Is Engine Oil the same for Petrol & Diesel engines ?

[Boyboy]

Not all Euro 4 engine needs 40 grade oil. My caddy using 5W-30, which meets the VW requirement.

 

what's the recommended OCI?

 

mine says 5W-40, 15000 km OCI in owner's manual, so i don't dare to go lower. for my getz i did use 5W-20 but that was ok according to manual.

[Fcw75]

what's the recommended OCI?

 

mine says 5W-40, 15000 km OCI in owner's manual, so i don't dare to go lower. for my getz i did use 5W-20 but that was ok according to manual.

 

15000km for Caddy too. I used LiquiMoly 4200 5W-30 which meets VW requirement 507.00

Edited October 24, 2010 by Fcw75

[Kb27]

15000km for Caddy too. I used LiquiMoly 4200 5W-30 which meets VW requirement 507.00

Is that Caddy II ?

 

I got the old one but I heard must use synthetic -w40 due to the turbocharger.

 

I wonder where to get the LiquiMoly cheap?

[Fcw75]

Is that Caddy II ?

 

I got the old one but I heard must use synthetic -w40 due to the turbocharger.

 

I wonder where to get the LiquiMoly cheap?

 

Yep, it's the current caddy with DSG one.

 

No problem with the 5W-30 one. Been using LM for since 15000km. Now it's almost 50000km.

 

LM is never cheap, I went JB buy. Even though, also costs more than S$100 for the 5L one.

[Kb27]

Ok thanks. LM seemed like good stuff. Was thinking of getting it if the price is right.

If I get Schaeffer Supreme 5w40, still can get for around $65 for 5 qts.

[Mini-itx2010]

Euro-IV engine will seize and cannot be restarted if wrong oil is used.

Must send back to agent to reset.

 

Wow, that sounds really bad. Engine sieze because wrong oil is used. I jus wonder whats the point of having Euro IV standards if its so hard to maintain. I can live with the higher emissions but not with such terrible maintenance needed.

[Ner000]

can engine oil be mixed?

[Ner000]

i mean do u have to drain your current oil before u top up? because i bot a 2nd hand n duno wat the previous owner used

[Trex101]

can engine oil be mixed?

 

What car are you driving? of course you can top-up engine oil if low, just need to know if it's diesel engine oil or petrol engine oil.

[Ner000]

engine oil has different range rite? i used to leave this to servicing but my current one is TC(S60T5) so i heard i may have to top up often. I dun have to used the same kind/brand/type of engine oil or do i?

[Trex101]

engine oil has different range rite? i used to leave this to servicing but my current one is TC(S60T5) so i heard i may have to top up often. I dun have to used the same kind/brand/type of engine oil or do i?

 

Depends on how much you need to top-up, if 200ml for 10k then any brand engine oil will do but if you have to top-up 500ml for every 3k then best is to use the same engine oil brand.

[Vincentthung]

would like to seek advice, currently been using 5W40 engine oil all the while for my 5yr old honda jazz GD model. was wondering whether is it ok to use 0W30 engine oil.

[Trex101]

would like to seek advice, currently been using 5W40 engine oil all the while for my 5yr old honda jazz GD model. was wondering whether is it ok to use 0W30 engine oil.

 

No problem, alot of ppl is using 0w30 for their Jazz, some even use 0w20 for 200+k till now.

[Fyo8822]

All Syn engine oils are created more or less the same. Most important is the Weight of the Oil.

For singapore weather , using 5W-40 should suffice as oil gets thinner when weather is hot and humid.