"Turbo Diesel" engine oil

[DannyVTS]

Even Chaps, merry christmas!

I've been recommended to put 5w-40 Fully Synthetic Engine Oil in my Saxo, when looking at halfrauds to see what was commonly available (not a big fan of buying online) I found that most of this oil was specified as "Turbo Diesel" oil.

I went on Castrol's website and put in my registration plate also to see what they suggested, again it came up with 5w-40 Fully Synth but when I went on eBay for some prices they wre all specified as Turbo Diesel oil.

Is this just to help with marketing or have i gone wrong somewhere?

Castrol Edge for example!

So my question is is there a difference in Diesel branded engine oil, and if so.. what is it? And would that harm my car?

Danny

[DannyVTS]

Larry Dickman said:

tractor 2990 said:

theres plenty of 5w 40 fully synthectic oils for petrol engines available

This, why buy Castrol when they always seem to be expensive. You could also put 10w 40 semi synthetic in it as well, wont make any difference but will be cheaper. Also the cheapest way to buy oil is to take an empty container to your local friendly mechanic & get them to fill it up, they buy it in 200ltr drums.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
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Edited to fix link.

Edited by Larry Dickman on Saturday 25th December 23:56

That's a bold statement saying it wont make any difference running 10-40 semi synth as apposed to 5-40 fully synth isn't it?

Opie Oil man told me and all the other VTS owners on the owners club to run 5-40 fully synth (he recommend Fush Titan IIRC but I was just looking around!

[DannyVTS]

Thanks for all the Replys

Alex97 said:

Castrol Edge Turbo Diesel 5w 40 is the oil of choice for the S2000. Castrol themselves even confirmed that the TD element is just a marketing thing.

This one confirms what I thought

Danny

[DannyVTS]

Schermerhorn said:

DannyVTS said:

Even Chaps, merry christmas!

I've been recommended to put 5w-40 Fully Synthetic Engine Oil in my Saxo, when looking at halfrauds to see what was commonly available (not a big fan of buying online) I found that most of this oil was specified as "Turbo Diesel" oil.

I went on Castrol's website and put in my registration plate also to see what they suggested, again it came up with 5w-40 Fully Synth but when I went on eBay for some prices they wre all specified as Turbo Diesel oil.

Is this just to help with marketing or have i gone wrong somewhere?

Castrol Edge for example!

So my question is is there a difference in Diesel branded engine oil, and if so.. what is it? And would that harm my car?

Danny

5W40 fully synthetic oil in a 1.5 diesel Saxo? Who served you, a monkey?

5w40 full synthetic is what VAG cars with PD engines used.

If you have high mileage; use 15W40 semi-synethetic.

If your car has done less than 60,000 miles, use 10w40 semi synethic diesel oil.

Fully synethetic oil is recommended for modern engines.

PS: I'm not an idiot, I used to have my own motorfactors store and am fully up to speed on engine grades and what oil goes into what car.

Edited by Schermerhorn on Sunday 26th December 02:54

No I don't have a 1.5D, I have a 1.6 16v Petrol Engine. Thanks for taking the time to reply but I was looking for whether the label stating "Turbo Diesel" was any different to any other oil, which it would appear it is only a marketing ploy.