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• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 96 2.0 uses oil 14 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  HI any one knows or have an idea why im burning oil,litre per month,no leaks,no smoke,regular oil changes,correct oil?
• VW Caravelle T4 2.4 diesel 20 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  VW Caravelle T4 2.4 diesel, the problem we have is the oil warning light and alarm keeps coming on, we have changed oil pressure switches and it still did it, we changed oil and filters and flushed the engine and this cured it for 1500 miles and it started doing it again, the oil is full
• Oil Type - Corsa 1.4 (04) 19 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  My daughter has a 1.4 Corsa (04 Reg) and I am about to start the suggested 6 month oil change regime suggested on here. Vauxhall can do the annual services and I will do intermediate changes for her. On looking in the book it lists 10W-30 or 10W-40 and ACEA A3. What is a reasonably priced oil
• Any vehicle-engine flush or not? 25 May 2004 (Forum)
  I havnt flushed my engine out during oil change since I read somewhere that flushing engines out with high mileage can remove hardened bits of crud,which otherwise wouldnt move,which can in turn cause blockages and problems in your engine,but Ive noticed that not doing it during oil change makes
• 306 HDi Oil Capacity 4 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I'm doing an oil and filter change on my Pug 306 HDi today and cannot find the oil capacity in the manual. Does anyone know please? Simon
• Honda Jazz 1.4 Ivtec 63 model - Oil Change Spec 1 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  My sisters car - Honda Jazz 1.4 ivtec 63 plate requires an oil change.  The car manual supplied by Honda states that we can use 0w20, 0w30 and 5w30.  Quite a wide range.  What should we use?  I think Honda dealers use 0w20 but that's probably because all new models use
• Citroen - Oil change deals 8 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Does anyone know who is doing deals on oil changes at the moment? Now before anyone jumps in and says do it yourself,yes,I am capable of doing so,and have done many times in the past,but I want to get my book stamped on my Berlingo van,hence the question. I have rung National tyres,and I think
• old castrol oil 17 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  have about 2 litres of castrol oil in the garage. anyone know of any uses for it apart from putting it in the engine!? ive found a local garage to change the oil now at a price i cant even do myself for less cash so have no use for this oil.
• Oil Life (hic) again 27 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  As we all know, honest john repeatedly advises that no engine oil can stay in grade beyod 7500 miles. Hence, many of us routinely change oils frequently and achieve high milages. However, car manufacturers say that the oil manufacturers now produce oils that meet their requirements for extended
• SAAB 9-3 - Performance Oil Filters - K&N vs Mann 26 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  Having recently moved into Saab ownership (9-3 Aero, 2007, with Maptun st1 tune), I have taken HJs advice about the oil feed to the cam chain requiring frequent oil changes to heart and have performed 3 changes with flush in the 10k I've done in it so far. At the last change I decided
• 03 Audi A4 Avant 1.9 TDi 100 AVB - Short Term Oil Change 5w30 or 5w40 VAG PD 22 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Coming up to oil change time again, but this time a little confused as to which oil to use. I have read that if doing a short term change (Every 7k/yearly in my case) its better to use 5w40, rather that the more expensive 5w30 longlife stuff. The car isn't driven hard and only does
• BMW 5 Series E60 - BMW e60 520d auto gearbox problem 7 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Hi everyone - I have a problem with my e60 80k miles (since around 70k miles) . Changing from 2nd->3rd kicks very badly, especially in stop start traffic.. you can reproduce it in manual mode.. The BMW dealers reckon they want to do two gearbox oil changes to see
• 5W30 or 0W40? 12 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Re: Ford Fiesta 1.3 EFI (Endura) I am going to get an oil change in a couple of hours, but the people at Kwik Fit have thrown me. My problem is as follows: When I had my "Major" service at Ford last June, they did an oil change an used 5W30. Ever since then I have changed my own oil every 10k
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 97 2.8 Oil change at National - 5W30 or 10w40? 29 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Just checked my oil and its looking a bit black, so I looked at National Tyres website for a oil & filter change. £30 for up to 7l of oil. They recommend 5W40 Castol Edge Fully Synthetic, but I usually use 10W40 semi-synth. Which would you recommend? I've not heard of the 'Edge' stuff before
• Soot in the oil - via the EGR valve your views? 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  to Meadowhall and back and changed the oil and filter - using Shell Rimula R4. I`ve normally done 3,000 oil changes (filthy old IDI engine) which are half service interval and the cams and cambox were clean (black oil accepted) no sludge or cam surface wear, at 56,000 miles It`s occurred to me
• VW Golf 1.4 ryder (synthetic oil ) 4 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hi I have A VW Golf 1.4 ryder that has done 130,000 miles. I`ve just had an oil and filter change at national tyres and discoverd that they have used synthetic oil (duckhams visco 7000 fully synthetic) I have never used synthetic oil before. Is it possible that this could cause damage i.e
• Mondeo oil filter location 25 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  2003 2.0 Duratorq diesel 130PS 6-speed. Anyone tell me where the oil filter is located ? Want to change filter & oil. Is this an easy DIY job ? Thanks in advance. Bob.
• Info gathering - Engine oil history 27 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  history ;-) MANUFACTURERS SPEC CHANGE INTERVAL OIL RELATED ISSUES The idea was to cut and paste the above into a new post and then write answers. It was a struggle - people drifted off from the format. But a tentative picture started to emerge. (for the PD) 1) That use of a 5w30 (or 0W30) oil
• Toyota Avensis - tapping noise after oil changed 30 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  the correct oil and he changed the oil and filter again for me but the noise is still there. Once properly hot it goes away.  I suspect he used the wrong oil before and the engine has been damaged. What recourse do I have?  The filter is branded 'MANN'. Is this reputable and suitable. The car
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - The use of 10W40 engine oil in 03 PD 130 26 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  and on the VW official bulletin that the standard is a PD approved 5W40 and not the above, would the fact that the dealer used it with 10W40 can do any harm? or should we change the oil now to 5W40 before we start driving it? The oil was changed a week ago as the dealer serviced the car before the sale. We