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JMF894

1,466 posts

24 months

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Wednesday 8th June 2011 quote quote all
Hi i have just bought a 1989 TVR 450 SE with 100k on the clock. My driving style is 3k a year, fast A road and motorway, no track days. The car is standard. I am looking for advice on engine, gearbox and diff oils please

Regards Jim

opieoilman

Original Poster:

2,812 posts

105 months

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Thursday 9th June 2011 quote quote all
Hi

A 10w-50 is ideal for your car and these are the ones that we stock.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-659-10w-50.aspx

Both are really good oils, absolute top of the range ones, so go with any brand preference you have.

The gearbox needs an ATF (even though it's a manual).

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-442-automatic-gear-oil...

The best ones are the Amsoil ATF, Redline D4, Fuchs ATF5000 and Motul Multi ATF are the best choices. The Millers ATF type G, Castrol Dex III and Shell Donax TF are good cheaper alternatives.

The diff takes a SAE for LSDs so any of these are fine

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-970-limited-slip-diff....

Cheers

Tim


JMF894

1,466 posts

24 months

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Thursday 9th June 2011 quote quote all
Thanks Tim

JMF894

1,466 posts

24 months

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Friday 10th June 2011 quote quote all
Tim, i have just bought some of your engine oil off ebay. What oil filter do you recommend? Are these high performance glassfibre ones worth the money?

Regards

Jim (ebay lff894)

opieoilman

Original Poster:

2,812 posts

105 months

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Friday 10th June 2011 quote quote all
Hi

What's the filter for?

Cheers

Tim
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JMF894

1,466 posts

24 months

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Friday 10th June 2011 quote quote all
opieoilman said:
Hi

What's the filter for?

Cheers

Tim
Its for the 450se Tim

PeteGriff

447 posts

26 months

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Saturday 11th June 2011 quote quote all
Hi all, just thought I would let you know, Halfords are doing a deal at the moment on MOBIL 1 15W50 - £38.49 for 5L! I use this on my Griff and have stocked up because I understand Mobil have stopped this oil now and replaced it. Log onto the Halfords website and you can search to see if your nearest branches have any.

Also with regard oil filters - my Griff and Land Rover use the same oil filter, I have just bought a consignment of 10 quality Cooper OEM filters for £36.48 delivered from Adventure 4x4, they are doing a special offer on 10. You can get cheap filters but I have always found these Cooper's to be excellent.

Cheers, Pete

opieoilman

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2,812 posts

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Tuesday 14th June 2011 quote quote all
Pete,

When the Mobil 15w-50 is all gone there are plenty of alternatives, equal or better quality. I am still unsure why Mobil deciced to drop it. However for the die hard Mobil fans the Mobil 1 4t 15w-50 (for bikes) is exactly the same oil.

If you find good deals else where, could you please start a new thread. I have to pay a fair bit to have this one so I can do some advertising.

Cheers

Guy.


opieoilman

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2,812 posts

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Wednesday 15th June 2011 quote quote all


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haircutmike

6,738 posts

73 months

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Wednesday 15th June 2011 quote quote all
I have just replaced my cam on my RV8 chim with another Real Steel Typhoon camshaft.

On the fitting instructions it states that a none synthetic oil should be used.

The manufacturer recommends Valvoline AZ11951 Racing Oil, what do you think? Is this available and is there an alternative?

Car is used for a lot of track days as well as road use.

opieoilman

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2,812 posts

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Wednesday 15th June 2011 quote quote all


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Friday 17th June 2011 quote quote all


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Wednesday 22nd June 2011 quote quote all
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S6 ROR

1,321 posts

134 months

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Wednesday 22nd June 2011 quote quote all
Hi, I am a bit late comming to this thread, having owned TVr`s for several years, but would appreciate your advice.
I have a Griff 500, totally standard only done 18,000 miles and do approx 2/3K per year, no track days.
The place where i have been taking it for service use Shell Helix 10-40 semi synthetic i believe, and have been told that its ok to top up with Vauxhall semi- sythetic 10-40 between services.
My questions are:-
1.Is it ok to continue to use Shell Helix for this engine?
2.How good is the vauxhall stuff?

Many thanks
Nigel.

Andy JB

693 posts

88 months

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Monday 11th July 2011 quote quote all
Guy - can you confirm if the Fuchs Silkolene ProS you supply 10w/50 contain a high zinc level zddp content?

opieoilman

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2,812 posts

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Thursday 21st July 2011 quote quote all


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opieoilman

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Thursday 21st July 2011 quote quote all
Andy JB said:
Guy - can you confirm if the Fuchs Silkolene ProS you supply 10w/50 contain a high zinc level zddp content?
Hi

Yes, the Pro S has a very high ZDDP, up to about 1400ppm.

Cheers

Tim

ChopperTVR

191 posts

72 months

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Sunday 24th July 2011 quote quote all
Tuscan 2 S
What do you recommend?

finestjammy

386 posts

42 months

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Thursday 28th July 2011 quote quote all
Hi, please could you advise on engine, gearbox and differential oil as well as clutch fluid and coolant if you supply for the following:

Make: TVR
Model: Chimaera 4.0
Year: 1993
Engine type: Rv8 4.0L - done 80,000 miles
Modifications: Smooth bore plenum elbow and breather hoses, thermal trumpet insulator, sleeved silencer
Driving style: Weekends and holidays, never used in temperatures below +5c, no track use, mainly A and B roads.
Any other information that may be relevant: Has the LT77 (SD1) gearbox and GKN Differential, the diff has recently been reconditioned.
What recommendation are you looking for? Engine,Gearbox,Differential and clutch fluid and coolant if you supply these.


Edited by finestjammy on Thursday 28th July 12:54

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