lidl oil

[pquinn]

lidl are doing engine oil on monday over here.price is good.part synthetic.should i or not.any help appreciated. paul

[Titus]

Depends on your engine, my handbook states not to use synthetic or part synthetic oil !!

 

Dave

[pquinn]

barrus shire.anybody know off the top of their head and save me pulling the place apart looking for the manual.

[Tony Brooks]

lidl are doing engine oil on monday over here.price is good.part synthetic.should i or not.any help appreciated. paul

 

 

You need to look in your engine handbook to find the SAE rating (example SAE 15W40) and API (Example API CC to CE) rating required and then look on the can.

 

Like so many things boaty there are no hard and fast consequences if you ignore the recommendations (unless it is in warranty) and go for a higher API Spec. (example API CH4). In many cases it will be better for the engine but in others, given the right (or wrong) set of operating conditions it just might cause some damage.

 

It may be more important to stick with the recommendations on UK canals but if you can thrash it up and down a river or estuary my suspicion is that damage form "too good" oils is less likely. Do not go for a thinner (lower numbers)SAE rating.

[bowten]

barrus shire.anybody know off the top of their head and save me pulling the place apart looking for the manual.

A cheap mineral oil in 10/40 or 20/50 but definitely not part or full synthetic.

[RobinJ]

barrus shire.anybody know off the top of their head and save me pulling the place apart looking for the manual.

15/40 API CD!

[PaulD]

15/40 API CD!

 

According to the Yanmar handbook spec is CD or CF.

 

Both are obsolete specs.and cannot be supplied by API licensees i.e. most oil companies / refiners. CH4 is the current replacement spec.

 

http://www.api.org/certification-programs/engine-oil-diesel-exhaust-fluid/~/media/Files/Certification/Engine-Oil-Diesel/Publications/Engine-Oil-Guide-2010-120210.ashx

 

So Barrus / MC are able to charge £27 for 5 litres of low grade oil. I wonder who they get it from and what is the real spec?

 

Paul

[Bobbybass]

I use a 'diesel engine'...15/40 oil from Wilkinsons...that is £12/ 5 litres....and 'seems' to be fine..

[PaulD]

Castrol seem to recommend Tection 15W-40 for my Yanmar engine. It is an API CH-4.

 

I have to check the nameplate for engine number to confirm.

 

Any one want to sell me some?

 

Paul

[RobinJ]

Both are obsolete specs.and cannot be supplied by API licensees i.e. most oil companies / refiners. CH4 is the current replacement spec.

Spec is a spec and cannot be obselete, it can be superceded!

[Nightwatch]

Nightwatch has a Yanmar Barrus. I seem to remember that we put in a CC category oil.

 

Midland used to sell it. It is a Barrus oil, or should I say it is marketed as such.

 

Martyn

[Flyboy]

I've used Lidl oil in my car for years but I wouldn't use in my Barrus Shire. What I use is Auchen 15/40 API/CD at €8 for 5 litres which I get in France when I travel to Germany. If you know anyone going to France ask them nicely to go into any Auchen Hypermarket and bring back say 20 litres.

Edited November 15, 2012 by Flyboy