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. Difflock Royalty
Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Odometer: 40007 Location: Northern Ireland's Gold Coast
2009 Land Rover 110 CSW
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: Mixing oils
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I decided the bike was long overdue an oil change and judging by the colour of what I drained out of it I'm probably right!
Book recommends 10W40 but says 10W50 is OK. It was only after I drained it that I realised I only had 10W50 so used that.
Unfortunately I only had about 1.9l and engine takes 2.3l so I topped the 10w50 up with 5W30 synthetic.
Question is will it be OK or should I change it?
__________________________________ Bert the Defender 110 XS - because it's Cool (work it out yourself!)
Lolita the Lightweight
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jojo Mud Obsessed
Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Odometer: 5422
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject:
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I think the mixture will be OK and probably less harmful that the oil change being "long overdue". I find that good clean oil makes a big difference to running, performance and fuel economy. Also, frequent oil changes are cheaper than big end and bearing repairs.
J
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. Difflock Royalty
Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Odometer: 40007 Location: Northern Ireland's Gold Coast
2009 Land Rover 110 CSW
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:43 am Post subject:
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I'm not too concerned about the 2 different viscosities but is it OK to mix mineral and synthetic?
__________________________________ Bert the Defender 110 XS - because it's Cool (work it out yourself!)
Lolita the Lightweight
???? the V8 90 CSW
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terence Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:
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It'll be fine
after all thats all semi synth is !
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jojo Mud Obsessed
Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Odometer: 5422
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:
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Wot Terrence said about semi synth. Many car manufacturers have managed to increase the service/oil change interval by using semi synth.
J
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