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Bentvictor
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 10:29 pm: | 
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I was pressed for time and overdue for an oil change before a trip, so I took the '97 D1 to the local Jiffy Lube. There the computer and the oil change professional insisted that I use 20/50 oil on my older, high mileage (85K), vehicle. Who can argue with a computer? I figured that the summer is hot, so the viscosity would not hurt... Is there a potential problem with running the heavy oil (not on the list of oil grades in the manual) that should make me seek another immediate change? |
Kyle
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 11:39 pm: |
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Depends on how tight the engine still is....
Kyle |
Bentvictor
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 11:53 pm: |
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She's not a leaker, today... |
hendrik
| | Posted on Thursday, July 04, 2002 - 08:24 am: |
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this viscosity was the manufacturers recommendation for the 3.5l V8 engine from 1970 til I dont know. As it is summer, the low-point viscosity (or however it might be described; the "20") is not relevant then.
(@ www.rpiv8.com there somewhere are a few words about the oil to use with the V8).
Anyway, my microwave-oven adviced me to use 10W/40 or 15W/40 and that is what I do, and keep on using  ... |
Dan Katzenberger (Dkatzen)
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 09:16 am: |
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I recently had my 2001 Disco II in the dealership for the recalls. While I was waiting, I talked to the service manager about a slight "pinging" noise that I hear when accellerating. He asked what oil I was using, and I said 10W/40 synthetic, and he said that in the summer they use 20/50 dinosaur oil. He said this might help quite down the engine a bit.
So, it's not listed in the user's manual, but 20/50 is what my dealer uses.
Dan Katzenberger
2001 Disco II SE7
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Norm
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 05:24 pm: |
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RPi suggests Valvoline 20W50 Racing oil (VR-1 in the US) which has worked very well for me. I'd avoid Amsoil synthetic motor oil, especially the 20W50 racing oil -- it's so slick it will blow past the rings of a Rover V8. |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 07:34 pm: |
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Hmmmmmm,
Am I doing wrong by using Mobile 1 5w-30 on a D2 with less than 30K Miles?
Paul |
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