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Re: Volvo diesels / opinions on longevity+reliability 200

posted by  someone claiming to be chris herbst on  Fri Jul 6 03:16 CST 2001 [RELATED]

You just did yourself a big favor, that's for sure.

I don't know WHY on earth Volvo marked the service for 7500 miles. The crank capacity just isn't big enough to support that horrible interval. Plus the Volvo/VW/Audi diesel makes a lot o' soot, which really makes the oil filthy. I changed my oil at 2000 or 3000 miles, depending on the service. Highway I stretched to 3000, but city I took down to 2000. The stuff was always jet black when I pulled it out, but I'd opened up my valve cover a few times and it was always totally free of sludge or deposits anywhere in sight.

Delo, and Rotella were my favorites for the diesel. I didn't splurge on Volvo oil filters because they were so expensive, and I changed the oil all the time anyway (my logic). Napa made a pretty nice (Napa Gold) filter complete with drainback valve (way better than fram) for $8. And their Napa Gold fuel filter was a pretty good deal too. Bosch and Volvo charge a lot for that beauty.

Have fun with the leaks. I could NEVER get the thing to NOT leak, even from way back when it had 50,000 miles. So I dealt with the occasional drip or splatter here or there. 35mpg goes a long way in making up for it :)

I mean, for the bargain price, what the hell. I'd still have mine but I made a pact with that poor, beat up car, that if it broke after 250,000 miles, I wouldn't try to fix it, and I didn't. I took the parts and ran!





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