The 0w part is only relevant when cold starting. Getting a 10w just means you can't use it when it's as cold and that it's probably a cheaper oil. The 0w oils will be much more likely to be proper synthetics. It's the 30 or 40 part that's relevant for actual driving with a hot engine. Either will pr...

June: a 0w* will be thinner when cold starting compared to a 5w* or 10w* but the same when the engine is warm. It's not thinner at operating temperature. It's more fluid at cold temperatures which means less wear on a cold engine. The second part, 30 or 40, is for operating temperature and it's what...

1200 km on German, Swiss and French motorways and its now closer to 30. Going 100 mph where possible and allowed (two or three hours) the rest very varying with some queueing, a detour because the road was closed etc. And the French really need how to drive. The Italians seem responsible by compari...

I should only take a few km to reach the top so it sounds like you have a thermostat that doesn't close

Although I really find the newest designs attractive, am I the only one who prefers a Volvo built in Sweden? South Carolina for this car, China for S90. How about Gothenburg? June They've been doing it for a long time and it's worked so far. My V70 is made in Belgium. Only one of the three Swedish ...

If I wanted to secure the bar I'd try switching the screws so you need two or three different bits to get it off, not just one.

3.2 I6 had a number of reported issues in the earlier years, can see this document as one reference- http://www.pennantmotors.com/personal/s80/TJ24643-2013-05-15.pdf PCV on this particular engine is a straight forward, it's built into the valve cover. Don't hear too much about 3.2 "common"...

Can't be many 262Cs to not keep to begin with.

Wrong as in not what it was sold with or wrong as in the pads don't sit right on the rotor? No. one doesn't really matter that much. It helps a bit with heat management but isn't really critical unless you're track driving it. No. two should be really easy to tell by just looking at it. Either the p...

It will destroy the engine enough that it's probably not worth repairing the car. The normal interval for your year is 10 years or 180' km over here. In your case time. Will be the deciding factor. Personally I'd change it, it's not expensive enough to risk the engine over. Pretty much every other p...