. I think Toyota wanted to charge $50 for 7L of oil - when I pay $89 for 20L of Delo.

Toyota want to charge $47 for their filter if they supply it when servicing. If I go to Toyota spare parts (next door) before I drop it in for a service, the filter is about $33. Which makes absolutly no sense at all. I could of course buy cheaper oil filters but its one less thing to worry about if i go genuine.

Same should apply for the Patrol.

I didnt use Delo 400, I would use the Shell Rimula X.

Cheers,

Glenn.