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about to do oil change - am i i right in thinking its 0-30 since 2015 ?
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thank youI had a Adria Matrix 2017 . 2.3 fiat and that took 0W/30 .
thank you. I asked on here as I'm aware the manual says 0-30 As indeed mine does, and others have reported that some dealers have said 5-30 and even 5-40, which I tried with my 2006 fiat based bolero, and for the record with 5-40 in, my mpg dropped by almost 5 miles per gallon. Anyway, I wanted to see what others thought. I'm pretty sure my current fiat has got 5-30/40 in as mpg is disappointing but it's hard to be sure with current circumstances. I am also curious about the spec of the 0-30 as we don't need long life oil as we often do oil changes of 5000 miles or less. I am a firm believer of 12 month oil changes regardless of mileage. I was reading in the volumous manual that adverse work needs more regular services as opposed to the theoretical 12-20000 miles services for a normal platform van doing high yearly mileages but lighter workloads of 50% full where of course a Motorhome is permanently working on 90-100% payload., with accompianing mpg. When I first bought my first motor home many years ago I was disappointed to see that most Motorhome builders choose a fiat based platform as I am a fan of Mercedes and ford as a workhorse. But the truth is that the fiat is the most economical engine out there by far. Whilst us Brit's like our transits, fiat sells more ducatos worldwide than any other company by far . A Ferrari it ain't, but I have to say an oil change is an absolute doddle to do on a ducato.I just ordered some off Amazon yesterday. Attached is the extract from the Fiat manual for our 2019 Adria Ducato.
Thank you - I'm looking into that as we speak, I saw a huge number on the manual but not sure how to relate that , I know it's acea 2. 0-30Type of oil is very specific for Euro6 engines. Make sure you get the right specification.
you got me thinking now..and its a low ash oil and your dpf will love you for it
oh yes, sorry, im now thinking of doing the passat for 0-30 tooWhat you have is fine no worries the 0/30 grade is low ash oil