I'll be doing an oil change next week, on the car it says Castrol 0-30.. I'd happily use this but I've read elsewhere that it's not best for the engine but gave no real alternatives!
I've done a search but no joy!
I'll be doing an oil change next week, on the car it says Castrol 0-30.. I'd happily use this but I've read elsewhere that it's not best for the engine but gave no real alternatives!
I've done a search but no joy!
2006 S60 T5 Manual
I use to use 530 in my t5
I didnt like magnatec but it did like comma
After having the boost upped im now using 540
Either mann or volvo filter
Mines running more so was looking at a 5 40.. Nanodrive?
2006 S60 T5 Manual
try something like shell helix...
that triple qx stuff is supringly quite decent too
Strange this one!.......as my V70 T5 when i bought it had Comma fully synth in it and it ran like a bag of spanners sounded horrible .......i changed it to my favourite oil Castrol Magnatec 10W 40 Semi synth and it transformed the motor so quiet and more performance.
Maybe my mileage was right for it at 159,000.......5 30 grade is for newer engines.....
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If that was in your 97 v70, then 10-40 Castrol magnatec was the recommended oil.
the dodgy ones are the 01-03 cars because Volvo changed all the oil recommendations in 02/03 when the d5 came out and they went big with Castrol because they needed an 0w30 oil to suit it and ford recommended Castrol.
so - if you had a 03 s40 2.0 petrol like my dad's it had 10w40 semi syn. in it from new but then all of a sudden they started recommending a 5w30 fully at twice the price!
the same applied to others like the first petrol s60's and p2 v70's
960kg (Tuesday 8th July 2014)
As above, having 212K on mine, it runs lovely on good 10/40.
However, I hear it's supposed to increase the likelihood of PCV blockage, especially on ME7 engines, although my PCV has been fine since I cleaned (not replaced) it 3 years ago.
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Last edited by foammanmark; Tuesday 8th July 2014 at 22:29.
Castrol gtx 5w30. The one with recommended by Ford on it. A3/B5 or something like that. I'm not going in my garage at this time of night.
Your handbook will say what's recommended at time of manufacture.
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I can’t see any brief explanation on the net…but….is the point of using 40 grade oil instead of 30 this:
Volvo boffins determined the approximate range of operating temperatures and selected an oil grade that would give the correct viscosity to protect the engine.
If you are running higher boost, using the car harder, whatever – the operating temperatures might be a little hotter than Volvo expected, so the 30 grade might be a little thin at these higher temperatures, so 40 grade would be a closer match to the viscosity Volvo had in mind (at these higher temperatures)
But you won’t be thrashing it everywhere so most of the time you’’ll be driving about with slightly thicker oil than you should be……doesn’t sound right to me or have I got it wrong
I just checked on the site below and even in Qatar, where right now it is 44 degrees outside, Shell say use 0W/30...for an S60R that is
http://lubematch.shell.co.uk/qa/en_GB/browse
(lube match.....sounds like a dating agency)
edit
just noticed early S60Rs are listed as 5W/30, later cars are 0W/30
Last edited by jamesy12345; Tuesday 15th July 2014 at 14:33.
Quantum 5w40 in my P2 2.4t5,had the same oil when my V70 dyno`d 271bhp from stock map.A good 5w30 or 5w40 will be fine mate.
Just add my 2006 V70R has this sticker under its bonnet.
Just a bit. More info .
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...39KdKTck7JsuGA
Last edited by Harvey; Wednesday 16th July 2014 at 16:42.
jamesy12345 (Wednesday 16th July 2014)
Here's a good reference...
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/pdf/Volv...rt2007UKv5.pdf
Looks like 0W/30 or 5W/30 for the later Rs
MoleT-5R (Thursday 17th July 2014)
I may use a 5/30 then..
Tbh I rarely give it any beans, if I do it's only for an overtake. So I doubt it's getting hot enough to need a thicker oil.
As someone else said above, if I used a 5/40, 99% of the time I'd be using the wrong oil.
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