I'm looking to change the oil in my Iveco motorhome. Can anyone tell me the correct type of oil to put in ie; what weight and grade, 15/40w grade B3 etc. It is a Iveco 49/10 H reg 2.5 turbo diesel. I was going to put in the above weight and grade with castrol gtx high mileage diesel oil? Never owned a diesel or a motorhome before so any help will be much appreciated.
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James
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Quote: Originally posted by MartyM on 16/11/2008
Any semi synthetic diesel engine oil will do, I wouldnt bother with fully synthetic.
I would argee, most turb diesels seem to run on 10/40 semi synthetic diesel oil,other than the VWs ,BMWs that require longlife oils such as Castrol Edge.
Be very careful with the semi synthetic - friend had a Nissan which he had serviced by a non specialist who used that rather than fully synthetic ended up costing £1200 for a top end engine rebuild which an independent engineer said was down to the wrong oil being used. May not happen to you - why not check it with a commercial dealer who services the same engine? OR look it up in a branch of Halfords?
the engine will only go like that because the guy who did the oil change did not give it a flush synthetic and semi synthetic are 2 intirely different oils, that aside the main reason was probably down to dodgey oil pump.
Only my opinion but it,s very valid
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i wa quite surprised as well but reading the spec sheets if you change to fully synthetic you should flush the motor thoroughly because you are going from a blended mineral lubricant to a full synthetic lubricant and apparently this can act as a detergent .
well thats what the technical spec sheets say anyway.
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The op has a 1990 vehicle, if it has hydraulic tappets it may even be better with mineral oil. semi synth may cause them to rattle. it does with 80s VW van WBX engines.
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Thanks for the replies,all very helpful.I went with the castrol gtx high mileage. I asked a local heavy goods mechanic about what oil to use and he said it should be fine, although to keep an eye on the oil/temp gauge and look out for any cold start problems. So i changed it today and it started and ran fine afterwords. Only after i drained some oil back out as i accidentally over filled it "Dow".I will be heading up to laggan near aviemore at the weekend, so i will find out soon enough if its OK for the job. Thanks again, its a very welcoming and helpful forum.
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Topic: What grade of oil?
