Oil In The Diesel Engine

[Guest SA Intruder]

Avoid flushing oils and any form of oil or fuel additives.

 

Stick to known brands of the correct spec, genuine filters and correct change intervals.

[Guest T120]

seatkid

Thanks for that; you are right, just looked at the can and it states a synthetic blend so must assume its a semi but not to worry at the moment I am more than pleased :lol: .

 

Like to know who blends the oil and bottles it for VW though :rolleyes: .

 

Going back to the flushing, I don't think they drained out all the old oil as some of the flushing must still have been present and broke down the fresh oil.

 

After all this; an expensive & steep learning curve I now know what oils to put in and would definatly not recomend engine flushes to any one, hope every one who reads this aggrees.

[Guest The Doctor]

In my manual it specifies 5-40 grade oil. I recently checked the oil and observed it getting close to min mark so decided to top up. Had a devil of a time getting hold of some 5-40. Ford garage said they always put 10-40 in. Decided to stick to manual advice and went to three different garages before finally paying the afore-mentioned

[seatkid]

Does it matter what make it is? Is every 5-40 mix the same as the next? Has anyone else had probelms getting hold of this particular synthetic oil?

Does it really say 5-40? The VW/Seat manuals give a variety of options (cold climate, mineral or semi-synthetic) with the appropriate VW Spec numbers as the thing to look out for. If you want 5-40 synthetic then Quantum synta gold is around