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Motor Oil for Ford fiesta

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  • 18-03-2005 11:58pm
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    baegan
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭


    Anyone know which type of engine oil I need for a 1996 petrol Ford Fiesta?
    I dont have the user manual, so cant check. I'm thinking WD40. Also when I do get the oil, how do I put it into the car?
    ANy help appreciated


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    ds20prefecture
    Registered Users Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    baegan wrote:
    Anyone know which type of engine oil I need for a 1996 petrol Ford Fiesta?
    I dont have the user manual, so cant check. I'm thinking WD40. Also when I do get the oil, how do I put it into the car?
    ANy help appreciated

    Hi

    10W35 or 40 will be fine. In fact pretty much any engine oil, be it synthetic or mineral. Fiestas are not very choosy.

    WD40 is not engine oil. Indeed it is barely oil, being little more than perfumed kerosene in a can. It is great at displacing water, though.


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Based on your post , I would suggest for ultimate longevity of your chosen motor, that you engage the services of a motor mechanic or perhaps a friend that is skilled in these things.
    Remember that Oil is the lifeblood of your engine and lack of oil will have fatal consequences for it.


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    sceptre
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    ds20prefecture wrote:
    WD40 is not engine oil. Indeed it is barely oil, being little more than perfumed kerosene in a can. It is great at displacing water, though.
    Hence the "WD" (but obviously you know that).

    WD40 isn't suitable as a lubricant as ds20prefacture mentioned. Dries out too fast and gets dusty fast. It's basically just a very light penetrating oil. Fine for freeing bolts, putting on the mudguards of your bike or protecting the outer layer of an Atlas missile against corrosion but no good in your Fiesta engine or that of any other car.


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    ds20prefecture wrote:
    Hi

    10W35 or 40 will be fine. In fact pretty much any engine oil, be it synthetic or mineral. Fiestas are not very choosy.

    Does the same go for a '00 zetec? Cheers. No need for an oil top-up/change yet but it will be handy to know :)


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    AlienGav
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    Stephen wrote:
    Does the same go for a '00 zetec? Cheers. No need for an oil top-up/change yet but it will be handy to know :)

    10 W 40 is fine for a 00 zetec :)
    My Dad has the 1.25 and that's what he was uses, He's a smart man... :D


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    baegan
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭baegan


    WD40? I should have typed 10W40 , not thinking/typing right. I blame working nightshift. Thanks for all your inputs.


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    BrianD3
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    Car will probably use 10W 40 or 15W 40 semi synthetic if it's the 1.25 engine. If it's the 1.3 euduro engine 10W 40 Castrol GTX mineral should be fine. If you're in dublin go to halfords, they will have a book there which tells you exactly what oil your car needs. Are you changing the oil or just topping up?

    BrianD3


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    ds20prefecture
    Registered Users Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    BrianD3 wrote:
    Car will probably use 10W 40 or 15W 40 semi synthetic if it's the 1.25 engine. If it's the 1.3 euduro engine 10W 40 Castrol GTX mineral should be fine. If you're in dublin go to halfords, they will have a book there which tells you exactly what oil your car needs. Are you changing the oil or just topping up?

    BrianD3

    I'd use fully synthetic on the 1.25 Yamaha Zetec engine. Cracking wee engine - it deserves it.

    You can find engine oil at any local motor factors. If we all go to Halfords, they're won't be local motors factors. I use J & S in Dun Laoghaire and find them excellent in terms of price & knowledge.


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    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,393 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    ds20prefecture wrote:
    You can find engine oil at any local motor factors. If we all go to Halfords, they're won't be local motors factors.
    True, but a proper motor factors can be a bit daunting for someone who doesn't know too much about cars, also, some smaller factors are quite disorganised and might not be able to tell him straightaway what sort of oil his car needs. Whereas if he goes to Halfords he'll be able to look up the little book himself and will know within 2 seconds what oil his car needs. Armed with this info he can then go and buy the oil somewhere else if he wishes :)

    BrianD3


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    baegan
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭baegan


    got some 10 W 40 today, and put into car,
    thanks for all the inputs


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    Dilbert75
    Registered Users Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Dilbert75


    My local motorfactor recommended 5W30 for my wife's 1.25 Zetec. That went against all of the wisdom offered by people I asked - until I got the Haynes manual which recommended 5W30 for Zetecs. (Not sure about the Endura engine though.)

    If in doubt, check the Castrol Website - there's a "which oil should I use?" section where you can enter your car and get a recommendation. It gives Magnatec 5W30 for the Zetec too incidentally.


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