Hi guys!
I'm here as I'd like to ask for your help choosing the right oil for my car.
The car has around 110k kms on the clock and till now I have always used Castrol EDGE Turbo Diesel 5W-40 (or Magnatec Professional B4 5W-40, that is exactly the same oil but with a different label) http://datasheets.bp.com/bpglis/FusionPDS.nsf/0/6CA628996B77DD50802578DA0061D1F5/$file/BPXE-8K8KLX_0.pdf
I've read everywhere that I could use (with excellent results) either Shell Rotella T6 5w-40 or M1 TDT 5w-40 or D1 ESP 5w-40; the problem is that here in Europe I can't find any of these (if I could find Rotella T6 i'd use it for almost everything
...) and the only 5W-40 HDEO I can find is D1 5w-40 (non ESP).
As Castrol is a grp III, low-saps, API SM oil, it'll probably have really low P and Zn and for this reason it'll perform quite poorly in my PD engine. A good oil to use could be RedLine 5W40, but it has become really expensive here in Italy (19€/qt = 25$/qt), so I was thinking of switching to D1 5w-40 (non ESP). What do you think about it?
Thank you very much! Bye!
I'm here as I'd like to ask for your help choosing the right oil for my car.
The car has around 110k kms on the clock and till now I have always used Castrol EDGE Turbo Diesel 5W-40 (or Magnatec Professional B4 5W-40, that is exactly the same oil but with a different label) http://datasheets.bp.com/bpglis/FusionPDS.nsf/0/6CA628996B77DD50802578DA0061D1F5/$file/BPXE-8K8KLX_0.pdf
I've read everywhere that I could use (with excellent results) either Shell Rotella T6 5w-40 or M1 TDT 5w-40 or D1 ESP 5w-40; the problem is that here in Europe I can't find any of these (if I could find Rotella T6 i'd use it for almost everything
As Castrol is a grp III, low-saps, API SM oil, it'll probably have really low P and Zn and for this reason it'll perform quite poorly in my PD engine. A good oil to use could be RedLine 5W40, but it has become really expensive here in Italy (19€/qt = 25$/qt), so I was thinking of switching to D1 5w-40 (non ESP). What do you think about it?
Thank you very much! Bye!