xsara hdi 90
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xsara hdi 90
hi all i wonder if some one could help me please i have a xsara 2001 hdi 90 eng whitch is the best oil for this engine for the 12500 miles thanks a lot [:D]
Citroen recomend Total Quartz 7000 semi synthetic - having used this myself at 44K miles I am not sure if its a little thin for the engine, certainly the noise level increased once I switched from the Turbo Diesel muck the supplying dealer had put in (some cheap stuff).
Im waiting to see what Millers suggest as an altenative - In fact if you are near Preston, I have about 2 gallons of the stuff (Quartz) going begging.
Use a Purflux oil filter too, not a Mann one
Im waiting to see what Millers suggest as an altenative - In fact if you are near Preston, I have about 2 gallons of the stuff (Quartz) going begging.
Use a Purflux oil filter too, not a Mann one
checkout the following url.
I have been using the Mobil synthetic in Australia for the last five years and 80000km with brilliant results.
http://www.mobil.com/UK-English/Lubes/P ... _5W-30.asp
Cheers.
Ashley Groome.
I have been using the Mobil synthetic in Australia for the last five years and 80000km with brilliant results.
http://www.mobil.com/UK-English/Lubes/P ... _5W-30.asp
Cheers.
Ashley Groome.
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Use a Purflux oil filter too, not a Mann one
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If your local factors supply Motaquip oil filters (as many do) a VFL 427 is actually a branded purflux filter. Don't be fobbed off with a VFL 208, which is dimensionally identical, but is the basic Mann filter.
As to oil, I have always found that basic 15w/40 mineral oil is just fine, if changed every 5k miles. It works out cheaper for me to do this too, as I buy oil by the drum for about 80p/litre, which means a whole sump full is only £4. Changing the oil more regularly like this means that you tend to clear out all the soot and acids that build up. No matter how good a synthetic oil is, soot and acid will still build up in the oil, and cause damage.
Use a Purflux oil filter too, not a Mann one
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If your local factors supply Motaquip oil filters (as many do) a VFL 427 is actually a branded purflux filter. Don't be fobbed off with a VFL 208, which is dimensionally identical, but is the basic Mann filter.
As to oil, I have always found that basic 15w/40 mineral oil is just fine, if changed every 5k miles. It works out cheaper for me to do this too, as I buy oil by the drum for about 80p/litre, which means a whole sump full is only £4. Changing the oil more regularly like this means that you tend to clear out all the soot and acids that build up. No matter how good a synthetic oil is, soot and acid will still build up in the oil, and cause damage.