Castrol Oil grade question

john432

Been advised to put in Castrol Magnatec 5w / 30 (full synthetic) into my engine.

So, in Halfords has castrol mag 5/30 A5
Other supplies has castrol mag 5/30 C2

So what is the difference between the A5 and C2, and does it matter which I choose?

I see their is also Catrol Edge, but it is much more expensive.
Car is a Peugeot 1.6 HDI Diesel, no dpf.

Why is oil so confusing these days?

Inner_Zone

Check the Castrol website, oil selector, all the info is there.

john432

Was hoping for a straight forward answer, rather than going through all castrol web data...….

Any please....

Inner_Zone

Well for a start we don't know the registration number do we! And Mystic Meg on holiday.

MartJD

For Diesel engines you need the C2.
A5 is for Petrol.

wgl2014

Go here and enter your VRM: https://applications.castrol.com/oilselector/en_gb/c/search

Typhoon2000

For non DPF diesels it does matter if it’s low ash or not, so either is fine.

Inner_Zone

wgl2014 wrote: »

Go here and enter your VRM: https://applications.castrol.com/oilselector/en_gb/c/search

Post#3!........

debtdebt

john432 wrote: »

Was hoping for a straight forward answer, rather than going through all castrol web data...….

Any please....

So you'd rather go off the advice of anonymous internet posters rather than spend a couple of minutes on the oil manufacturers website??

oldagetraveller

I have personally found that Castrol oil "finder" to be incorrect and never fully rely on it.
The vehicles handbook should recommend the correct oil for a specific model/engine type. Also nothing wrong in asking the actual car manufacturer for their recommended oil grade/type.
"Been advised" - by whom John?

Mercdriver

john432 wrote: »

Was hoping for a straight forward answer, rather than going through all castrol web data...….

Any please....

Would you like us to wipe your ar5e while you are at it as well? :beer: