Wow 8 litres, where do you guys go to buy oil.....local auto factors?
Hmmm 5w 30 or 5w40 I guess there's not a big difference?
I'll be doing a service on my td5 soon.
I didn't have the owners manual from the previous owner so maybe some could advise me on oil grade and how much?
It's a 2001 with 125k miles
Many thanks
A1 is a petrol engine spec, Diesel engines are B specs. A1 B1 is also fuel economy oil so is **** thin. I would look for a B3/B4 oil as its high performance related. The 3- or 40 number is how thin the oil is when at 100C so ambient temp is irrelevant (the 5 number is the cold start rating. I would go for a 5w40 as it will offer better protection when pushed hard.
A1 is a petrol engine spec, Diesel engines are B specs. A1 B1 is also fuel economy oil so is **** thin. I would look for a B3/B4 oil as its high performance related. The 3- or 40 number is how thin the oil is when at 100C so ambient temp is irrelevant (the 5 number is the cold start rating. I would go for a 5w40 as it will offer better protection when pushed hard.
yes that is correct,but i posted as to what is printed in the owners manual,so the op knows that he does not have to use fully synthetic oil.Yes there are better engine oils available now since the original manual was printed,but you do not have to use the most expensive oil in a normal td5.
where is that?...i'll buy it right away
i'm sure you meant untuned... cos if it's tuned one way or another(i mean for more power) fully synth is the only way IMO
fully synth is better all the way IMO, especially with power tuning, ... i replace it every 7K miles, so in the end it's cheaper than the semy synth then why put that sh*t on it?, 10W40 is not recommended for Td5... not even in that old RAVE...
unless it drops to minus 30, which it dont where i live 10/40 is fine
put the filters too there at every 3K miles... i dont want to argue, i made my oppinion based on very serious research and i dont want to keep a theory here cos it's long and boring... just an important thing in a nutshell, if your's is well power tuned when you floor it uphill eventually towing something too that 10W semi breaks down instantly in the turbo... also i'll never say that 10W is not fine, i'm insisting on what's the best... make a favour to your engine(and yourself) once and put a 5w40 full synth EUI/PD oil in it and i'm sure it will be smoother, maybe a bit more powerfull and even sound better, especially on cold start... if i'm wrong i'll post you the money difference through paypal you have my word on it
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