Ok, well my in-laws gave us that Volvo like they were going to. It is a very clean car for having 185,000 miles on it. It also came with all the paper work showing all the records of everything done on the car which is everything. My in-laws had the oil changed every 5,000 with castrol gtx 10w30, but looking in the oil fill hole everything has a reddish color to it. I'm guessing varnish but not real sure. I ordered some red line 10w30 for the car, mainly because I have wanted to try it for a long time and for the turbo and all. I had the car up on ramps looking at it the other day and everything is clean except two beads of oil hanging from the bottom of the turbo. When they gave us the car it was about a quart or quart and a half low with about 4,000 miles on the oil. I added 1 and a half or so quarts of 15w40 royal purple I had laying around. After the car sat in the garage for a few days i noticed two small puddles of oil on the ground. Today I left the car running for a few minutes while and noticed a couple of drops of oil on the ground. After driving the car 200 miles after adding the oil the dip oil on the dip stick hasn't gone down anymore.
So now what. If I use the red line will I open a running hose? Should i use dino, or a heavier weight dino? The only problem area i can see is around the turbo. What do you all think? I live away from everything so my driving is a lot of highway and at least 30 mins. to an hour one way.
Thanks
So now what. If I use the red line will I open a running hose? Should i use dino, or a heavier weight dino? The only problem area i can see is around the turbo. What do you all think? I live away from everything so my driving is a lot of highway and at least 30 mins. to an hour one way.
Thanks