The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Oil on bottom of engine - sometimes 850

posted by  TimeToBakeTheDonuts on  Fri Nov 4 18:47 CST 2005
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu Aug 29 16:10 CST 2013
[RELATED]

Thanks Marty and MIJ. I have come to the conclusion that Klaus was on the money when he suggested I get a pack of crush washers. I don't believe I have ever had a car with an aluminum crush washer, unless the old beetle had one (long time ago). Marty's comments were interesting, because I have had several cars with copper washers, which I mostly did not replace. I never had a problem. But I have already had two instances on the 850T of the plug loosening up a bit after reusing an aluminum crush washer. Now that I cleaned the pan and retightened the plug, the pan is staying dry (this happened once before). I wonder if the temperature is higher than my other cars due to the turbo, causing the plug to loosen up when reusing the washer. In any event, I think I'll follow Klaus' suggestion and be prepared for my oil changes. Thanks to all you folks for helping me - I have enough issues without creating more.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.