Volvo AWD 850 Forum

INDEX FOR 1/2026(CURRENT) INDEX FOR 1/2012 850 INDEX

[<<]  [>>]


 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

If changing to Syn Oil, should I do an Engine flush? 850

posted by  pablos on  Mon Jan 28 00:13 CST 2002
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Tue May 22 00:43 CST 2001
[RELATED]

How many miles on the car and what styles of driving and what brand/type of oil was used and what were the oil change intervals?

Flushing cleans some of the crap/scum/oxidized coating left behind by petroleum oil and by the normal combustion process. Not 100% required and synthetic oil will start to clean this stuff, but as it's cleaned, some of the crud will be combusted along with some of your oil....in a particularly dirty engine this oil consumption can be high for awhile then it drops off.

Flushing your crankcase will help get through this consumption period faster...by "precleaning" the engine for change over.

For high miler engines read this (I know this may be way overboard for a "newer" 850, but you can take out of it what you want):

http://www.fidalgo.net/~brook4/ENGINE_FLUSH.html






THREADED THREADED EXPANDED FLAT PRINT ALL
MESSAGES IN THIS THREAD

New If changing to Syn Oil, should I do an Engine flush? [850]
posted by  someone claiming to be Costas Kotinopoulos  on Sun Jan 27 21:27 CST 2002 >


<< < > >>



©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.