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General => General discussion => Topic started by: stainesy on 11 March 2012, 17:10
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I have just got myself a family runaround. A Renault 52 plate Renault scenic 1.6 16v
It's low on oil so was gona top it back up. Anybody no what oil to use in one of these?
I have a load of oil left over from when I done an oil change in my mk3 golf gti 8v. Stuff I got from VW. Can't remner way it's called. Will that be ok to use?
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Yeah just bung it in if your topping up.
Just make sure you get correct oil when your changing it with a filter.
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Ahem!
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=59317.0
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Yeah just bung it in if your topping up.
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did a clio recently it was 5w-30 fully. BUT it was a couple of years newer so maybe different engine
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Yeah just bung it in if your topping up.
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people use ASDA value oil for oil changes... topping up imo wont make a differance. Esp on an older higher milage engine, if it was turbo'd or diesel id of said something else :rolleyes:
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i'd say go for it. worst thing that can happen is you kill it. which means there's one less french sh1tmobile on the roads.
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Lets be honest, if it's just low on the dipstick IIRC it's about half a litre.
If you are planning on doing a full change soon, it's far better then having it low.
However, both should be 10w-40 so it is the correct grade, always best to have the same make oil but the long and short of it is it will be fine.
Just think about servicing it with a new filter (cheap enough with the forum ECP discount. :wink:) soon. :)
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Lets be honest, if it's just low on the dipstick IIRC it's about half a litre.
If you are planning on doing a full change soon, it's far better then having it low.
However, both should be 10w-40 so it is the correct grade, always best to have the same make oil but the long and short of it is it will be fine.
Just think about servicing it with a new filter (cheap enough with the forum ECP discount. :wink:) soon. :)
How is it better than driving 5 mile to the nearest shop and getting THE CORRECT OIL!!! for his car? Jesus.. If hes driven it for this long with it low, another 5 miles aint going to be any worse than throwing the wrong grade oil in.
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The OP doesn't even say what grade oil the car needs, and what grade he has got.
VW oil is fine to use in a Renault, if the grade is correct.
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Poor VW oil, its like sticking a Toulouse sausage into a Yorkshire pudding (shakes head in disgust!)
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May aswell just slam some cooking in :lipsrsealed:
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Unless it is going in a high performance engine (which it's not, it's a French bit of crap! no disrespect stainesy) then who the fvck cares??? I have always serviced my cars regularly, but I have never cared what oil I put in them, used to cost £8.50 for 5 litres of whatever crap was on the shelf, I used to put diesel oil in petrol engines because I had it, never done any of them any harm. oil is oil!
Only once have I ever known a problem because of using the wrong oil, that was a ford escort and ford had specified the wrong oil, it was too thick so the engine wouldn't rev over 4000 rpm changed it to thinner stuff and it was fine.
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People do talk some sh!te.
It's the same oil as the MK3 uses FFS. :rolleyes: