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Oil type for petrol

batman2000 · 2008-02-03 10:00:37

Hi I bought oil for my 1.6 petrol (Skoda) just to top it up. It's 5W-30 Fully Synthetic Shell Helix. Is it suitable for my car as I thought fully synthetic was only for diesels and 15W-30 was for petrols.?? It says on the back of the oil that it's suitable for petrol and diesel. Does anybody have any thoughts on this,…

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03-02-2008 11:00am

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batman2000

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Hi

I bought oil for my 1.6 petrol (Skoda) just to top it up. It's 5W-30 Fully Synthetic Shell Helix. Is it suitable for my car as I thought fully synthetic was only for diesels and 15W-30 was for petrols.??

It says on the back of the oil that it's suitable for petrol and diesel.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this,

Thanks

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#2 03-02-2008 11:21am
Avns1s

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Check your manual. I'd say it's ok. Would have thought that 10W 40 might have been more suitable.

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#3 03-02-2008 11:29am
Seth Brundle

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As Avns1s says, check your owners manual but this will give you a good insight into the differetn terminologies used with oils: www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

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#4 03-02-2008 12:41pm
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http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9016862&contentId=7030166

Click on which oil should I use on the bottom left...

Looks like EDGE 5W-30.

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#5 03-02-2008 3:52pm
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Cheers lads...Actually it's 5W-40 the oil that I have....not 5W-30 as in original post

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