Dai-Disco3
Member Since: 30 Nov 2014
Location: Southend on Sea
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| Oil, A1, A5 can they be mixed, but which way?? |
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So a while back I bought oil on line from various sources, without looking in the depths of the garage!
I knew I bought Shell Helix Oil, but when getting both out for impending oil change I found they are different 
One is Helix HX7 5-30 AF ACEA A1/B1
the other Helix Ultra 5-30 AF ACEA A5/B5
So do i use the whole 5 litres of Ultra and top the 1/2 litre needed with HX7 or the other way around, or should I find some more, another litre of A5 and A1?
Lesson leanred to look in the garage 
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 27th Mar 2017 5:50 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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If you have a DPF (something under the car, under the drivers side I believe??) you should use C3 ? ?
Otherwise if you are DPF free 8) then yeah I wouldn't worry about mixing them, or what I would do is buy 1 litre of either of them. Then you will have enough for 2 oil changes.
5.5l will put it about half way up the dip stick.
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| 27th Mar 2017 6:34 pm |
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Dai-Disco3
Member Since: 30 Nov 2014
Location: Southend on Sea
Posts: 180
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No DPF as MY09 on 58 plate, I think i will add the top up from 5 ltrs from the A1 bottle then less that 20% of the oil is the lower but acceptable A1 ACEA spec. Unless I can find an A5 1 litre bottle that is not 1/2 the price of 5ltrs 
Cheers
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| 27th Mar 2017 7:14 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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Yeah 1 litre bottle are a rip off.
I try and get 2 oil changes out of it.
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| 27th Mar 2017 9:07 pm |
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