fantrman

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I am relatively new to turbo cars and was curoius to the best things to do to prolong the life of my FP Black. I am sorry if this has been covered here before, but please enlighten me. I've read here all about oils and turbo break-in, but was curious mainly about cold starting. Should start and immediately let it the engine idle or immediately take the engine to 2K like a motor break-in to get the oil flowing or something else?

awdordie

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Let the engine idle until it gets to normal operating temps, or at least stay under 3k rpms or so until the engine is warmed up. And try avoiding hot shutdowns if u have been driving hard let it idle for a minute or so before turning it off, or drive it normal for a few miles before reaching your destination to let the oil cool.

Raptord

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pretty much exactly what I do!

sparky

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So, which of the motor oils on the FP approved list are you running through your Black??

fantrman

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I'm running Valvoline VR1 20W-50 as recommended by AWD. I see it is also one of the oils recommended by FP.

blknblubkrdude

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I personally would run a fully synthetic oil FP recommends. Unless of course you change your oil very often.
Your engine and turbo will thank you.

wizzo 8

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Sounds like everything has been covered here. 20-50 is a little thick i think but you live in Florida so I'm sure awd knows what they are talking about. I run the same oil but 10-30 since I'm in Chicago.

dinok

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would the valvoline vr1 20w - 50 be good for a fp red 84mm turbo wit 480whp ??

o7'silvermax

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you dont get oil thats is based for your turbo you get oil that is based for the build of your motor to its clearances

wizzo 8

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Unfortunately if you have an Fp black or red you do if you want it to be covered under warranty if something happens to it

dastallion951

dinok yea that oil should work for your fp red, im runnin the same oil this oil change, prior I ran castrol syntec 10w30 synthetic, and before royal purple oil...07 silvermax, you got it wrong, you buy the right oil for the turbo, you buy the right weight of oil for the clearances....normally a stock build, you wanna run 10w30 or possibly 15w40 in hot climates, but if your running a built engine with looser tolerances, you wanna run 20w50

L888Apex

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I would say 10w-40 for OEM engines and not 15w-40 Levon I think the latter would be a bit too thick for cold starts.

dastallion951

15w40, ben the 15 has to do with the winter, higher the number for the hotter the climate, the other the number is the weight of oil, so the 10w40 and 15w40 are both a 40 weight oil, but in your case ben, since you track your car a 15w40 would be better protection for the internals. It wouldnt be too thick for cold starts, plus if your car is tuned right, on a cold start, it should hold the idle about 1500 rpms for the first minute or so, that pushes oil through the oil pump at a good rate, to get oil up to the valvetrain and lifters...i get some lifter tick but i just deal with it and after a little bit of cruising once its up to temp it pretty much goes away.

dinok

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i have everything built besides the block so 10w-20 valvoline vr1 ftw !!

sparky

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So, the difficulty for me to reconcile is when you bolt an FP Black, or Red onto a stock, factory engine. Perhaps FP suggests a 20W--50 motor oil for their turbo. But, this thick oil may not be the best choice for your stock motor which may beg for a 10W-30 synthetic, or even lighter. So, what is the best compromise? Should one pick the oil based on FP's turbo requirements , or should one go by accepted opinion which is that a 20W-50 is just way too thick for the stock engine's clearances?