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Best oil for 740 turbo 700

Any consensus on the best oil for 90 turbo? Synthetic or Castrol, 30w or 40w?
I'm hearing conflicting opinions ! Duh!








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Best oil for 740 turbo 700

Mobil 1 5W-30 or 10-30 summer.








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Best oil for 740 turbo 700

Ditto M1
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Best oil for 740 turbo 700

Ditto on the Mobil 1 10W30 and a Mann/OEM oil filter. Don't worry about the 10W30 in the summer since Mobil 1 runs a little light.








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Best oil for 740 turbo 700

That, of course, depends on your summer, but the turbo bearings do, indeed, like thinner oil.
Synthetics flow better at low temperature and are more resistant to "coking" at high temperature than dino oil, so they're definitely your best bet.







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