12V VR6 oil preferece

**VR28LT** · 21-08-2015, 07:26 PM

With the good old mk3 VR6 being 20 years old and a lot of them that have reset the odo at 300k, with the motors starting to suffer from wear and worn valve stems and what not im curious to know what brand and type of oil you guys are running?

All the VR6s ive owned its been either Penrite HPR10 10w50 or Nulon Full Syn 10w40 (Hi Tech Fast Flowing) that they seem to run best on.

**ByronRichesMk1** · 21-08-2015, 08:17 PM

Ive been running Royal Purple 10w40 and have been extremely impressed so far

**Umai Naa!!** · 21-08-2015, 08:21 PM

10W40.

Doesn't have to be anything flash.

**stefcio007** · 22-08-2015, 01:01 AM

Penrite 15W60...apparently I am doing it wrong.
Another question, how often do you change?

**Umai Naa!!** · 22-08-2015, 09:00 AM

Every 10K max.

**VR28LT** · 23-08-2015, 06:46 PM

definetly no more then 10K

15w60 is quite a high viscosity what is the reason you use this oil? consumption problems?

**stefcio007** · 23-08-2015, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by VR28LT

definetly no more then 10K

15w60 is quite a high viscosity what is the reason you use this oil? consumption problems?

It's what my uncle put in it when he showed me how to change the oil and oil filter. And I've forever been stuck in the loop of; have some oil left over, but not enough, buy same oil, now have some oil left over...
Apart from following recommendations on here, what are the benefits to switching what oil I use? I assume low viscosity means the engine works less so it burns less?

**HaydEn** · 24-08-2015, 07:22 AM

5w30 in mine. Change every 3,000km filter every second oil change. It's cheap enough not to.

Reason being, i want oil in my lifters when bouncing off 7.5k rpm

**brad** · 24-08-2015, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by stefcio007

It's what my uncle put in it when he showed me how to change the oil and oil filter. And I've forever been stuck in the loop of; have some oil left over, but not enough, buy same oil, now have some oil left over...
Apart from following recommendations on here, what are the benefits to switching what oil I use? I assume low viscosity means the engine works less so it burns less?

You can mix oils - it's no big deal