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sk8xtrm

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:46 pm

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:38 pm

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:50 pm

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:17 am

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haynes says: 5W/50 to 10W/30

i use 5w50 in mine

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:46 am

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always always 5w/50 fully synthetic if you can afford it.

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:33 am

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ive always used 10W40 & never had a problem, its 1.1 though

was told to use this one when i first got a car so always used it never thought to look it up. maybe i should go check lol :oooh:

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:54 am

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:44 am

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you're all wrong
correct oil for use in ford zetec engines is 5w30 semi synth
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:01 pm

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why does the haynes say 5w/50 ?

silly haynes!

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:08 pm

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is that for zetec or cvh?
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:10 pm

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tis for zetec

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:14 pm

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very strange. i know ford say use 5w30 and i'd listen to them over Haynes for some reason
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:38 pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:46 pm

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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:36 am

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full 5 litres!!!
mine normally takes just over 4
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:16 am

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Daft question but have you run it with the oil in yet?

All I can think of doing is let it go round the system a bit then check the dipstick later on to see if it catches up. All I can suggest unfortunately

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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:24 pm

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