TittieTwister

Just wanted to double check this with everyone. I have been changing my own oil for the past couple years and have always used M1 0W 40 since it was the next best thing. I have always seen the 5W 40 but with the Diesel thing on the labe it kinda spooked me. After all oil is oil right?

Scenic Driver

I've been using it for a while. It's fine. But I disagree with the statement "oil is oil".

TittieTwister

I was thinking there was some "ingredient" in it just for diesels

Scenic Driver

i've always used Delvac 1 which is the same oil in a different package but if you read the back of the bottle it shows that it meets/exceeds requirements for gasoline cars. They did this so large fleets of cars/trucks/heavy equipment can use the same oil.

A few months back I posted an oil analysis of this oil, if youu search you will find it.

All things oil can be found on bobistheoilguy.com

Basttion

It's not on the audi approved list. Why change?

MaxHedrm

APR / GIAC / Del Rio / Dahlback aren't either. :^P

Scenic Driver

Nice

oldseTTer-WWKD

"Can I use diesel engine oil in my petrol engine?
Not really. Diesel engines run much higher compression ratios than petrol engines and they run a lot hotter, so the oil is formulated to deal with this. Plus they produce a lot more dirt in terms of combustion by-products. Diesel-rated oils typically have more detergents in them to deal with this (see Using Diesel oil for flushing above). It's not unheard of for diesel oils to clean a petrol engine so well that it loses compression. Diesel-rated oils also have an anti-foaming agent in them which is unique to diesel engines, and not needed in petrol engines."

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