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Hey I've got an VL going on 280,000kms (no rebuild) and was just wondering what brand and what weight oil I should be using to keep the old girl going?
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280 thou? She's only just run in at this stage...if you look after her, you'll get another 280 thou before she'll need a rebuild.
How's the compression?
Any blue smoke (can be hard to tell with cat equipped cars as the cat masks the smokiness of th
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I had a Vl about the same k's and used a good 20/50 oil. Still going at 330,000 as my mate tells me
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I bought my VL rb30/5spd dec99 with 206,000kms on it and have changed 15/50 oil every 5,oook's. it is now at 318,000 and still drives beautifully...purrs along at 120kmh (about 2600 rpm with 15x205/65tyres) shame about the car rusting around my ears and Edited by user Saturday, 29 October 2005 7:10:29 PM(UTC)
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AFAIK, all 3 litre VL's had the 3.45 ratio diff. Once I find my VL manuals again, I'll have a squizz for you Elton to confirm.
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im assuming (there's that word again) 4th gear is 1:1, at 100k's -in 4th- the rpm reads 28/2900 revs... edit - these rpm figures are from memory so may not be 100% accurate, wouldn't be far off though. Edited by user Saturday, 29 October 2005 10:08:57 PM(UTC)
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Hi Elton, Had a look in the VY tonight....100 kmh in 4th is 2950 rpm with a 3.46 diff and 235/45-17 tyres so your memory is pretty good mate! I should have been able to work that out without having to try it...6th is 0.5:1 and she does a touch under Edited by user Sunday, 30 October 2005 8:42:53 AM(UTC)
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