# Great read on proper oil selection for turbochargers..

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 26, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/great-read-on-proper-oil-selection-for-turbochargers/259106 "2011-06-26T01:04:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/great-read-on-proper-oil-selection-for-turbochargers/259106/19 "2011-06-26T12:44:51Z")

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> [@the nudes](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-nudes/43362/15):
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> The manufacturer recommending that is just all a marketing deal between the two manufactures. If it were mine, I’d have one of the oils that FP suggested in it. No need for a heavier weight though (VR1 10W30 would be my choice).

he doesn’t NEED to change in all honesty, he still has the stock turbo which has the brass bearings unlike the FP turbos which have steel bearings.

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