Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right

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Mon 7 Jan 2008 16:28
Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right - corblimeyguvnar
Ebay item 150202935930, GM engine oil, 'can be used in Diesel and Petrol vehicles'.
Is it me or is this incorrect.

Cheers
CBG
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 17:01
Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right - drivewell
Certainly know that the Ford Formula E 5w-30 oil that goes in my Mondeo TDCi is not a specific diesel oil. Assume the same is true of the GM.
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 17:09
Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right - corblimeyguvnar
Looks like I was wrong then, Thanks for the answer.
CBG
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 18:05
Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right - Paul I
Yes there are quite a few oils which are Petrol and Diesel. I know of one dealership for years who put Mobil 1 for Diesel in Petrol cars without issue. The reason was they could only store the large drums in one size.

A lot of oil is down to marketing..... accepted the likes of Fuchs, Mobil etc make some fine oils but I know one Honda with 100K on the clock used 50% of road and the rest on farm tracks etc and its oils is £12 for 5 litres. (Texaco Havoline 5-40W for Morrisons petrol stations)

At the end of the day is is unjustified to expect an oil at £12 plus per Litre!! to be 500% better than one at £2.50 a litre.
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 18:22
Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right - Hamsafar
Yes, you can get 4 x 5 litres of these semi-synthetic from the Vauxhall dealer for £27. £42 to the fully synthetic. Less than these for mineral. It is made in Belgium. Supplied by Delphi/GM. Castrol Syntec is made in Belgium, maybe it is the same stuff? There can't be that many oil manufacturers in Belgium.
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 19:08
Oil off Ebay, for Diesel and Petrol, is this right - Dynamic Dave
www.vauxhall.co.uk/vx/owners/engineoils.do

Same 10w/40 semi synth listed there for petrols & diesels.
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