What Oil is in my car?

Any ideas what Oil is in my new (2004) 156 Sportwagon 2.4JTD (175BHP)?

I need to top it up - my local FIAT (not alfa) dealer says ALL JTD engines
need Selenia WR 5W40, but the manual says to use Selenia Turbo Diesel 10W40
(except for "decidely sporty use" - in which case use the WR 5W40).

As I just need to top up, I need to use the same as what's already in
there - but cannot find out from anybody what this is!

Any help gratefully received - the Oil level indicator has just dropped
another notch.......

Martin.

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:47:34 +0100, "Martin" >
wrote:

>Any ideas what Oil is in my new (2004) 156 Sportwagon 2.4JTD (175BHP)?
>
>I need to top it up - my local FIAT (not alfa) dealer says ALL JTD engines
>need Selenia WR 5W40, but the manual says to use Selenia Turbo Diesel 10W40
>(except for "decidely sporty use" - in which case use the WR 5W40).
>
>As I just need to top up, I need to use the same as what's already in
>there - but cannot find out from anybody what this is!
>
>Any help gratefully received - the Oil level indicator has just dropped
>another notch.......
>
Why does everybody get so anal about engine oil?
Go to your local factor and buy a can of 10w 40 engine oil that meets
the spec. Semi synth will do. Pay no more than £14 for 5l retail.
Don't bother with brand names. Remember; any oil is better than no
oil.
You can mix any modern engine oils with no problems.

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> From: "Martin" >
> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:47:34 +0100
> Subject: What Oil is in my car?
>
> Any ideas what Oil is in my new (2004) 156 Sportwagon 2.4JTD (175BHP)?
>
> I need to top it up - my local FIAT (not alfa) dealer says ALL JTD engines
> need Selenia WR 5W40, but the manual says to use Selenia Turbo Diesel 10W40
> (except for "decidely sporty use" - in which case use the WR 5W40).
>
> As I just need to top up, I need to use the same as what's already in
> there - but cannot find out from anybody what this is!
>
> Any help gratefully received - the Oil level indicator has just dropped
> another notch.......
>
Top up with whatever you like, preferrably the best you can afford, doesn't
matter if it's mixed as you're not going to be mixing it half and half are
you?

NO NEED

...
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:47:34 +0100, "Martin" >
> wrote:
>
>>Any ideas what Oil is in my new (2004) 156 Sportwagon 2.4JTD (175BHP)?
>>
>>I need to top it up - my local FIAT (not alfa) dealer says ALL JTD engines
>>need Selenia WR 5W40, but the manual says to use Selenia Turbo Diesel
>>10W40
>>(except for "decidely sporty use" - in which case use the WR 5W40).
>>
>>As I just need to top up, I need to use the same as what's already in
>>there - but cannot find out from anybody what this is!
>>
>>Any help gratefully received - the Oil level indicator has just dropped
>>another notch.......
>>
> Why does everybody get so anal about engine oil?
> Go to your local factor and buy a can of 10w 40 engine oil that meets
> the spec. Semi synth will do. Pay no more than £14 for 5l retail.
> Don't bother with brand names. Remember; any oil is better than no
> oil.
> You can mix any modern engine oils with no problems.
>
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Thanks Tom,

Much appreciated.

"Tom Boltwood" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>> From: "Martin" >
>> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
>> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:47:34 +0100
>> Subject: What Oil is in my car?
>>
>> Any ideas what Oil is in my new (2004) 156 Sportwagon 2.4JTD (175BHP)?
>>
>> I need to top it up - my local FIAT (not alfa) dealer says ALL JTD
>> engines
>> need Selenia WR 5W40, but the manual says to use Selenia Turbo Diesel
>> 10W40
>> (except for "decidely sporty use" - in which case use the WR 5W40).
>>
>> As I just need to top up, I need to use the same as what's already in
>> there - but cannot find out from anybody what this is!
>>
>> Any help gratefully received - the Oil level indicator has just dropped
>> another notch.......
>>
> Top up with whatever you like, preferrably the best you can afford,
> doesn't
> matter if it's mixed as you're not going to be mixing it half and half are
> you?
>

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:15:50 +0100, "Martin" > top
posted:

>NO NEED

?

Replies are usually posted in lower case text with caps as
appropriate, underneath the text to which you are replying, with
snipping as appropriate and sigs removed.
It also helps if the reply makes some type of sense.

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Best thing to do is top up with the same oil as is in the engine.
Ex factory Alfa's have full synthetic "Selenia turbo diesel" (10W40)
This is an oil for tambient temperatures between minus 15ºC and plus 40ºC
The full synthetic "Selenia WR diesel" (5W40) is more a "winter oil" than a
high performance oil; for ambient range minus 35ºC and plus 30ºC.

If you cant get Selenia to top up, you may use more or less any other full
synthetic oil, but try to avoid semi synthetic or non synthetic oils. I have
read the other mailings, and in deed any oil is better than no oil, but
don't calculate your oil costs on basis of liter price; try calculating by
the km's you drive and see how little more per km you are paying when you
use "expensive" oil compared to cheap oil.

When changing the oil at the maintenance intervals, you may go for a
semi-synthetic oil (I wouldn't !!) but NEVER use non-synthetic oils.
Down grading from synthetic to semi-synthetic or even non-synthetic will
most likely result in higher oil comsumption!
The price per liter advantage will be gone when you start consuming oil at a
higher rate!

And the lubricating properties of full synthetic are superior!! (better
cooling / less friction = higher power!!)

Bye
--
Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

"Martin" > schreef in bericht
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> Any ideas what Oil is in my new (2004) 156 Sportwagon 2.4JTD (175BHP)?
>
> I need to top it up - my local FIAT (not alfa) dealer says ALL JTD engines
> need Selenia WR 5W40, but the manual says to use Selenia Turbo Diesel
10W40
> (except for "decidely sporty use" - in which case use the WR 5W40).
>
> As I just need to top up, I need to use the same as what's already in
> there - but cannot find out from anybody what this is!
>
> Any help gratefully received - the Oil level indicator has just dropped
> another notch.......
>
> Martin.
>
>