Using diesel engine oil?

[dac69er]

I have been given 20l of brand new valvoline fully synthetic diesel engine oil.

It's 10w-40 viscosity, but my concern is that it only has diesel engine API specs shown as that is what it is designed for.

There isn't much on the internet to say you can or can't, what are peoples opinions on here about using it in a petrol engine?

 

[SKINY]

It's designed to take more of a pounding in the engine I was told by 1 of our plant fitters years ago.
I used the 10-40 that we put in the machines flat out in a corsa years ago, only because it had a severe oil leak and was nearly done and using 10/15L a week lol

 

[WhiteOverGoldMK1GT]

It's designed to take more of a pounding in the engine I was told by 1 of our plant fitters years ago.
I used the 10-40 that we put in the machines flat out in a corsa years ago, only because it had a severe oil leak and was nearly done and using 10/15L a week lol

At this point it doesnt matter at all ^ send it,

but on a healthy engine? dont bother, find someone who needs it, the japanese are a smart Bunch, if it were a good idea, it would have been in the service manual.


TLDR, dont.

 

[SKINY]

At this point it doesnt matter at all ^ send it,

but on a healthy engine? dont bother, find someone who needs it, the japanese are a smart Bunch, if it were a good idea, it would have been in the service manual.


TLDR, dont.

I think it snapped the exhaust cam like the last 1 lol, the last 1 drove home then to the scrapy on 1.5 cams lol

 

[dac69er]

Just to clarify; I will be using the oil on mine and my girlfriends fiat runarounds, not my starlets (unless using it as a flushing oil or something).

Just wondered what people's thoughts were in general with using it? Or whether I should just try and sell it on. It's unlikely I would get 20l of petrol spec engine oil for what I could sell that oil for though, that was all.

 

[SKINY]

Ahh, it's for fiat's, yea bang it in tf, if it does f7ck them up sure you have helped getting shite of the roads

 

[Jay]

Just check the specs Duncan, I'm of the same opinion that it would be fine so long as you keep it clean. Far as I'm aware there's more cleaners in the diesel oils but a lot of our VAG diesel and petrol engines in work share oils so the standards are more similar these days.

 

[dac69er]

Just check the specs Duncan, I'm of the same opinion that it would be fine so long as you keep it clean. Far as I'm aware there's more cleaners in the diesel oils but a lot of our VAG diesel and petrol engines in work share oils so the standards are more similar these days.

This is the issue, it only states the diesel specs. Most diesel oil will also meet the specifications for most petrol cars, but this one doesn't seem too.

I'm pretty sure it will be ok, but I have never come across an oil before than doesn't have both diesel and petrol specs shown!!!!

 

[dac69er]

Ahh, it's for fiat's, yea bang it in tf, if it does f7ck them up sure you have helped getting shite of the roads

I love fiats. They are crap, but they do have charm

 

[Jay]

Just thinking, you could possibly fire an email to the oilman.com?

He used to be a trader on here and was always helpful.

 

[dac69er]

Just thinking, you could possibly fire an email to the oilman.com?

He used to be a trader on here and was always helpful.

I was tempted to email valvoline, but imagined they would err on the side of caution even if it would be ok.

I will give Opie oils a message and see what they say.

Thanks

 

[Skalabala]

I have been using Shell Rimula for years. I am however not a fan of Valvoline.
For me shell or nothing.
My one friend ran his Honda 600rr on shell HX7 for over 100k km.