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Royal Purple XPR 0W-40 for the 550 , thoughts?

Discussion in '456/550/575' started by Jettafanatic, Jan 17, 2010.

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  1. Jettafanatic

    Jettafanatic Karting

    Nov 8, 2008
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    Claudio
    #1 Jettafanatic, Jan 17, 2010
    I am thinking of using this on my next oil change ( rumor has it it has ZDDP in excess of 2000 ppm ) and given the drop in Zinc and Phosphate in more recent oils for API standards for decreased emmissions. Has anyone run this yet in their engine? I have been very hppy with the "Regular" Royal Purple 5W-40 and been very happy with it.
    Thanks!
     
  2. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Jul 19, 2008
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    Terry H Phillips
    #2 tazandjan, Jan 17, 2010
    Claudio- Any good 0W-40 or 5W-40 synthetic oil will work well enough the engine will never have any lubrication related problems for well over 100,000 miles if changed annually. I use 5W-40 Valvoline in mine. Either of those RP oils should work fine. The factory recommends either 0W-40 or 5W-40 synthetic oil.

    Taz
    Terry Phillips
     
  3. Dr_ferrari

    Dr_ferrari Formula 3
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    Jim McGee
    #3 Dr_ferrari, Jan 17, 2010
    I would suggest to stay with the 5w40 RP. I use in all the track cars and I use the RP max gear 75w90 in all the gearboxes.

    Have had no oil related issues and the gearbox oil works wonders.

    Regards, Jim
     
  4. Jettafanatic

    Jettafanatic Karting

    Nov 8, 2008
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    Santa Barbara, CA
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    Claudio
    #4 Jettafanatic, Jan 17, 2010
    Thank you! I actually change oil and filters every 3 k miles.... The whole flat tappet / need for zinc issue seen innsimilar cars to ours was making me wonder... In that case I'll stick with the RP 5W40.
     

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