Engine oil - Topic profile

Engine oil light was on during the start this afternoon. I stopped the car and restarted again and the light disappeared. Any suggestion what problems could be? The car runs ok right now, but the light really bothered me. "Check engine" was also on two weeks ago due to slow purge solenoid valve (as identified by the code of P0441) and it has been repaired. I was also told by the shop that ...

It seems that the 300tdi engine oil gets pretty dirty quickly when its done 100 thou or so miles (124000miles). I had the Disco into a friend who is a LR specialist early on in the summer to get the shockers all done. While it was in I had him do all the oils to save me rolling about on my back getting EP90 in my eyes and ATF down my sleeve. He asked when I had last changed the ...

Would anyone here recommend using an engine oil flush treatment inbetween oil changes?

Okay, this seems a simple task, but I put the 4.5 quarts of oil that my owners manual states, yet the dipstick shows it isn't full. It's about a 1/4 from the top of the "one quart low" area. Is this a misprint in my manual or perhaps I have the wrong dipstick installed. Or perhaps the 5 gallon jug of oil wasn't quite full from the factory. Not sure what to do, but my first though was to fill ...

My car is a Hyundai Elantra 2004 with around 54k miles on it. I just bought it recently, used. So, I have no idea when was the last time it has its oil changed, and all the maintenance done. When I bought the car, I checked the engine oil indicator and saw that it has around a quarter/half of the indicator level. I used the car for about a week, just to settle down insurance and a ...

Ok so I have been searching all night on this topic and see no post and I’m starting to get really worried about this. If anyone know anything about this feel free to chime in. A bit of history on my truck 2004 I’m the first owner and the truck just turned 100k miles and I tow about 100 miles every weekend all maintenance has been done by dealer with oil changes every 3k miles up until 35k...

I have 100k mi., I run regular oil, I was thinking about useing Lucus on my next oil change, the Lucus that Is demoed at most auto part stores. Its on the counter with the white gears in the conventional oil and the other in Lucus. whats the fat /skinny on that stuff? 98 5.9zj

Hey guys, I know this has been asked abt 500 millions times however i have seemed to have confused myself here with all the topics regarding engine oil levels and would like some clarification on the following; 1. This morning before i started the car i thought id have a look at the engine oil level, when checking it was on H - which i believe is a good sign. Car has done about 1500...

Have 4 bottles of the above (4L/bottle, 10W50) for sale. Brand new and sealed. Self-collect at Sengkang. Retail at $99+. Selling at $65 (neg) each. PM me!

I am selling my X5 (hence my UberPanzer handle) and planning to buy a used 2007 335i sedan. I am seeing posts on this site and others about overheating issues and high engine oil temp issues during normal ops. What are the issues? Has BMW addressed them with software and/or hardware updates under warranty? Are there certain cars that have been modified by the factory? How ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon None really to be honest, all are pretty much going to do the same. I was more wondering about what you thought and what BMW reccomend. BMW don't actually recommend a specific viscosity - they merely say you must use a BMW LL01 approved oil thats 0w30, 0w40, 5w30 or 5w40 IIRC....

Quote: Originally Posted by Mat @ SWS never knew there was a 0w Ganda Cupra said mine has always been run on 5w 30 (IIRC), so will continue with that I think think 5w 30 is the book figure for VAG 1.8t engines afaik. i prefer the 0w 40 for the best of both worlds seen as its an 8 year old car now ...

Quote: Originally Posted by chad6 I dont use oil. Just water. Oil is seriously overrated, and is a corporate rip off! beer lubricates even better! that would be alcahol abuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! i spelled it wrong. oh well. i need another drink

Without blinking an eye, yesterday I spent $109.85 with tax at my local Chevy dealer to have my oil changed properly by their Corvette mechanic. A Z06 has a different enough oil change that I wouldn't trust it to a Jiffy Lube monkey, and I no longer change my own oil because it's a pain in the ass. That comes out to less than 2 cents per mile for oil. Gasoline costs about ...

Is this just me or are we starting another oil thread lol. Search is your friend.......