felixx Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Remember back in the day when we all put 30 40 oil in our English cars Then they took it off the market Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 It falls out at the same rate as anything else. Just run monograde 50. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Castrol gtx 20/50 and moreys used to be my go to and my dads for well 30 plus years never any problems and to be fair we both gave our British cars death. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Is there any other way to drive them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim13 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 yes ........ but the death happens either way ! as for original question , its part of the oil crisis , we have used up all of the thick dinosaurs so we have been forced to develop cars which can use the oil from the remaining thinner dinosaurs . its science , science is always right 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim13 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 the above theory on thinning oils is why people believe cars will run on water in the future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japawagons Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Engine oil is for engines not for drinking. I think it might've got to your head a little bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Fast and furious showed otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 That belongs in the alien thread.They prob don't have that oil because it's not used much and/or the 15//40 does the same job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 This is what happened. It became a relic of a bygone era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 They prob don't have that oil because it's not used much and/or the 15//40 does the same job ^This. Its a multigrade but only just. Weirdo Euros... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I've often pondered this very same question. Does anyone make a full synth 20/50? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morkster Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Yep, heaps of brands do for hd motorcycles (spectro, amsoil etc.). I use mobil 1 v twin 20 50. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Just put a Jap motor in and run 10W/40. /Ling post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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