<div dir="ltr">If its just for an emergency to get you home, then it really doesn't matter that much, even if adding synthetic to non-synthetic Go for the oil with the highest 2nd number. In other words 5W-30 rather than 5W-20. Oil for diesels has much more detergent. <div><br></div><div>Then do a full oil change ….after consulting all the previous reams of comments about 'which oil should I use'. ;)</div><div><br></div><div>FWIW i now use Mobil 1 fully synthetic 5W-60.</div><div><br></div><div>Derek</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Simon Lachlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk" target="_blank">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-6194168259145144364WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">What is the nearest modern equivalent to our old fashioned(?) 20-50 engine oil. I anticipate helping to collect a BJ8 from the docks in France soon and, you never know, it may need oil. We don’t know the area at all so will probably have to make do with the first garage we find.....<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Do I recall that an oil for a diesel is more likely to carry the additives that we may need? (Don’t let’s do the oil additives thread again. Not yet at least)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal">Simon<u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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