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Andys VXR

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« on: 27 January 2012, 21:08:01 »
My car is ex old bill and its got 150,000 miles on it . Right what i want to know is my friend has got a few spare 5 litre cans of oil going cheap the thing is its 10-40 diesel oil part sin. Now i wanted a slightly thicker oil as i can just start to hear the tappets there not bad just wanted to try and make them a bit quieter. Would diesel oil do any harm.
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Re: Oil
« Reply #1 on: 27 January 2012, 23:18:31 »
15-40 full sin not to bad. but could just check the tappets may just want adjusting.
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Re: Oil
« Reply #2 on: 27 January 2012, 23:25:18 »
Omegas have hydraulic tappets (lifters) they are not adjustable. ;)
Dont know if oil intended for diesels can be used in petrols.
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Re: Oil
« Reply #3 on: 27 January 2012, 23:30:33 »
The difference is probably more at the marketing level than anything else so it should be fine. Might find it's got a more aggressive package of detergents which will have a flushing effect, so if oil changes have been neglected in the past a 1k change would be prudent to flush out the crud.
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Re: Oil
« Reply #4 on: 27 January 2012, 23:31:43 »
Quote from: Andys VXR on 27 January 2012, 21:08:01
My car is ex old bill and its got 150,000 miles on it . Right what i want to know is my friend has got a few spare 5 litre cans of oil going cheap the thing is its 10-40 diesel oil part sin. Now i wanted a slightly thicker oil as i can just start to hear the tappets there not bad just wanted to try and make them a bit quieter. Would diesel oil do any harm.
If it meets or exceeds ACEA A3/B4 it`ll be fine mate
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Re: Oil
« Reply #5 on: 27 January 2012, 23:44:58 »
Thanks for that its a mobil oil so should be fine.
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Re: Oil
« Reply #6 on: 28 January 2012, 00:48:07 »
Quote from: Albs on 27 January 2012, 23:25:18
Omegas have hydraulic tappets (lifters) they are not adjustable. ;)
Dont know if oil intended for diesels can be used in petrols.

Rusty can adjust them  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Re: Oil
« Reply #7 on: 28 January 2012, 10:06:51 »
Quote from: dbug on 28 January 2012, 00:48:07
Quote from: Albs on 27 January 2012, 23:25:18
Omegas have hydraulic tappets (lifters) they are not adjustable. ;)
Dont know if oil intended for diesels can be used in petrols.

Rusty can adjust them  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

Yes but he's busy changing water into wine  ;D
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Re: Oil
« Reply #8 on: 28 January 2012, 13:12:23 »
ide only use that oil if states on bottle compatable for petrol or diesel engines... but never a mineral based oil always semi or fully...

so what spec oil is standard for a 3.0 mv6??

my engine is brand new only done 20k but uses 1ltr a week if driven hard.. 2 weeks in & around town

ive been topping it up with 10w40 semi & 5w30fully synth petrol oil
 
but was going to do full oil change & get a 5ltr for toppin up what would u guys recomend??

& if its not dropping oil or smoking where is it going?? water clean & original oil is dark brown...
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