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A100man
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PostPosted: 16:02 - 06 Jan 2025    Post subject: Same Oil for Car and Van? Reply with quote

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176696779167

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rvsAAOSw-i9nNp0m/s-l800.webp

Looks like it fulfills the reqt of my 2.1 litre diesel Sprinter van AND my 1.0 L Seat petrol car!

If so I can but this one can for both and few litres left for top-ups.
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PostPosted: 19:00 - 06 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

Time for yet another oil debate Smile

I wouldn't worry so much with older vehicles as long as the weight's correct. The sales blurb says it's for all modern diesel and petrol engines but I suspect they are assuming the engine's already "broken in".
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PostPosted: 19:07 - 06 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the API rating is equal to or better than the vehicle requirements and the viscosity is correct, I'd put it in.
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PostPosted: 22:41 - 06 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:
Time for yet another oil debate Smile

I wouldn't worry so much with older vehicles as long as the weight's correct. The sales blurb says it's for all modern diesel and petrol engines but I suspect they are assuming the engine's already "broken in".


Normally I'd not bother.. but on the Seat and the MB they have extended 20k change recommendstions so it has to be good stuff. I've also seen soem horrors of congealed scum from mixed ingredients clogging pick-ups and oil-ways. The handbook on the Seat is quite strict about it too.
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PostPosted: 22:44 - 06 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
If the API rating is equal to or better than the vehicle requirements and the viscosity is correct, I'd put it in.


Yeah tis what I think. Just a bit wary as you used to get specific oil for diesels, back in the day.
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PostPosted: 23:12 - 06 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

Diesel specific oil has a higher detergent content to help deal with carbon fouling.
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PostPosted: 09:29 - 07 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

try contacting the manufacturer for advice.
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PostPosted: 09:53 - 07 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I was annoyed when I got a car that needed anything other than 10w40, or 20w50 or 15w40 of which I use on all my cars/bikes but the new one called for 5w30. Just another damn type of oil to add to my supplies. I think I have 10 different oils and weights now, mostly in the 20l.
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PostPosted: 10:06 - 07 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meh.. I bought it. It seem to meet both tech requirements and my own req't that the best oil is clean new oil.
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PostPosted: 19:18 - 07 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

blurredman wrote:
Yes, I was annoyed when I got a car that needed anything other than 10w40, or 20w50 or 15w40 of which I use on all my cars/bikes but the new one called for 5w30. Just another damn type of oil to add to my supplies. I think I have 10 different oils and weights now, mostly in the 20l.


That's where I win with my 350 bullet. I put engine oil in it, safe in the knowledge it exceeds the specification the bike was designed for. I tend to run thinner stuff in winter and thicker stuff in summer. Change it when it starts looking too black.
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PostPosted: 00:19 - 10 Jan 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote

20L, hmmm. Thinking

If my truck blows 3.5l of oil out of the exhaust for every 1000 miles travelled and I'm doing 900 miles a week, how many weeks would a drum this size last me? Laughing
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