TD5 Engine Oil

I would use a premium quality SYNTHETIC motor oil. I myself live in Holland and buy oil for my trips to North and West Africa in a larger quantity to keep the price reaonable. Fred "David" schreef in bericht news: snipped-for-privacy@news.tiscali.co.uk...

I've used Shell Helix Ultra before, and I'm currently using Valvoline SynPower.

Hope this helps, if any one else has got recommendations, let me know and I'll add them to the Td5 bit on my web site.

Martin

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I'm using Mobile 1 15W/50 fully synthetic and see no problem so far in my

Kent

Halfrauds do an own-brand synthetic oil that has A3:98 (a petrol spec) and B3:98 (a diesel spec) on it, and I think it's a 5W40 too (although you'd have to check). If you have to shop there, I'd suggest this one.

You know, I actually get on quite well with Halfords. I've bought several things there (plugs, blinker unit) cheaper than I could get at the local big motor factors, and I've also managed to find several things at Halfords I couldn't get anywhere else. You're right that their oil's a ripoff though.

They get brownie points for helping me out when my battery finally gave up the ghost on the way to a meeting earlier. Including lending me some very nice ratchet spanners to fit it. Thanks Andy by the way! As a precaution I bought an emergency jump starter thing for £30, which I thought was pretty reasonable.

Oddly, both Halfords & the local Rover dealer (not Land Rover) recommended a battery for the Rangie that was about half the physical size, and lower rated, than the one I found in there. So I went for the largest thing I could get in the bay. Except! On the RaRo the positive & negative leads are the opposite way round from virtually any battery known to man, and the leads wouldn't reach. Sounds about right. So I bought one which almost fitted instead.

David

"David French" wrote in news:bu6pe4$e4s6n$ snipped-for-privacy@ID-160280.news.uni-berlin.de:

That was always the problem with the Peugeot 504 (terminals reversed) so maybe if you went to a Peugeot dealer...though you are back paying big money so that advice wasn't much good, was it?

Derry

That would probably be ACEA A1 or B1? If so, then almost any oil premium of the correct viscosity will meet it. Personally I would check out Morris Oils Multivis 5w/30 which meets all the requirements for the TD5. Put "Morris oils multivis" in your search engine and navigate to the official site page.

Huw

Heavy Man! Too heavy.

Huw

If you have a look, I think they still sell a decent foot-pump. The clue is that they have a collar around the piston shaft, rather than the simple hole of the cheap pumps. I had a double-cylinder one, and some bastard nicked it over Christmas.

eh oh... what should I use then? 10/30 or 15/40?

thanks.

Kent

On or around Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:33:28 -0800, "Kent Shih" enlightened us thusly:

I expect you'll find it's designed for 10W40.

mind, ISTR Mobil1 was something like 5W60, but they may have changed it or launched a different one. I know Catsrol RS fully synth was 0W60.

On or around Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:14:16 -0000, "Huw" enlightened us thusly:

the latest lot of diesel oil I got for the TDi is rated A3 and B3-summat.

Craplan or summat.

It is designed for and expects a 5w/30 or 5w40.

The '5w' being important, just as it is for certain Ford, Vauxhall and Honda engines. It is asking for expensive trouble to use a heavier cold rating because it needs to be thin due to the head design.

Huw

original

B3-summat.

Any 15w/40 oil meeting ACEA E3 or API CH4 or MB228.3 will be excellent for TDi engines. Even ACEA E2 or MB228.1 will be good. They are Super High Performance Diesel oils after all. Anything less is NOT recommended. CCMC D5, which is an obsolete rating, is superseded by ACEA E2, so either rating is good. Anything less than the above is likely to compromise the life of the TDi engine.

Huw

I am in Africa so beware ...use an appropriate oil for your actual climate. If you are in the UK, you will have to change oil for a trip into Africa. I prefer a dedicated diesel oil such as Castrol GTD,Delo 4, Shell Rimula or Mobil Delvac. They are all part mineral 10W50 but as I said ..... this is Africa. In the UK, you would most likely have to go for 10W40 or such. Contact a large oil company and speak to their specialist.

On or around Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:44:18 -0000, "Huw" enlightened us thusly:

I sit corrected.

partly depends on how cold it is, though. certainly in a cold climate, you'd want the appropriate oil.