diesel engine oil in petrol engine??

[lucky]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if using oil designed for a deisel engine,  in a petrol engine does any harm??

I owned a clasic Rangr Rover V8 for 5 years and that was all i ever ran it on as i have large supply of it, but i am now about to buy a much newer cherokee and am more concerned about using it in that?? I know they have more detergents in them but could not see that causing to much trouble??

Any advice is much appreciated  

Cheers
Lucky

[waveydavey]

It shouldn't do any real harm but it won't do as much good.

The oil for diesels has more detergent and a higher TBN, basically the idea is to clean the rings of soot and neutralize teh acids caused by blowpast of burn't sulphur (you will always get some).

As a rule the older the engine is the more tolerant it will be, or more to the point the less dependant on critical properties.

Shame you are not nearer, I might have brought some off you.

[Eeyore]

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Eeyore