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which oil and glow plugs for a 1.5 tdci engine please?

froggy8
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hi guys

just getting to know my car and did abit of research, some people are saying 5w30 and other people are saying 0w30. could anyone tell me which is the right one please?

my car is ford focus 1.5 TDCI Titanium x diesel manual euro 6 120ps

i was going to get this one if it is 0w30.

https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/castrol-magnatec-d-engine-oil-0w-30-4ltr-521773441

and for glow plugs i was going to get the bosch ones 

https://www.eurocarparts.com/glowplugs

 

many thanks guys 🙂 

your help are always appreciated 🙂 

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    I think it is still 0w30 for these unless it's changed recently.

    ECP are taking the p with that pricing though.  Almost half as much to buy the Ford stuff from Ford dealer on eBay.

    https://ebay.us/m/Wgx2W7

     

    The glowplugs link doesn't work.  But they're probably fine anyway.  Unless you've got reason to believe they need changing?

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    cheers tom 🙂

    not got the car yet but just wanted to know the rights things for the car for when i do its first service, i am thinking about doing the service soon just to be on the safe side. and i would have this information to hand too.

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    4 minutes ago, froggy8 said:

    just wanted to know the rights things for the car for when i do

    You could make a start by updating your profile 😉

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    Done it now @unofix 😊

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