18-10-12, 05:58 AM
speaking to a friend of mine, he suggests that there could be a possibility that the wrong grade or type of oil was introduced into the crankcase; in his case, his car engine kept consuming oil because his mechanic screwed up.
Is this a possibility? Is it possible, say, for 2 stroke oil to be used in the crankcase instead of 4 stroke? I mean, is it possible for the engine to run apparently fine if the mechs really fudged up and used 2T oil? Would there be disastrous consequences? Or, would there likely be less than disastrous consequences like oil consumption and smoky exhaust?
I don't suppose there's such a problem as a 'wrong' oil grade? I've read the manual that it's not supposed to be fed a certain detergent additive and/or CD grade (??) oil or some such?
I'd definitely change the oil to one that is properly spec'ed, but I'd like to know if I'm like to be wasting more time and money if a top end investigation is needed anyway.
Is this a possibility? Is it possible, say, for 2 stroke oil to be used in the crankcase instead of 4 stroke? I mean, is it possible for the engine to run apparently fine if the mechs really fudged up and used 2T oil? Would there be disastrous consequences? Or, would there likely be less than disastrous consequences like oil consumption and smoky exhaust?
I don't suppose there's such a problem as a 'wrong' oil grade? I've read the manual that it's not supposed to be fed a certain detergent additive and/or CD grade (??) oil or some such?
I'd definitely change the oil to one that is properly spec'ed, but I'd like to know if I'm like to be wasting more time and money if a top end investigation is needed anyway.