Cartagena and surroundings
Oil 5W-40 or 5W-30, and between 4,8 and 5,4 liters depending on the engine. If you don't know what those numbers mean or which engine you got, this page explains it from scratch.
The Duster of that year came with two different engines, and they don't take the same thing.
1.6 16V
1.598 cm³ · K4M engine
4,8 liters
Counting the new filter
2.0 16V
1.998 cm³ · F4R engine
5,4 liters
Counting the new filter
If you've never sat down to look at this before, here's everything behind those figures.
It isn't a brand and it isn't a quality rating. They are two numbers telling you how thick the oil is, and each one is about a different moment.
The 5W is the engine cold, just started. The W stands for winter. The lower the number, the faster the oil flows the moment you start up, which is when an engine wears most.
The 40 is the engine hot, after a few minutes of driving. That's the number doing the work almost all the time in Cartagena, where a car never wakes up frozen.
Next to the grade there's a code: RN0710 or RN17. That is the standard, and it's the part almost nobody looks at.
The standard is the seal Renault puts on the oil it tested in this engine and approved. A bottle can say 5W-40 in big letters on the front and not carry the seal: the grade is the same, but it isn't the oil the manufacturer approved.
That's why the standard outranks the brand on the bottle. If it meets the standard, it works; if it doesn't, it makes no difference how nice the label looks.
Both of the ones you see above are approved for your car, each with its own seal: 5W-40 meets RN0710, and 5W-30 meets RN17. Either one is fine.
Because they aren't the same engine, even though the car is called the same on the outside. The 1.6 16V has 1.598 cubic centimetres and the 2.0 16V has 1.998.
Those cubic centimetres are the space the pistons sweep inside the engine. A bigger engine has bigger parts, more surface to lubricate and more passages to fill, so it needs more oil to reach everywhere at the right pressure.
Hence the difference of 0,6 liters. That's why we always ask the engine size before we set out: bringing the 2.0 16V the 1.6 16V's quantity leaves it short.
Two ways, from the easiest to the most reliable:
If you're not sure, send us a photo of your registration card on WhatsApp and we'll tell you which one it is.
Nothing blows up the next day, which is why plenty of people never find out. What happens is slower: an oil that's too thick takes longer to reach the top of the engine when you start it, and one that's too thin can't hold up under pressure with the engine hot. Either way, wear runs faster than it should.
And being short on liters is worse than the wrong grade: if oil is missing, the pump starts sucking air and some parts run for a while with no lubrication. That's why we always ask which trim you have before we set out.
The full change —synthetic oil and filter, done wherever the car is— starts at $240.000. The price moves with the number of liters the engine calls for. Message us with your car's engine and we'll give you the exact figure before we set out.
We come to your home, your workplace or wherever you have the car parked. Nothing to drop off, no queue.
Ask for the price on WhatsAppWe didn't take these from our own experience or from a blog: they are the documents Renault publishes for this car. You can open them and check for yourself.
Tell us the make, model and year —or send us a photo of your registration card— and we'll tell you which oil it takes and what the change costs.
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