55,000km 4.5 year oil change??? Diesel oil in petrol V8

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Originally Posted by justinc

Don't flush it. Just use a mineral 15w40 diesel oil and change it again at 2000km. Then stick to the 5000km interval. It is highly likely that the engine is very worn in the bearing department and flushing it will very possibly kill it...

Jc

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Justinc is the expert - follow what he said.

As he indicated - the flush product works well but can kill an old engine because it can remove a lot of the old crud that holding things together and it is the crud that is providing the sealing. Use flush products on good engines not bad engines.

Garry

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Originally Posted by justinc

Don't flush it. Just use a mineral 15w40 diesel oil and change it again at 2000km. Then stick to the 5000km interval. It is highly likely that the engine is very worn in the bearing department and flushing it will very possibly kill it...

Jc

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Thanks Justic,
Would you put diesel oil in it now? Or leave the current new oil in there for 2000km?
Would you recommend running Diesel oil for the rest of the engines life, or just for the first few changes?

Sorry Justin's post didn't show up on my Tapatalk before I posted. Yes follow their advice.

Cheers