Diesel Engine Oil

[3930dave]

The 5w30 Castrol Edge is for the VW TDI clean diesels.

According to the charts in my 1025 owner's manual (and same in the 4010 manual), a xw30 oil is fine unless you live in very hot parts of the country, like Arizona, New Mexico and southern parts of Texas. It's certainly fine in a VW TDI.

Thanks Ralph - I don't know the new tDI's, and am somewhat confused about how Castrol is marketing this oil. Does this Edge have a C_ spec, or just VW and Euro specs for diesel use ?

I guess I didn't understand your first post - are you planning on using this Edge in your Yanmar ?

Rgds, D.

 

[PhysAssist]

I have to admit, that when it came time to perform my Kubota B2320's 50-hour initial service, all I remember having looked at were the recommendations for viscosity in my owners manual, and not necessarily the letter grade that it recommended.

That being said, I will have to go out later and look to see if I flubbed it, or if the guy who watches out for the mechanically- uninclined was sitting on my shoulder helping when I did my oil shopping.

But in the meantime, since we're all here, and as I am maybe noted for asking stupid neewb questions, I have to ask:

1) Given my Orange tractor's approx 50+ hours of occasionally and intermittently strenuous use mixed with a lot of light duty use, since that 50-hour service, should I order the new engine now, or wait for the explosion?

and

2) When I (if I even need to) change out the whimpy substandard oil intended for gasoline engine for an appropriate diesel flavor, do I need to change the earl filter too?

Thanks,
Thomas

 

[greasemonkeyok]

Thanks Ralph - I don't know the new tDI's, and am somewhat confused about how Castrol is marketing this oil. Does this Edge have a C_ spec, or just VW and Euro specs for diesel use ?
I guess I didn't understand your first post - are you planning on using this Edge in your Yanmar ?
Rgds, D.

The latest Castrol SLX Professional LLO3 SAE 5W-30 with VW 507 certification, purchased from the VW dealer, shows it is manufactured in the EU. It doesn't have the API Service Symbol “Donut”.

 

[greasemonkeyok]

...
But in the meantime, since we're all here, and as I am maybe noted for asking stupid neewb questions, I have to ask:
1) Given my Orange tractor's approx 50+ hours of occasionally and intermittently strenuous use mixed with a lot of light duty use, since that 50-hour service, should I order the new engine now, or wait for the explosion?
and
2) When I (if I even need to) change out the whimpy substandard oil intended for gasoline engine for an appropriate diesel flavor, do I need to change the earl filter too?

This question comes up every now and then, so you are not the first and won't be the last.

The consensus seems to be that it probably has not hurt the engine to run only 50 hours on a S rated, or non-C (compression ignition) rated oil.* That said, I would change the oil and filter before using it again.

Several big box places carry the Shell Rotella 5w-40 T6 Synthetic API Service Category: CJ4. There are many other fine oils that will also fit the bill.

*One of the additives in the C rated oils deals with soot, which is not really a problem in gasoline engines. 50 hours on any good oil is probably not going to load the oil up with soot.

 

[3930dave]

The latest Castrol SLX Professional LLO3 SAE 5W-30 with VW 507 certification, purchased from the VW dealer, shows it is manufactured in the EU. It doesn't have the API Service Symbol 泥onut?

Thanks. Don't know these Euro Castrol products, as the are not usually on the "normal" retail shelves in Canada (Walmart, CTC, parts jobbers....). Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

This question comes up every now and then, so you are not the first and won't be the last.

The consensus seems to be that it probably has not hurt the engine to run only 50 hours on a S rated, or non-C (compression ignition) rated oil.* That said, I would change the oil and filter before using it again.

Several big box places carry the Shell Rotella 5w-40 T6 Synthetic API Service Category: CJ4. There are many other fine oils that will also fit the bill.

*One of the additives in the C rated oils deals with soot, which is not really a problem in gasoline engines. 50 hours on any good oil is probably not going to load the oil up with soot.

^What he said.

One nice thing about Rotella T6 is that it is a Fleet diesel oil - meaning that it is also S_ (SN today I think) rated for gasoline engine use. Nice to have around, in the event somebody just grabs it to top up "whatever", gas or diesel. Mostly pointing out the "Fleet" class of diesel oil (there are others around), not trying to make this a T6 lovefest.

Though I do like T6 :thumbsup:.

Change oil+filter with good diesel oil, don't sweat it.

Rgds, D.

 

[WilliamBos]

Thanks. Don't know these Euro Castrol products, as the are not usually on the "normal" retail shelves in Canada (Walmart, CTC, parts jobbers....). Rgds, D.

Actually, you can find German Castrol at China mart, and Canadian tire also. My local car quest has it, they do sell a lot of it.

I'll snap a pic of a label next time i am through.

 

[3930dave]

Actually, you can find German Castrol at China mart, and Canadian tire also. My local car quest has it, they do sell a lot of it.

I'll snap a pic of a label next time i am through.

Interesting. I don't drive anything at the moment that takes these modern Euro specs, but am wanting to know more about the offering.

Rgds, D.

 

[RalphVa]

I plan to use the Castrol Edge in my 1025 because it's the only xw30 oil that I can get that's diesel rated. Every other diesel rated oils available around here (and even in Ohio where I checked some) are xxw40 oils. My temperature chart shows I don't need a 30w, and I want to save fuel by using xw30. Going to 0w20 in my Tacoma has really improved the fuel mileage on it.

 

[3930dave]

View attachment LiquiMoly 1331 Diesel High Tech SAE 5W40_EN.pdfView attachment LiquiMoly 2040 Synthoil Premium SAE 5W-40_EN.pdf

Speaking of Euro.... wanted to toss these in here.

(N. American diesel oil newbies reading along..... stick with our local Rotella, Mobil 1, Castrol etc offerings for a while - anything that meets your OE manual's oil specs. I don't want to add to the confusion......).

I came across these in a Toronto area Napa parts store. I couldn't find the PDSheets on either the German or American site for LiquiMoly, so I emailed the factory.

Apps guy got back to me very quickly, with these 2 pdfs.

One is dual rated, one not. I find the CF rating interesting, as it sounds like these are formulated for recent generation Euro diesels - perhaps they just didn't bother submitting for later API testing..... comments welcome, will dig around on BITOG another night.....

Rgds, D.