Seeking cheaper oil prices, is that a good thing?
At the recent Top Technician one of the seminars was by a Fiat Technician (Fiat UnetVersity) he was giving us an insight into their TwinAir engine technology, one feature of this is the way the valves are lifted via oil pressure from lobes on the camshaft
The last part was dedicated to the OIL that is used and how critical it is for the CORRECT grade to be used. ONLY a C3 5w40 can be used, they normally hold about 3Ltrs, if the customer lets the oil run low and has to top up with say 1 Litre of another oil grade then this is regarded as an emergency top up and a complete oil change has to be done as soon as
He was saying that most of the engine failures are due to the incorrect oil grade or being topped up with the wrong oil. Wrong oil = Warrant Invalidation
The factory fill oil for these is PETRONAS, Petronas has developed oils for the Fiat TwinAir range (also factory fill for Mercedes)
I have been a Mobil Service Centre for about 4 years using Mobil 1 ESP 5w30, but recently I noticed it lost its DEXOS 2 approval, when I asked the rep he did not say much
I have now stopped using Mobil 1 as they will only sell me 208 Litre drums at £1,075 plus vat even despite a slump in oil prices. Working on newer vehicles I need to keep a range that meets the manufacturer requirements
I have been using PETRONAS Syntium 5000 oils (4 specific types) and PETRONAS 3000 5w40 (PD) all of these are in 4 litres. The price from ECP is good even for 4 litres, still leaves me a decent mark up
Shopping on price and buying a couple of 5w30 fits all type oils no longer gives me piece of mind when servicing 2 / 3 year old vehicles
Peter
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