Can we use 10W-40 in all our cars?

Can we use 10W-40 in all our cars?

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OnTheOverrun

3,965 posts

177 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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Holy first posting 2 year thread resurrection Batman!

louismchuge

1,628 posts

184 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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to the bat cave! Hang on Robin you nork, you've gone and put 10 40 in the bat mobile

HellDiver

5,708 posts

182 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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Another noobie bumping a thread over a year old, great. Please check the date of the last post before replying, thanks.

Red Cabbage

3,606 posts

232 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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You woke me up.

s3fella

10,524 posts

187 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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scammell said:
i think people need to be more specific than 'no google it', that gives the impression you know something important we don't. I found this topic whilst googling this chevron oil. I am about to use it in a large cummins diesel engine which requires an API CD oil as it's turbo charged. This well priced oil is CF, so well above a CD rating. It is good for big engines as well as small ones and is sold by some people as a substitute to shell rimula x 15w-40, which is much more expensive.

so if you know something for a fact which we don't, please tell
huh huh huhh huh huh......huhh huh huh....he said cummins.......

Edited by s3fella on Thursday 4th February 17:57

scammell

2 posts

170 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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what's the date of the thread got to do with weather or not you can reply?

The stuff's archived for reference. Does the fact that the thread is old mean that rubbish posted is no longer rubbish? I'm surprised your mods leave potentially liabal stuff on this site.

Nice to see another thread this evening about rude sellers etc, how about rude forum members.

And as for the punt who thinks cummins is somehow funny, get a life

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

246 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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PH is tetchy place filled with right-wing keyboard warriors - as you have discovered.

IMO a decent 0w-40 synthetic can be put in just about anything without significant worries. However, it's always best to "read the manual" and follow manufacturer recommendations.

EDLT

15,421 posts

206 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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Ozzie Osmond said:
IMO a decent 0w-40 synthetic can be put in just about anything without significant worries. However, it's always best to "read the manual" and follow manufacturer recommendations.
That is true. Unless you service your own car it probably has that or 10w-40 semi-synthetic in it, most garages only have one or two types of oil in stock.

Rollcage

11,327 posts

192 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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EDLT said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
IMO a decent 0w-40 synthetic can be put in just about anything without significant worries. However, it's always best to "read the manual" and follow manufacturer recommendations.
That is true. Unless you service your own car it probably has that or 10w-40 semi-synthetic in it, most garages only have one or two types of oil in stock.
Ford Zetecs in Escorts ,Mondeos etc sulk if you use 10/40 - can lead to noisy tappets. Best to use the correct 5/30 on those engines.

EDLT

15,421 posts

206 months

Thursday 4th February 2010
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Rollcage said:
EDLT said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
IMO a decent 0w-40 synthetic can be put in just about anything without significant worries. However, it's always best to "read the manual" and follow manufacturer recommendations.
That is true. Unless you service your own car it probably has that or 10w-40 semi-synthetic in it, most garages only have one or two types of oil in stock.
Ford Zetecs in Escorts ,Mondeos etc sulk if you use 10/40 - can lead to noisy tappets. Best to use the correct 5/30 on those engines.
There is that, in fact the garage I worked at only had a choice of 10/40 and 5/30. The only time we used anything else is when the customer brought it with them.

The engines that suffered from wear were the ones that didn't have enough oil, but thats another thread.

Pilgrim20vt

50 posts

182 months

Friday 5th February 2010
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HellDiver said:
Another noobie bumping a thread over a year old, great.
Have I just read the word 'noobie' as if from some teenage l33t speak kiddie? Just out of interest why does his relative newness to this forum render the question less valid? Next you'll be telling me that he doesn't drive enough cc to deserve a vote.

HellDiver

5,708 posts

182 months

Friday 5th February 2010
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scammell said:
what's the date of the thread got to do with weather or not you can reply?

The stuff's archived for reference. Does the fact that the thread is old mean that rubbish posted is no longer rubbish? I'm surprised your mods leave potentially liabal stuff on this site.

Nice to see another thread this evening about rude sellers etc, how about rude forum members.

And as for the punt who thinks cummins is somehow funny, get a life
Libel. If you're going to pull that out, at least spell it correctly. There's nothing libelous anywhere in this thread. Here's a quick guide about libel. http://www.urban75.org/info/libel.html

You say it's ARCHIVED for REFERENCE. What you did is exactly like going in to a library, opening a reference book and starting to write in your own thoughts at the back.

It's also known internet etiquette to not bump an old post, especially when your post really isn't relevant to the original dead thread. Post a new topic, and possibly link the old thread is a much better and significantly less annoying method.

Hope that helps. smile

Prince Rupert

430 posts

205 months

Friday 5th February 2010
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I used to spend my uni holidays working for a well known car hire company. They topped up all cars, vans etc with the same oil.

Red Cabbage

3,606 posts

232 months

Tuesday 9th February 2010
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scammell said:
what's the date of the thread got to do with weather or not you can reply?

The stuff's archived for reference. Does the fact that the thread is old mean that rubbish posted is no longer rubbish? I'm surprised your mods leave potentially liabal stuff on this site.

Nice to see another thread this evening about rude sellers etc, how about rude forum members.

And as for the punt who thinks cummins is somehow funny, get a life
If I were you I would have pointed out the person that called you a noob has only been here for 12 months themselves. wink




Edited by Red Cabbage on Tuesday 9th February 15:19

Beirut Taxi

6,631 posts

214 months

Tuesday 9th February 2010
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Just refer to the cars handbook when replacing or adding fluids. The handbook will state the required specifications and other pertinent information.

GC8

19,910 posts

190 months

Tuesday 9th February 2010
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I think we have won him over...

chris1roll

1,697 posts

244 months

Tuesday 9th February 2010
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HellDiver said:
It's also known internet etiquette to not bump an old post, especially when your post really isn't relevant to the original dead thread. Post a new topic, and possibly link the old thread is a much better and significantly less annoying method.

Hope that helps. smile
[devils advocate]
I am/have been a member of a couple of forums where it is etiquette not to start new threads when replying to an old one could do the job, and if you do post a new thread you may well get jumped on! So you can't really win! smile