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• Volkswagen Transporter - Marine Diesel engine oil for van use 4 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  engines but surely if the SAE and CF ratings are suitable it would be ok? Maybe the detergent content is quite high, but after a couple of low mileage oil changes & sump flushes with it..?
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 00 1.8 Oil capacity for Escort Van 18 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  but if anyone knows how much it should take when oil and filter are changed it'd be much appreciated. Cheers
• Oil, ambient temp. 23 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Can't really think of how to title it, but when you're doing an oil change in your car do you actually read the little chart thing in the manual where it tells you what oil is suitable for what temperature, or do you just go for the broadest range multigrade you can find? Only realised today I can
• Mondeo Oil Filter Difficult to remove 6 May 2004 (Forum)
  Have just changed the oil and filter on my 2001 new shape Mondeo. The filter is the one which you unscrew and replace the inner paper mesh bit. I had no end of trouble in getting it off the car as it was on so tight. Am I missing a special tool for doing this? Want to make it a bit easier next
• Synthetic Gearbox Oil 2 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Folks, Would list members replace mineral gear oil with synthetic? Any noise suppresion/leakage issues? The XM at 76K is probably due a change. The wheel bearing noise I mentioned some time back sounds more like a very slight gear box noise. So slight that my local Citroen indie dismissed
• Nissan Almera - Cam Chain on Nissan Almera 53 21 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  My Nissan Almera has started to make a noise and I have been told by a local mechanic that the chain is loose. He has said that it could cost £400-£500 to replace but that an oil and filter change might help. The noise is intermitant and only when the car is cold
• Mercedes C220 CDI 2007 (W203) - Merc C220 Oil Pump Failure 30 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  3 weeks ago my C220 was serviced, including oil change & oil filter.  Nothing out of the ordinary was found at the time.  2 days ago the car broke down when being driven at low speed, with a screeching noise, severe loss of power and firm brake pedal.  There were no warning
• BMW 5 Series E39, 530d auto - Refuses to change gear if i full throttle 11 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  I have noticed my traction control light is on and one day i full throttled the car it refused to change gear, could this be the gearbox or a simple oil change of the gear box?
• Vauxhall Astra 1.7 D - Worth Spending Money Servicing ? 6 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  to do oil changes , basic maintenance but also spent quite a bit of money getting bits done to get it through its MOT. I just took it for an MOT- it passed. But is it worth spending money on a service ? Vauxhall dealership want anything from £250 - £400 for a service depending on what type. Yet
• Yamaha Vmax 125cc Scooter - Burst of smoke on startup 3 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  As above. GF's scooter, inherited from her brother, approx 20 yrs old, I'm told. Seems to have started doing it recently and, since I did an oil change recently, I'm inevitably in the frame. Her old one had a dipstick, so I used to stealthily top it up sometimes, occaisionally
• citroen service intervals ????? 30 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Got an s reg xsara, how long over a service interval is ok regarding oil filters etc. How many miles over would be ok 100 1000 5000miles???? xsaras need 12500 between service. may just go to national 4 a cheap oil change
• Extended Service Intervals 11 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  With the current trend towards long service intervals, I see many people extolling the virtues of changing oil and filter at 6000 miles. What is this figure based on? Are modern engine oils only good for 6000 miles, after which they deteriorate rapidly, or is it a throwback to the dark ages
• OAP ZX TD Problem 5 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  the other bearing any ideas? Second guessing at the answer is a gearbox failure resulting in vibration likely (no metallic pieces in drained g/box oil)? Apart from a slight whine the g/box is slick. Other observations applying to all TD PSA engines is that the rads MUST be changed every three years or 90K
• Escort - issues !! 10 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  gasket.. what a sh1ytty job that is changing !! And its still leaking... (seems to be from the bottom 'wheel' there is an exterior seal that seems to be the dripper ! but the oil that sdripping is dirty blck... we put new in ? I must say the whole engine and its bays was caked in oil not that bad now
• Isuzu Dmax 2014 - DPF issue 28 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  Hi Hope someone can help Bought a new Isuzu Dmax just over a year ago and having some problems. The oil level is rising. Doing some reading on this apparently it's something to do with the DPF cyle and the fact I do a lot of short runs. Can't change my work so need to go on damage
• Ford Transit Connect - Van only starts on easy start 14 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  My dad has a ford transit connect which after having had various oil leaks caused by a bad engine change (FWI national engines dont use new gaskets) fixed, i took the van on a 10 mile drive to make sure everything was ok which it was but after a few times it has trouble starting and will now only
• Primera 97 1.6 Preventative Maintenance 3 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  not to. It is up to 127K now. For continued reliability is it worth changing The manual gearbox oil. I saw that 75W-85 is recommended on here. Very occaisionally it is not keen to go into first/reverse. The brake fluid. It has not been changed since I have had the car. Last MOT my local Independant replaced
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 04 1.8 Oil Warning Light 8 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  . So I bought some oil and topped up. Light stayed on. I was near home and figured drivingdown the hill wouldnt hurt so drove it to a mechanics. The mechanic asked if it had ever had an oil change (its done 60,000) and to my knowledge it had not, so he changed the oil and the filter, ran it and said
• Synth oil solution - cold cranking & seized engine 23 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  an emergency oil change to Mobil 1 0w40 the next day. Cold cranking at -6c was much faster - as fast as with a warm engine on the previous oil. Of course - I appreciate you can speculate forever on whether full synth is `worth it` - but those examples have me convinced it is.
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 2003 - 1.4 petrol using a lot of oil. 4 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  , and even 2 months after a oil change from the VW service, the light came on. I have taken the car to two seperate garages asking if there is a leak, however nothing can be found, but it is costing me loads in oil (about £20 a bottle!) and its making me angry-no one will help me!Has anyone had a simular