Diesel Engine oil for petrol
Submitted: Friday, Mar 05, 2004 at 05:52
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Wil
Hi all..Have surplus stock of Castrol diesel engine and would like to use it on the petrol wagon. Any trouble with that? The diesel engine oil is lower viscosity but have a wider SW number.
Cheers :)
Wil
Reply By: Member - Raymond - Friday, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:06
Friday, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:06
Hi Wil
I am sure others will correct me, but in past life driving buses, diesel oil has a high detergent content which can clean petrol engines
well. Some of the drivers were stealing the oil from work (we were allowed to buy in oil at a greatly reduced cost), the boss knew, but said nothing two of the petrol engines died as a result of the oil cleaning away too much carbon,
Ray
PS I am sure someone with a diesel will swap the oil for you
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