[THOMMO] Member 94 Member For: 10y 1m 21d Posted 07/11/16 07:52 AM Posted 07/11/16 07:52 AM Anyone used Fuchs oils before, was contemplating their 5w-40
skidxr6t skids Legacy Donating Member 2,754 Member For: 13y 7m 9d Gender: Not Telling Posted 07/11/16 08:18 AM Posted 07/11/16 08:18 AM gulf western syn-x 3000 10w40 so far my engines loving it 2
OZYWALKER XR50T Legacy Donating Member 2,795 Member For: 13y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 07/11/16 09:13 AM Posted 07/11/16 09:13 AM Good chit and cheeeap as.
Elusivef6 Member 51 Member For: 10y 12d Location: SE Queensland Posted 08/11/16 03:08 AM Posted 08/11/16 03:08 AM 07 bf f6 and my cams were stuffed after 60,000km. Just replaced them with stock units. So bf cams may also suffer
skidxr6t skids Legacy Donating Member 2,754 Member For: 13y 7m 9d Gender: Not Telling Posted 08/11/16 05:49 AM Posted 08/11/16 05:49 AM (edited) oooohh was the car running full synthetic? Edited 08/11/16 05:50 AM by skidxr6t
Elusivef6 Member 51 Member For: 10y 12d Location: SE Queensland Posted 08/11/16 05:57 AM Posted 08/11/16 05:57 AM Nulon 10w-40 full synthetic changed every 5000kms religiously pretty sh*tty really
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,020 Member For: 18y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/11/16 06:00 AM Posted 08/11/16 06:00 AM On 26/04/2016 at 7:21 PM, k31th said: @arronm long form?
ROB83R Member 1,632 Member For: 10y 2m 18d Gender: Not Telling Location: Radioactive wasteland Posted 08/11/16 06:45 AM Posted 08/11/16 06:45 AM 55 minutes ago, skidxr6t said: oooohh was the car running full synthetic? Cheeky kent!
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Legacy Donating Member 13,798 Member For: 18y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 08/11/16 10:20 AM Posted 08/11/16 10:20 AM (edited) My May 2007 build BFII just had this happen...was picked up at 300,000km though after being fine at 200,000 km when stronger valve springs went in. Would harder springs accelerate wear? I imagine they would. Edited 08/11/16 10:26 AM by -Stever-
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,020 Member For: 18y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/11/16 10:51 AM Posted 08/11/16 10:51 AM as long as the hardness treatment of the metal is correctly done, you'd imagine that it could take considerably more force than standard cam lobe rotation friction/pressure on any spring pressure... but I'm no metallurgist 1
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