wetandwindy2 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 hi guys would anybody be able to tell me which oil i need for my mk2 2.8 auto galaxy please i think its 5w 40 but not sre thanks in advance Quote
mk2vr6 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Posted April 13, 2014 hi guys would anybody be able to tell me which oil i need for my mk2 2.8 auto galaxy please i think its 5w 40 but not sre thanks in advance depends? if your car has been running on 5w40 then go for it, if not try 10w40, but then if you topping up and sticking 5w40 into mineral oil, then you may have issues! the two dont mix well! something about polysomthings not reacting too well with the old dino oil! Quote
wetandwindy2 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Posted April 13, 2014 thanks should it be synthetic or semi as the 5w 40 is fully synthetic and the 10w 40 was semi synthetic Quote
mk2vr6 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Posted April 13, 2014 thanks should it be synthetic or semi as the 5w 40 is fully synthetic and the 10w 40 was semi synthetic either will do, you can mix it up a bit but dont over do it! if you doing a full oil change? unless your going to strip the block down and wipe up every last drop of remaining oil? there's no way you wont mix them up, just dont over do it as you'll be reducing the quality of the higher spec/costing fully synth oilwith out looking the specs up IIRC the only real difference if the fully bit and the fact that the 5w will remain thinner at lower temps, which isnt really a problem here in the uk Quote
wetandwindy2 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Posted April 13, 2014 i had put 10w 40 semi synthetic in but found the handbook and it states 5w 40 and thats i think fully synthetic so i would need to change the oil filter to i am only doing this as i did an oil change a couple o hundred miles ago and the warning stop oil pressure check oil came up on the dash so i thought maybe wrong oil or maybe the oil pressure sensor any idea to where that is situated so i can get a part number of it thanks again Quote
BrianH Posted April 13, 2014 Report Posted April 13, 2014 i had put 10w 40 semi synthetic in but found the handbook and it states 5w 40 and thats i think fully synthetic so i would need to change the oil filter to i am only doing this as i did an oil change a couple o hundred miles ago and the warning stop oil pressure check oil came up on the dash so i thought maybe wrong oil or maybe the oil pressure sensor any idea to where that is situated so i can get a part number of it thanks again Maybe the oil pressure light is down to a clogged filter if you haven't already changed it? Quote
wetandwindy2 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Posted April 13, 2014 it just had a full service plus all the filters but if i change to 5w 40 will change the filter again just to be sure Quote
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