I bought a 2004 Volvo V70 T5M with 280K miles on it and it would seem that the previous owner stopped caring about servicing the thing since they were getting rid of it. I pulled the oil pan and cleaned a bunch of crud out of the pan. I also cleaned out the pickup screen because it was full of junk. Tossed in a bottle of AutoRX. A can of Liquimoly MOS2. And six quarts of Petro Canada "synthetic" 5w30.
This is what came out after ~3000 miles (and I didn't follow the directions and check the oil filter at 1500 miles because I thought I had all of the crud out).
Oops. That's pretty gnarly.
The real test is going to be if it brings number 3 compression from 150 to 180 so it matches the other cylinders. That was not checked today.
Another interesting thing with this stuff. I added in four ounces of AutoRX when I changed the oil in my moms car (immaculate engine, just wanted to see if anything would get caught up in the oil filter) and she told me a few weeks after I added AutoRX that her car seemed to have a whole lot more power.
This is what came out after ~3000 miles (and I didn't follow the directions and check the oil filter at 1500 miles because I thought I had all of the crud out).
Oops. That's pretty gnarly.
The real test is going to be if it brings number 3 compression from 150 to 180 so it matches the other cylinders. That was not checked today.
Another interesting thing with this stuff. I added in four ounces of AutoRX when I changed the oil in my moms car (immaculate engine, just wanted to see if anything would get caught up in the oil filter) and she told me a few weeks after I added AutoRX that her car seemed to have a whole lot more power.
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