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Use exactly what the manufacture recommends as listed in your owners manual. Using anything else will cause engine damage.
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What is diesel oil?
"Diesel oil" or "Heavy oil" is another term for diesel fuel. Not to be confused with "engine oil for a diesel engine" which means lubricating oil specially formulated for use in diesel rather than petrol engines.
Can a diesel engine run on hydrogen alone?
no diesel engines run on diesel or bio diesel or refined vegetable oil..
Can you mix diesel oil with non diesel oil?
I am not sure what you are asking but putting oil for diesel engines in a gasoline engine with some oil in it would not be good, or vise versa
Can vegetable oil be used as fuel for a diesel engine?
Diesel engines can be operated with 'biofuel' with the proper adjustments.
What happens if you use gasoline oil in a diesel engine?
There is not a whole lot of difference if you are using the oil in an older diesel engine. The diesel oil of today has special additives to combat the soot buildup in the oil from the EGR. The diesel oil will get dirty a lot sooner on the late model engines. A 15w40 for a gas engine can be used in a diesel.
What is The API C classification for lubricating oils pertains to which type of engines?
The C classification of oil is for diesel engines.
Can you put amsoil in 7.3 liter diesel engine?
You need to make sure that it's oil specifically for diesel engines.
Can you use synthetic oil in a diesel engine?
There are available many semi- and fully-synthetic oils which are formulated for diesel engines.
Can petrol engine oil be used for a diesel engine?
No it cannot. Petrol and Diesel are different.
What is the difference in how a normal car engine and a diesel car engine in how they work?
diesel engines compress the fuel mixture much more than gasoline engines, diesel engines are always fuel injected while gasoline engines have the option of being carbureted, diesel engines usually cost more, diesels produce more power than a comparable gasoline engine, diesel engines have no distributor or spark system, and instead use glow plugs to ignite fuel, and diesel engines can be converted to run on vegetable oil with few modifications.
Will diesel oil damage oil rings and seals on a petrol motor?
You mean "motor oil for diesel engines," rather than "diesel oil the fuel." And the answer is simple: No. It will not. All the popular and not-so-popular brands of diesel engine oil sold in the US carry two ratings: a "diesel engine rating" and a "gasoline engine rating." They do this because most trucking companies also own some gasoline engine vehicles, like pickup trucks for driving to the truck dealership on parts runs, and an oil rated for both gas and diesel engines allows them to put the same oil in all their vehicles.
How is maintenance different for a gasoline and diesel cars?
The main reason is that the way Diesel and Gasoline engines works is complete different, the gasoline needs a spark to explode and generate movement. The diesel explodes with pressure, the pressure of the fuel on the cylinder is what makes the explosion, so in a diesel engine you don't need an electric system to generate a spark. The compression in a diesel engine is a lot higher that a gasoline engine. All diesel engines have diesel injectors, gasoline engine works with injectors and carburators. Because of all this differences and more the maintanence is different, oil change periods, air filters, fuel system, electric system, belts, valves.........
