Oil question... Will my car explode?
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I've got 5 litres of 10W 40 oil knocking about, bought in bulk for a VW PD engined tdi which was my hack for years but has since gone. Its spec'd to Ford standard M2c917-a so is OK for older Ford fuel pump engines.
I've got a new hack, a Ford tdci common rail which by the book needs 5W30 m2c913-d spec oil.
The car is a 120,000 banger but will I do any lasting damage running the pd spec oil for 10,000 miles?
I've got a new hack, a Ford tdci common rail which by the book needs 5W30 m2c913-d spec oil.
The car is a 120,000 banger but will I do any lasting damage running the pd spec oil for 10,000 miles?
PaulKemp said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Would be best to stop every now and again to cool the engine :-)
You’ll need to explain that a bit further for me to understand the “Why”Sorry, I should have brought me parrot :-)
Boosted LS1 said:
PaulKemp said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Would be best to stop every now and again to cool the engine :-)
You’ll need to explain that a bit further for me to understand the “Why”Sorry, I should have brought me parrot :-)
FredClogs said:
TooMany2cvs said:
FredClogs said:
I've got a new hack, a Ford tdci common rail which by the book needs 5W30 m2c913-d spec oil.
1.6TDCI? The PSA engine?Don't do it.
What's it in, what age? Both Puma and DW10 were in Mondeos over the years (switch from Puma to DW was about 2007), and Ford called both "Duratorq TDCi" just to be really helpful...
TooMany2cvs said:
FredClogs said:
TooMany2cvs said:
FredClogs said:
I've got a new hack, a Ford tdci common rail which by the book needs 5W30 m2c913-d spec oil.
1.6TDCI? The PSA engine?Don't do it.
What's it in, what age? Both Puma and DW10 were in Mondeos over the years (switch from Puma to DW was about 2007), and Ford called both "Duratorq TDCi" just to be really helpful...
It should fully synthetic but lets look at it like this
It has done 120K so the tolerances are going to be a bit higher than factory specs now
I would say if you used for 6K then do another service with Fully syn it wont make a blind bit of difference .
You have not mentioned if you intend to hammer it on the Nuremberg ring as some folk on here do !
It has done 120K so the tolerances are going to be a bit higher than factory specs now
I would say if you used for 6K then do another service with Fully syn it wont make a blind bit of difference .
You have not mentioned if you intend to hammer it on the Nuremberg ring as some folk on here do !
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