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Offline dan930

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Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« on: June 06, 2014, 08:31:09 pm »
As above,need a top up so went into tescos to grab a 1L bottle of castrol edge..poured it into my engine & realised its turbo diesel castrol edge...is it ok?
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2014, 08:38:30 pm »
NO ITS GONNA BLOW!!!

It'll be fine mate, these things happen.
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2014, 08:43:15 pm »
It'll develop more torque now, and your mpg will improve dramatically. Also, you might see some black smoke out of the exhaust occasionally under hard acceleration.
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2014, 08:45:10 pm »
Still drop the oil though
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2014, 08:50:50 pm »
It won't need to be dropped most manufacturers fully synthetic oils are identical formulas for petrol and Diesel engines , 99% sure castrols are , contact opie oils he will tell you just that mate
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2014, 09:10:45 pm »
I'd drop the Castrol out and put decent oil in.
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2014, 09:41:30 pm »
Quote from: Viking on June 06, 2014, 08:43:15 pm
It'll develop more torque now, and your mpg will improve dramatically. Also, you might see some black smoke out of the exhaust occasionally under hard acceleration.

That's the 'Castrol Edge for PD Engines'
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2014, 10:16:22 pm »
If the bottle label indicates it's VW504 or VW507 spec then you'll be ok.
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2014, 11:12:06 pm »
I'd drop the oil & get the correct oil for own peace of mind. :happy2:
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2014, 10:24:58 am »
yeah as above I wouldn't worry about it for the time being but just drop it and replace when you get chance
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2014, 10:33:49 am »
A 'top up' of 1 litre?!
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2014, 11:29:17 am »
Quote from: Duke on June 07, 2014, 10:33:49 am
A 'top up' of 1 litre?!

I'm guessing he didn't mean 'poured it' as 'poured it all', otherwise he'd probably posting about a different problem...
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2014, 12:04:38 pm »
1litre out of 5 will be slightly different, it's going to make no difference at all. My mate put 1/2 a litre of fairy liquid in his 106 diesel as his dad had used the oil container for it  :laugh:

It's not worth spending £50-80 on a complete oil change to fix something that isn't going to do any harm  :happy2:
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2014, 02:55:45 pm »
^^^^
Did he get bubbles out the tail pipes ?  :laugh:
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Re: Put the wrong engine oil in my car
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2014, 03:18:42 pm »
Quote from: gobbleplease on June 07, 2014, 02:55:45 pm
^^^^
Did he get bubbles out the tail pipes ?  :laugh:


Out of the oil filler cap  :signLOL:
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