New s60 owner here with oil pressure issues

Post by **Jusbo** » 27 Jul 2016, 05:30

You have a problem with the O-rings in between the engine block, and the oilpan. I had the same problem in my V70 2000.
Just search for o-ring replacement.
Sorry for the fast response, im in a hurry.

Post by **oragex** » 27 Jul 2016, 13:35

Maybe the pan was already dropped and sealed with some strong sealant. Need to cut it with a cutter blade if it fits.

Once the pan is off, take a moment and inspect or take a picture of all rods. If one looks darker than the others, make sure there is no play in the bearing. I'd check the PCV passage inside the oil pan while there.

aero1310 · Post by **aero1310** » 27 Jul 2016, 15:19

oragex wrote:Maybe the pan was already dropped and sealed with some strong sealant. Need to cut it with a cutter blade if it fits.

Once the pan is off, take a moment and inspect or take a picture of all rods. If one looks darker than the others, make sure there is no play in the bearing. I'd check the PCV passage inside the oil pan while there.

I thought about that but theres a ton of soot and shit that looks like its been caked on for years so I feel like it was never touched. The lady has not gotten back to me yet.

In other news, my s80 took a shit while driving home from work today, so that just became the new priority. Engine starts up but loses electrical power, thinking alternator or bad grounds. I was really looking forward to my afternoon nap.

Post by **mrbrian200** » 27 Jul 2016, 22:01

That reminds me I need to do another oil change on mine. Put HQ full syn in it right away after purchase. Oil on the dipstick has gotten pretty dark fairly quick. In my experience when switching to full syn it doesn't clean up good until about the 3rd change (to where fresh oil will stay pretty clear out past 2000 miles. I prefer not to use additives or "10 minute" cleaners. Loosens up too much junk all at once and you can get problems (clogged sump screen, passages etc). Let the detergents in the oil do the work-- gradually.

aero1310 · Post by **aero1310** » 30 Jul 2016, 21:06

Good news update!

So we did an oil flush with some oil cleaner stuff from Oreillys, cant think of the name off hand, but guy at the store recommended it. And out came pretty much clean oil. Then we dropped the pan and there were no signs of sludge at all!!! At most there was oil burnt to the pan and a little bit of small dirt clumps. To me it looks like normal stuff you would see from a 11 year old car with 160,000+ miles. Oil filter was clean too.

Question: Is there suppose to be a oilpan gasket? because there was no gasket.

Next we checked the bearings and there was no sign of play except moving side to side, where as in a video I looked at the play was up and down. I take it the side to side play is fine but not 100% sure.

The engine made no bad noises when we ran the cleaner through for 5 minutes and oil light did not come on.

When reading the manual I saw a note in it where the low oil pressure light comes on after driving it hard... So I'm hoping it must of been a fluke from giving er the beans during the test drive and the ride home no oil pressure message was do to adding too much oil.

The only thing I forgot to check was the o-rings, I will do that next time I get to look at it. I did check 3 oil rings so far and they were in good shape.

Any insight from anyone if sludge has been ruled out?

Post by **abscate** » 31 Jul 2016, 05:28

If the pan is clean that's great news . I got the same good. News when I dropped my 1.8 turbo Beetle pan looking for sludge

You can't do a "feel" inspection of bearings, you actually take them apart and squish plastic in them to measure clearances. Don't do this. If you aren't hearing horrible knocking noises, leave them alone for now.

Do replace those orings, think about a new oil pump if you've got bread ($100 bucks I think?) since you are in there.

Trying to think of anything else to do with pan off.

It could just be someone put in the wrong viscosity oil but that's hard nowadays

aero1310 · Post by **aero1310** » 31 Jul 2016, 21:20

does the oilpan itself get a gasket?

Post by **abscate** » 01 Aug 2016, 04:16

I think the whole white block family uses liquid gaskets on the oil pans but VIDA or a good manual will confirm for your S60

Post by **jimmy57** » 01 Aug 2016, 05:46

The actual oil pressure needs to be measured. Oil pressure switches on Volvos can make the oil light and messages come up when thee is no problem. In some cases the switch leaks oil when this happens but not always.
One I repaired had the oil pressure relief valve (the nub sticking out on oil pump that makes timing belt have to be threaded like dental floss) stuck and measured oil pressure was very high, like 130 psi cold!!!! I was surprised it hadn't blown the plastic oil filter container wide open. The high oil pressure had damaged the oil pressure switch and when the oil pressure fell below 30 psi the light and message would come on.

aero1310 · Post by **aero1310** » 01 Aug 2016, 18:59

wow, I plan to check next time im out working on the car, got a bunch of stuff on order.

New s60 owner here with oil pressure issues

Re: New S60 owner here with oil pressure issues