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Re: synthetic oil ? S80 2001

posted by  someone claiming to be Rich K. Fairfax, VA on  Sun Mar 25 01:34 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Having changed the oil on MANY of the new cars with the 7500 mile recommended interval, I couldn't believe the condition of the oil at 7500 miles, the way it looked, the way it smelled and the way it came out of the drain hole. I wanted to add to my personal belief that 7500 miles was a bit too long so I had a customer that agreed to stop in every 1000 miles so that I could draw an oil sample. After sending in the samples at 1K intervals I now know that at the 4 to 5 K range the oil should have been changed. The customer was running regular oil. I know that this is just one car, but I'm paying for these samples out of my own pocket so it's enough for me, if you don't want to go along with the general collective wisdom of many of the posters, I would suggest that you sample your oil for your self and then make your decisions based on the results you get. Keep in mind that Volvo is only concerned about your car not having any problems for 4 years or 50K miles (USA).





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