Thread: Td5 quick oil flush

I think autos are a bit different because you can only drop about half of the fluid during a change. The motor on the other hand drops almost all of its oil if you change the full flow filter.

Muppet,

When I bought my Td5 at 204000km, although it had been serviced regularly the oil was very black which was a bit worrying. This was my first diesel and I was told for a diesel it was normal.
After the first oil change the oil was black after only a few kilos. I ended up doing three successive oil and filter changes within a few hundred kilos. Now after 4000km the oil is still clear and I have to look carefully to see the oil level on the dipstick. It probably wasn't really necessary but I feel better. Engine flush would have been cheaper but I don' t like using them.

Ryan

The td5 drops around 88% of the oil in a service change. You still have a litre of old oil in circulation - so it might not be a bad idea every 4-5 changes to do a double change.

If your diesel oil isn't turning black its not working

That's what I figured.
This will be the first time I've gone past 10k on the oil, I'll swap it at around 12k I think, simply a matter of waiting to buy oil.
Just curious as to if there'd be any benefit from it, I have a lot of faith in the Td5 oil filtration system