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  1. 28th February 2010, 07:39 PM #1
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    Oils aint Oils

    Hi guys, we have just purchased a 2002 Defender with 140K on the clock. It is in as new condition. As I am a home spanner man I will be undertaking most if not all of my servicing and maintenance. My question is what is the best engine oil for the TD5.
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  2. 28th February 2010, 07:49 PM #2
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    Mobil Delvac 1. I use normal Mobil 1 5-50 but the dealer used to use Mobil 1 0-40
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    I use nulon synthetic 0/40 for sydney and south 10/40 for north.
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    Use to use Penrite hpr5 5/40
    but have changed to nulon 10/40 due to the great reports on it i am in qld thats why i usea 10/40

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  5. 1st March 2010, 03:35 PM #5
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    Yep, Delvac 1 is a definite.
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  7. 2nd March 2010, 07:31 PM #7
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    thanks

    Hi guys, thanks for the advice. Looks like the Mobile
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  8. 2nd March 2010, 07:31 PM #8
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    thanks

    thats without the added E
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  9. 2nd March 2010, 10:36 PM #9
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    I am going fully synthetic from all the reports i have been hearing.
    Also coolblues- you are able to edit your posts. I'm not being smart, i just see that you are relatively new and may not know.
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