What should I do with ten quarts of M1 Euro 0w40?

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I had a Volvo S40 T5 for a few years. It was a pretty fun car, although I could have appreciated a smoother, quieter ride. I always used some kind of Euro oil in it, although I guess it wasn't required by the owner's manual. So I had a couple of jugs of 0w40 Mobil 1 Euro in my cabinet, ready for the next change.

Anyway, it had a run-in with a guardrail a few months ago:

What should I do with 10 quarts of this oil, I guess it's pretty good stuff.

The cars I have, and the recommended oil:

2019 Honda Accord Hybrid (0w20)
2016 Honda Pilot (0w20)
2010 Toyota Prius (0w20)
1997 Ford Ranger (5w30)

All these cars are running well and as far as I can tell they are pretty clean inside.

The Ranger doesn't see a lot of use (maybe I should get historic plates?). The other three are all racking up miles pretty fast, 15k a year or more with plenty of highway miles, easy life for a car engine.

Mix in a quart of 0w40 with each oil change? Use it in the lawnmower? Try to sell it with my Volvo oil filters and PS fluid on Marketplace?

 

[brages]

I guess this really should have been in the European oil subforum. But I don't have any European cars anymore!

 

[johnmyster]

Pilot. Ranger.

Or return to walmart to exchange for something else you prefer.

 

[RitcheyRch]

I'd use it in all your remaining cars

 

[wavinwayne]

I'd use it in the Ranger.

 

[JavierH19]

Pour it into any of them.

 

[OVERKILL]

I'd use it in the Ranger.

This. I'd run it in the Ranger without a second thought.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

I had a Volvo S40 T5 for a few years. It was a pretty fun car, although I could have appreciated a smoother, quieter ride. I always used some kind of Euro oil in it, although I guess it wasn't required by the owner's manual. So I had a couple of jugs of 0w40 Mobil 1 Euro in my cabinet, ready for the next change.

Anyway, it had a run-in with a guardrail a few months ago:

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What should I do with 10 quarts of this oil, I guess it's pretty good stuff.

The cars I have, and the recommended oil:

2019 Honda Accord Hybrid (0w20)
2016 Honda Pilot (0w20)
2010 Toyota Prius (0w20)
1997 Ford Ranger (5w30)

All these cars are running well and as far as I can tell they are pretty clean inside.

The Ranger doesn't see a lot of use (maybe I should get historic plates?). The other three are all racking up miles pretty fast, 15k a year or more with plenty of highway miles, easy life for a car engine.

Mix in a quart of 0w40 with each oil change? Use it in the lawnmower? Try to sell it with my Volvo oil filters and PS fluid on Marketplace?

Run it in anything but don't do something silly like mixing it with something else. It's all or nothing.

 

[Kira]

Do you still have the car?

 

[brages]

Do you still have the car?

No, I sold it to a local salvage yard. I think I got about $200... and I paid a towing company $150 after the wreck, so I barely came out ahead, lol.

 

[StarCaller]

I can hear the Prius calling for it /

 

[tcp71]

Run it in any of them. I run 0w30s and 0w40 euro in all my cars as per my signature.

 

[kschachn]

What not to do with it. Anything with DPF maybe.

 

[Bailes1992]

Hate seeing this era of Volvo getting written off/scrapped. I really do think it was the last of the best. We have a 2008 XC70 and it is such a lovely place to be and the 5 pot warble always makes me smile. That said, my Father had 2008 V50 T5 brand new for 4 years and I always found it weirdly difficult to put it where you wanted it. It never inspired confidence to push around. Really confused me considering it sat on the MK2 Ford Focus platform which was amazing.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Use it in your other cars

 

[edyvw]

In reality you can run in any car. But I wouldn’t in hybrids.
Pilot or Ranger. No problems whatsoever. It would be upgrade.

 

[brages]

Hate seeing this era of Volvo getting written off/scrapped. I really do think it was the last of the best. We have a 2008 XC70 and it is such a lovely place to be and the 5 pot warble always makes me smile. That said, my Father had 2008 V50 T5 brand new for 4 years and I always found it weirdly difficult to put it where you wanted it. It never inspired confidence to push around. Really confused me considering it sat on the MK2 Ford Focus platform which was amazing.

This one was a six-speed and may have been a little sportier suspension - it came with the 17" wheels and the (fairly rare) side skirts.

I thought it was a decent handling car, mine had Bilstein B4 (Touring) struts and shocks. Most of my driving is just dull commuting, but I did get it on backroads on a couple occasions and I thought it took the corners pretty well and accelerated hard out of them.

 

[97prizm]

I had a Volvo S40 T5 for a few years. It was a pretty fun car, although I could have appreciated a smoother, quieter ride. I always used some kind of Euro oil in it, although I guess it wasn't required by the owner's manual. So I had a couple of jugs of 0w40 Mobil 1 Euro in my cabinet, ready for the next change.

Anyway, it had a run-in with a guardrail a few months ago:

View attachment 266245

What should I do with 10 quarts of this oil, I guess it's pretty good stuff.

The cars I have, and the recommended oil:

2019 Honda Accord Hybrid (0w20)
2016 Honda Pilot (0w20)
2010 Toyota Prius (0w20)
1997 Ford Ranger (5w30)

All these cars are running well and as far as I can tell they are pretty clean inside.

The Ranger doesn't see a lot of use (maybe I should get historic plates?). The other three are all racking up miles pretty fast, 15k a year or more with plenty of highway miles, easy life for a car engine.

Mix in a quart of 0w40 with each oil change? Use it in the lawnmower? Try to sell it with my Volvo oil filters and PS fluid on Marketplace?

Bummer that won't buff out. In many south American or African countries they'll repack the airbags, put a new front clip, quick spray job and on the dealership lot it goes.

 

[Zee09]

I'd donate it here for further research

https://www.inceusa.org/

 

[BISCUT]

I'd use it in the Ranger.

My sentiment exactly.