Ford focus 2001 what kind of oil

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Mar 9, 3 0 0. My boyfriend says it shouldnt matter and that it should be fine, but my point is then why do they make different types of oil if it doesnt matter? Should I be worried and get the oil changed again today or tomorrow, or can it wait until next miles, or does it even matter?

Mar 7, 5, 0 0. It does matter if you live in an area where it gets cold. The low here is going to be 35 for the week, is that considered cold? Apex Diamond Member. Oct 11, 6, 1 71 www. Should be fine, don't worry about it overly much. Use 5w20 for the next fill. Pacfanweb Lifer. Jan 2, 13, 54 Keep an eye on it Fortunately, you aren't in that cold a climate, but I'm in NC which isn't that cold, and I've seen quite a few problems with Fords that had the wrong oil put in them.

But the oil you have is pretty close Look at your owner's manual Don't worry about changing the filter again, there isn't enough oil in it to matter. Oil is cheap, engines are not. CrackRabbit Lifer. Mar 30, 16, 58 I will try to answer your question, if you want to by Mobil 1 the engine oil is Super X1 FE sintetic 5w viscosity.

Hello, my name is Farouq. I just serviced my Ford Focus engine 2. Please help me. Thank you. Hello Farouq, Total Quartz is a good engine oil honestly, I do not know if this problem is from what oil do you use. If I puted not 5. Hello Alex, please tell me what engine power do you have can be 55 kw 75 hp or 66 kw 90 hp. Why to put more oil if your motor has a volume of 5,6 l? Here you can find the answer to your question Ford Focus 2 engine oil capacity in quarts liters.

Fri 4 Jan 5w synthetic oil - kestrel. The oil is indeed Texaco Havoline and is available from Morrisons petrol forecourt shop,not the main store. Many thanks jc2 Reply Report as offensive Link. Fri 4 Jan 5w synthetic oil - Ruperts Trooper. Semi-synthetic or part-synthetic? Most technical advice I've seen ignores "synthetic" and uses API and ACEA grades to define quality, viscosity rating to define suitability and manufacturers approvals where appriopriate.

Fri 4 Jan 5w synthetic oil - Waino. The blurb on the back label says " It doesn't claim, as such, to be either "synthetic" or "semi-synthetic" or even "part-synthetic".

It ain't like the old days when I used to stick Duckham's green in everything that moved! Fri 4 Jan 5w synthetic oil - cheddar. As a rule-of-thumb go by what the car manufacturer states is the right spec oil for the car rather than what the oil manufacturer claims is the best oil. Sat 5 Jan 5w synthetic oil - kestrel. Have just purchased the said oil. On the one side of the container it states ,unambiguously ,in largish print synthetic.

UnlessTexaco Havoline are contravening the trade descriptions act its the real deal. Sat 5 Jan 5w synthetic oil - quizman. Sorry to doubt you, but it did sound very cheap for a synthetic oil.

Sat 5 Jan 5w synthetic oil - jc2. Which is what I said in the third answer!!! Sat 5 Jan 5w synthetic oil - Talking Hoarse. I don't know the answer to all of this. However, just to add to the confusion, I do recall a talk at the local motor club Now I dont know enough to work out what is credible etc, but I always buy proper branded oil from a trusted source. Sat 5 Jan 5w synthetic oil - Screwloose. To make any stable 5W requires a certain percentage of "synthetic" components.

Even Valvoline's 10W had quite a bit to make it durable. A "synthetic fortified" oil could conceivably just have one drop of polyoleofins per barrel - seeing as most oil sales are from ludicrous TV hype, it would probably make sense.