Diesel oil in a petrol engine...

[Kiev85]

always wondered this..

say someone put 10w 40 (diesel one)

into their clio...what would actually happen?? im taking it that, seals might corrode faster etc..

i know one of the oils is thicker...? does putting petrol engine oil in a diesel engine destroy it??

 

[caister]

Providng the oil meets the standards for whatever engine you put it in it will be fine.

 

[Kiev85]

Providng the oil meets the standards for whatever engine you put it in it will be fine.

im assuming there is a 10w40 diesel and a 10w40 petrol..

would their be no difference??

 

[sideways danny]

diesel oils normally have better cleaning agents to help reduce carbon buildup. apart from that there's not much in it. I've run diesel oil in my car loads before

 

[ditz]

alot of it is just the same stuff makes things easier when deciding what to buy etc

if you read the label on the back alot of the time its the exact same stuff

 

[Kiev85]

i thought they where completely different aswell, the diesel one comes in a brown bottle, petrol in a silver....

so i assumed completely different...?

detergent you say?? might give the clio engine a wee clean out, stick a bottle in..

ive learned something new today..!

 

[DrR]

Don't forget to flush the old oil out with water though.

 

[caister]

^^ Its just like that to make it easier for people to decide what to buy. Most of them are the same oil in different packaging and if you look on the back they will meet the standards for petrol and diesel engine oil.

However there will be some oils that are just designed for use in diesel cars as they will not meet the standards for a petrol engine. PM oilman if you you want a more detailed answer!!

 

[Kiev85]

Don't forget to flush the old oil out with water though.

i just used urine...

waters scarce up here in scotland...thats why we all have black necks an reek of pish...

btw i'd add a disclaimer to that...someone might ACTUALLY do it..

 

[sideways danny]

^^ Its just like that to make it easier for people to decide what to buy. Most of them are the same oil in different packaging and if you look on the back they will meet the standards for petrol and diesel engine oil.

However there will be some oils that are just designed for use in diesel cars as they will not meet the standards for a petrol engine. PM oilman if you you want a more detailed answer!!

spot on.

Tescos 15w40 diesel oil meets surprisingly high standards. Way too thick for a clio though

 

[Kiev85]

spot on.

Tescos 15w40 diesel oil meets surprisingly high standards. Way too thick for a clio though

thats the stuff i used to pour into my old landrover...just cos it was the cheapest i could get...(it used to piss oil)

tbh tho, that engine had about 12 diff kinds of oil in it...could have ran on mud tbh..

 

[Russ_16v]

iv got VW PD diesel oil mine (i work for VW) iv chatted to castrol about this when iv ordered our bulk oil (about 2500 ltrs in one go lol not much really) and they have said its fine to go into petrols, and VW are hopefully announcing soon we will be using PD oil in petrols soon

 

[pip.]

Miller's fully synthetic is for both diesel and petrol, exactly the same stuff.

http://www.millersoils.net/1_Millers_frame_AUTO_RETAIL.htm