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Which Oil for Volvo Turbo Engine?

It’s good to use synthetic in any engine, but extremely important in a turbo.
I use Castrol synthetic 5w50 in all my cars all year round. Switched to Castrol about 10 years ago after Mobile 1 destroyed an engine.

Post categories In Boost, Turbo & Intercoolers, Cars 101, Engine, Speed, Aftermarket & HP, Volvo 850, Volvo Engine Oil, Return Line, etc., Volvo Experiences, Volvo Fluids

Volvo Synthetic Oil or Dino: Another Thread

Most turbos that don’t have water cooling tend to start having seal or bearing issues by 150,000 miles or so unless the owner is religious about idling the car to let things cool down. I’m not saying that conventional oil isn’t sufficient. It is…

Post categories In Cars 101, Engine, Fuel, Gasoline, Fuel Filter, Injectors, Etc., Volvo 850, Volvo Engine Oil, Return Line, etc., Volvo Fluids

Oil in Volvo Coolant Diagnosis

I started it 3 days ago and drove it for about 15 minutes and lost 3/4 gallon of coolant. At idle there is no smoke to talk about but under acceleration and when letting off it starts to smoke…

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Oil In Coolant Issue

After a few weeks of running perfectly (even better than before because it use to hunt at juctions, lights etc, and be very smoky when putting the pedal to the floor) and still runs great apart from the oil is now disappearing from the sump into the coolant expansion bottle. the condition of the oil in the expansion bottle is as new it has not even starting to turn into milkshake.

Post categories In Engine, Volvo 850, Volvo C70, Volvo Fluids, Volvo S70 & V70 1998-2000, Volvo XC70 & V70XC

New Modified Transmission Flush Method

On the top of the radiator on the drivers side is the transmission-to-radiator inlet line and port. There is a clip holding the inlet line to the inlet port. This needs to be removed. It is easily done with snap-ring pliers…

Post categories In Belts, Hoses & Lines, Volvo 850, Volvo C70, Volvo Experiences, Volvo Fluids, Volvo S70 & V70 1998-2000, Volvo Transmission, Volvo XC70 & V70XC

Basic 850 Flush vs Modified

Remember that there are 8 quarts total in the system. After you do a total flush, there will be very little topping off (not 3-4 quarts as you first said), as you’ve replaced ALL that came out…

Post categories In Volvo 850, Volvo C70, Volvo Fluids, Volvo S70 & V70 1998-2000, Volvo Transmission, Volvo XC70 & V70XC

Volvo Coolant Advice

Ordinary green ethylene glycol antifreeze, nothing fancy, is good. Zerex G-05 is good. VW’s G12 is good. The last two are long life…

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