96 2.5 TD Engine Oil

ySo · Jun 30, 2014

Had a wee search and been suggested 0w-40, 5w-40 and 10w-40

Does it matter which? The car has 139k on the clock.

Cheers

wammers · Jun 30, 2014

ySo said:
Had a wee search and been suggested 0w-40, 5w-40 and 10w-40

Does it matter which? The car has 139k on the clock.

Cheers

10w-40 if you want it to last any length of time. 0w-40 and 5w-40 is to thin for this climate. Ok if you are in Siberia though.

Datatek · Jun 30, 2014

Wammers does not approve, but I use 5W40 full Synthetic and change every 5 to 6K miles. Usually costs me about €30. Chains and modulation still good at 116K miles.

wammers · Jun 30, 2014

Datatek said:
Wammers does not approve, but I use 5W40 full Synthetic and change every 5 to 6K miles. Usually costs me about 30. Chains and modulation still good at 116K miles.

Didn't know it got to -30 in your part of Frogland. 10W-40 is correct for your climatic conditions.

Datatek · Jun 30, 2014

5W40 also meets the spec in full Syn and it's more economical on fuel. -17C at times in winter.

3extruckers · Jun 30, 2014

what would anyone suggest for hotter climates like morocco also for the gearbox and diffs

wammers · Jun 30, 2014

Datatek said:
5W40 also meets the spec in full Syn and it's more economical on fuel. -17C at times in winter.

That would be within the 10W recommended range then. Fully synthetic is normally a waste of time and money if you are doing closer changes as you should on a diesel. But if you can get it for peanuts why not i suppose.

Datatek · Jun 30, 2014

3extruckers said:
what would anyone suggest for hotter climates like morocco also for the gearbox and diffs

The spec is in the owners manual, but you can get 10W60

wammers · Jun 30, 2014

3extruckers said:
what would anyone suggest for hotter climates like morocco also for the gearbox and diffs

Those components don't change only the engine oil changes with climate.

cheongthong · Jul 2, 2014

I use 10w40 full syn and change it around 14500 miles and every third times adding with SLICK 50 additive

wammers · Jul 3, 2014

cheongthong said:
I use 10w40 full syn and change it around 14500 miles and every third times adding with SLICK 50 additive

I would recommend a change at half that mileage with any oil in a diesel. It's not the oil wearing out that knackers a diesel engine but the ****e it gathers over time.

Datatek · Jul 3, 2014

wammers said:
I would recommend a change at half that mileage with any oil in a diesel. It's not the oil wearing out that knackers a diesel engine but the ****e it gathers over time.

+100, I reckon 6K is the limit with any type of oil, 3K used to be the norm.

cheongthong · Jul 5, 2014

it over the 360000 so i idon,t mind , begin 6 and half tear ago , i always change around this kilometer , she use around one half liter of engine olie for this mileages

wammers · Jul 5, 2014

cheongthong said:
it over the 360000 so i idon,t mind , begin 6 and half tear ago , i always change around this kilometer , she use around one half liter of engine olie for this mileages

Ok carry on. Advice is free but you don't have to take it.

cheongthong · Jul 6, 2014

yes i known thank you anyway for the advice

96 2.5 TD Engine Oil

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