Mixing oil!?

[Simmons1984]

Hi all,

I've just had the low oil level warning light flash at me, I know I should drain all oil out and start again but I don't have time now for about a week!

Is it ok to put in 5w30 but I have no idea what is in there at the moment!?

Cheers

Sam

P.s bit of a noob question I know!!

[saxovtrjar]

i wouldn't personally but its your car mate

[Simmons1984]

What put in 5w30? Or mix them!?

[sam_16v]

best bet is to drain all your existing oil then put on a new oil filter (£4 ish at a motor factors) and completly refill with new

[Simmons1984]

Cool, gonna have to keep fingers crossed until my next day off!

[saxova]

Quite clearly going to do more harm by not topping the oil up.

Rather than leaving it low on oil for a week, whack it in mate, oils oil. It'll lubricate your parts.. that's all it needs to do.

Then do a oil drop next week when you have time.

:y:

[kennym1987]

i agree oil is oil. my mate ran had a mix with engine oil in the gearbox of his gti for a while

[stevo67]

Quite clearly going to do more harm by not topping the oil up.

Rather than leaving it low on oil for a week, whack it in mate, oils oil. It'll lubricate your parts.. that's all it needs to do.

Then do a oil drop next week when you have time.

:y:

Agree, what would you rather have low oil(engine wear)or correct oil level?:drink:

[saxovtrjar]

i ment mix oils but as said its better than no oil. an oil change takes less than 30 mins so surely you could do it after work one evening.

[Tontsy]

oh god . . . are people seriously advising to mix oil ?

[stevo67]

oh god . . . are people seriously advising to mix oil ?

I`m not on about putting gallons of oil in the engine mate,just to top up in the short term ie a few days then change the oil.:drink:

[TupperZ]

pit a little in and when yu get spare half hour drain it all out and put a full thing of 1 in

[Prickle]

oh god . . . are people seriously advising to mix oil ?

why not, ive done it.

nae danger. :hug:

[logic_guy]

Oil isn't oil . some is recycled and some is about as good as cooking oil. Double Ester oil is what i use.

[kennym1987]

oh god . . . are people seriously advising to mix oil ?

when i said it, i meant my friend done it as a temp fix. it just got left a while

[LSOfreak]

but theoretically, you wont really be mixing alot as theres barely any oil in your system anyway :zainy:

[Kyza]

Very little or no harm in mixing oils, obviously dont do it if you have a choice. Just dont mix 2 and 4 stroke.

[chinkostu]

oh god . . . are people seriously advising to mix oil ?

when my rocker bolt snapped i went through a good gallon or two of oil. didnt know what was in there, was too busy at the time to do a full change, so topped it up every other day.

it did, of course, get a proper change eventually

[Gandi699]

oh god . . . are people seriously advising to mix oil ?

Why not? If its of the same grade and specification I dont see the harm in it

[Kyza]

Why not? If its of the same grade and specification I dont see the harm in it

Theres no harm in mixing grades either :y: obviously better to maintain the same grades if you have the choice.

[Gandi699]

Theres no harm in mixing grades either :y: obviously better to maintain the same grades if you have the choice.

Its all swings and roundabouts there really, I wouldnt want to mix up 50/50 a heavy turbo diesel oil with a light fully synth oil but a little splash to top up is no bother. Especially on the workhorse 8v TU!

[Kyza]

Btw, also check OilMans posts on this subject as I guess hes a more trustworthy source. Also stating mixing is ok, mineral with synthetic etc