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    Krown rust proofing opinions wanted

    If your car is protected with any type of coating stay to the same type is the advise i got. Wax based coatings dissolves by petroleum based coatings
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    Thoughts? On Biltema Classic Motor oil 20W-50 with datasheet.

    Iḿ not a big fan of Biltema and their quality on spare parts are quite low. I rather look for an 20litre jug with oil from a known company rather than buy a Biltema oil with unknown manufacturer. Swedol here in Sweden sells Q8 oils for lower price/litre than Biltema in 20litre jugs for an...
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    Starting the S10

    How is the status on ignition ? Lifted the distributorcap and checked for corroded rotor and cap ?
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    Fuel gauge jitters

    When i had that problem on my 96 Tahoe it didnt took long time until it totaly stop running and i ended up with an new fuelpump assembly. The wiring in the old one got bad an unisolated. I blame the ethanole mixture in fuel here in Sweden.
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    The cold weather has gelled my diesel fuel.

    A old way here in Sweden to get diesel handle the cold is to add kerosene. But it has to be added before the diesel get gelled.
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    Mannol 7707 A5/B5 5w30

    Found the safety data sheet for 7707 and it says Also looked at a sds for an Motul oil and it says 0 The sds for Mannol 7701: SDS Mannol 7707
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    Mannol 7707 A5/B5 5w30

    Just found Mannol 7707 Ester based syntetic oil for a really good price and bought me some jugs of it to try it when the Mobil Delvac A5/B5 is rest ordered since a long time. Sounds a little to good to be true to get an fully syntetic ester based oil for so little money compared to the HC oils i...
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    Post your latest oil change

    Volvo XC90 2,5D 2008 Mobile Delvac Citylogistic F 5w30 A5/B5 Bosch oil and fuel filter.
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    Change A5/B5 0w30 to 5w30

    Bouth our Volvo D5 and Ford Ranger 2,4TDCI call for A5/B5 oil. The Volvo has 0w30 by manufacturer specs and the Ford 5w30. The 5w30 is much easyer to find i A5/B5 and the price is much lower on it than the 0w30. Thinking of going up to 5w30 in the Volvo so i just need to have one type of oil at...
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    01 Tahoe shock replacement

    I replaced all shocks om our 2003 Suburban Z71 last summer and got the red AC Delco recommended but ended up with SkyJacker gas shocks. So far im happy with them but way to early to say if they are good due to lifetime.
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    Post your latest oil change

    2002 Mercedes E270cdi Out and In GM Dexos II 5w30 Mahle Knecht oilfilter. Change oil and filter in about 12000miles~20000Km due to cars service indicator. Post in wrong category
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    residue from heating oil

    Is it this kind of test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW227-Bj4wQ Fells like its not relative to normal use of oil in a car Engine.
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    What's your favorite oil/filter?

    For our US cars AcDelco and the Europeans get MANN or Bosch filters.
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    Is M1 EP rated ACEA A5/B5???

    Here in Sweden Mobile 1 FE 0w30 is the only A5/B5 oil from Mobile i can find. Mobil 1 Fuel Economy 0W-30 uppfyller eller överträffar kraven enligt: ACEA A1/B1, A5/B5 API SL, SJ I just got my order from Estonia for better price than here in Sweden
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    Gasoline

    If i Count at the right way your gas price is quite low. Here in Sweden ve pay about 14.09 swedisk krones for 1liter. 1us gallon should be 3.785 liter 3.785 liter x 14,09 Sek= 53,33 Sek and 53,33 Sek is about 7,05USD
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    German oil fullsynthetic and synthesetechnologie

    Interesting Reading. I was sure that the low cost GM oil i buy from Germany was a hydrocracked oil but it says vollsyntetisches in description so its maybe a better oil than i tought from the beginning. Use it in our MB E270cdi and Tahoe 5.7...
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    Euro Oil.....Why?

    Originally Posted By: artificialist Originally Posted By: V70tdi Looks like Europé is late to accept new tecnology. For an example Volvo made the U.S speced cars for export with catalytic converter from 1976 but it took to 1986-1987 until we started to use it on cars here in Sweden. I cant se...
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    Euro Oil.....Why?

    Would be interesting to know what oilweight Volvo recommends in U.S Here in Sweden i use 0w30 ACEA A5/B5 as recommended in our XC90 D5 -08 and V70 D5 -06 on earlier models up to 2005 5w40 SM/CF ACEA A3/B3 was the recommended weight. Our Tahoe 5,7 1996 and Suburban 5,3 2003 i use 5w30 as...
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    Rear diff oil Volvo XC90

    Tnx Sounds like the M1 SHC 75w90 syntetic that i have at home will be fine.
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    Rear diff oil Volvo XC90

    Im searching for spec on rear differential fluid to our XC90 -08. Cant find anything about rear differential oil to our car. Lifetime filled not sounds good enough for me.
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