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How important is proper brand name oil usage?
I bought a vw with a 1.9tdi engine.
About to do my third oil change on it (every 6000km) and I use loose oil sold by the liter at a local gas station. It's 15w40, apparently organic.
Thing is I like to take proper care of my car, but it's incredibly expensive to get proper oil (15 bucks a liter for brand name) when compared to the 6 of the loose oil.
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Shouldn't you at least be using diesel oil? Rosella T is like $3/L in America or even less if you buy in bulk
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>>14809166
Not American
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once I took all the emission stuff off my tdi I used the cheaper stuff, which happened to be rotella, but I'd still at least use diesel specific oil.
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>>14809183
It is for diesel. It's what they sell to taxicab drivers here for them turbocharged Econoboxes.
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>>14809143
>organic motor oil
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>putting dinosaur juice in a turbo diesel
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Ok, so I'm getting a better oil. What if I don't find diesel specific? Should I just find one with the same specs 505.01?
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>>14809303
Bump
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Also, the car has 150000 km, I don't know what oil the previous owner used, and I did my last two changes with mineral. Changing to synthetic now... Would that produce leaks?
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>>14809546
It could but if it starts acting weird throw some Lucas in there to gum it up.
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fuck it. I'm sticking with the mineral.
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Ask google the oil you need to use and stick with that. The 1.8t requires 0w40 or 5w40. Can't say for the tdi
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