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Hi guys, My Impreza WRX 2003 was very low on oil today so I went to Halfords to get some Castrol Edge 5w/40, I was in such a rush today that I picked the bottle behind the one I was looking at only to relise after putting it in the car its Castrol Edge 0w/40!!! I have only driven the car 4 miles today, but is this Oil OK or should I drain it out if its not going to give the protection i need!
Cars done 100,000 milee.
I did a good search and some one said I could spin a bearing with this oil!??
Was my fault, I should ave checked the bottle when i picked it up!
Thanks
Get the correct oil and a fresh filter and change it to make sure, an engine rebuild is not really a nice thing to have to fork out on to start your new year off.
Jay
The previous owner said it had 5w40 in it
Added at least 2.5 litres
ah 2.5L in that case as Jay said "change it to be safe" 5w40 is ok but as the car appears to have an oil leak or has been burning it? i personally would move to an 10w40 synthetic.
ah 2.5L in that case as Jay said "change it to be safe" 5w40 is ok but as the car appears to have an oil leak or has been burning it? i personally would move to an 10w40 synthetic.
And 2.5 litres is mental it must have been mega low as min to max is about a litre so could have destroyed your engine mate, change it and check it more often or it will end up costing thousands
I have looked under it mate and from the top and cant see any oil, will double check again
Got a halfords trade card plus not alot of MFactors are open on a sunday
A semi synthetic will be fine then mate, better than whats in it the now, when did u last check it as 2.5 litres is a huge amount, i use less than a 1/4 a litre over 5000 miles with forged pistons so that sounds a lot
As above i,d stay using fully synthetic,surely somewhere local does 10w40 syn near you?
Which part of London are you from? someone on here may be able to recommend a local place.
Right I just spoke to the previous owner and he Used Mobile 1 10w/40 Part Syn in it!
and went thru the million receipts and found a recent for it! Whats the deal with this oil, any good for oil, or use something else now!? Im not going to even risk starting it up at the moment!!!