Any particular brand of diesel engine oil recommended?

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:13 pm

Saw some cheapish oil at Lidl today which claims to be suitable for diesel and petrol engines

. It had an IPA code on it but like Mulley I have no point of reference ... Doh

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:19 pm

I thought IPA was a brand of ale

so should i be looking for 4% as a minimum

Post by **docchevron** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:25 pm

Or go the whole hog and get the ballsy 6.8ABV, 10 of them bad mothers and you'll not care what oil your car has in it!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:37 pm

6.8, i like treacle

I've got my certificate for having

a pint of Roger & Out (possibly still the worlds strongest beer?) they would only serve a 1/3rd of a pint at a time, so had to go to the bar 3 times...

Followed that up with a pint called 1066 which is 6.6%, it tasted like water

I then stood up & felt slightly light headed

, not bad for only having

2 pints....

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:52 pm

I suppose getting well oiled is still on topic

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:40 pm

1066 is not bad for a beer - some ciders seem to be about 7% or more - much stronger and coins would float!

To return to oil - why not ask what everyone was using when their engine siezed? - In fact I think you will not find any reference on the whole of the site - so these engines wouldn't seem to suffer from lubrication problems - so any oil with the appropriate spec will do an adequate job.

My own BX TD has now covered 207,000 miles (only 18,000 miles to the moon!) and uses a minimal quantity of oil - and the same or less than it did at 1653,000 when I acquired it. Its generally been run on Morris oil, and is now on Total (or did I put that in the ZX?). I tried semi-synthetic but it seemed noiser so I went back to the real thing at the next change.

I can't say that Morris is better or worse than the others as I haven't made a comparison or even run the car far enough to see if its any good.

When my 1946 Austin 8 was burning a gallon every 100 miles or so I used to choose cheap oil by its smell when burnt.

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:36 am

jeremy wrote:1
My own BX TD has now covered 207,000 miles (only 18,000 miles to the moon!) and uses a minimal quantity of oil - and the same or less than it did at 1653,000 when I acquired it.

You do a lot of driving in reverse Jeremy?

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:13 pm

No - that's the specific gravity!