I just use Castrol GTX Magnatec...should save you a few bob! I think most mobil 1 users are using their cars in high stress situations - race cars, highly modified road cars, etc.

cheers

James

I believe Castrol GTX Magnatec is still the preferred dealer choice. Ours had a nice oil change today whilst it was in for the MOT, but I'm not certain that's what they used...

filthyjohn wrote:

SteveP wrote:Sounds all good... you're really getting into the 300's now, John

They're like pringles mate, you can't just have the one

Spot on John! Nice find. The wheels work wonders. Who added the colour coded bumpers I wonder, they suit it well! Andy has covered the CVT warnings well. Mine was a car previously ruined by an MOT testing station with only 10000 miles on the clock, they revved it in park and seriously reduced the life of the clutch, resulting in it engaging at high revs as the tolerances were out.

It's an odd sensation, but smooth and relaxing. However the high revs can seem very odd for not a great amount of speed!

Yeah, if it'll creep with the choke out it sounds somewhere near. There is a trick I picked up from Will Plummer, the original CVT expert on V3M, who sadly has not been around much lately. Rather than stamping on the go pedal, push it gently a small amount, until you feel or hear the clutch engage and the car just moves, then you can give it welly, it reduces the shock and should prevent wear.

Pete

foggyjames wrote:I just use Castrol GTX Magnatec...should save you a few bob! I think most mobil 1 users are using their cars in high stress situations - race cars, highly modified road cars, etc.

cheers

James

in mine iam using Castrol GTX 3 its very good stuff and very good for high stress too, Magnatec is exelente stuff used in our bmw 2002 in high stress situations. also there is almost 0% wear on the engines internals when fired up.

Castrol all the way


Nice car there,

iam sure noone will tease you if it goes pink

Cheers
will

germ wrote: iam sure EVERYONE will tease you if it goes pink Cheers will

FIXED

MJ wrote:I believe Castrol GTX Magnatec is still the preferred dealer choice. Ours had a nice oil change today whilst it was in for the MOT, but I'm not certain that's what they used...

Mine goes to the stealer each December for its 12k service and they use Shell Helix.

It's also a good idea to use an original Volvo oil filter with a non-return valve ... A little bit more money than an aftermarket one, but your engine will thank you for it

Tom

Indeed well pointed out Tom, it's not just the oil that's important, Andy and myself have seen the difference in aftermarket filters and how poor they are, offering so little protection on start up without the non return valve. After only ten mins or so of standing after being running, put up on stands and the tray removed, there was hardly a drop of oil in the Fram filter. Mann are the OEM brand for Volvo, so either are fine!
Pete

Cheers guys, I reckon I saw some magnatec in costco, and it's worth buying good oil as this is by far the youngest engine I've ever owned.
It better not go pink cos it's a lush red at the moment, it must have been garaged for ages.
Looks like the MOT will be next week when I'm on late shift at work, so I can take it and hover over the tester like a randy hawk.

Maybe different dealers use different oil? For several years we always used to get a small, free top up bottle of oil from the dealer after a service. I think the first was Duckhams, but then it was always GTX Magnatec.

They stopped giving them away a while ago which is good as the car never uses oil, so we have several full bottles just sat around the garage...

I don't know what oil the stealerships use, but there is a massive drum out back of the vauxhall one near me, and it has printed on it "multigrade semi-synthetic". I think it may be of dubious quality...

The wheels look good mate. Glad they got there ok. Looks like a nice 300 there too!!
Adam

Ok, bump.
Finally got it to an MOT centre the other day, and it sailed it. No advisory notice, and the tester commented on how lovely it was. Next thing is to sort a couple of tiny niggles:
The middle support of the spoiler isn't stuck down properly so I'll get some silicone in there.
The rust on that dent needs sorting before it takes hold, it's been in a nice dry factory unit but now there'll be water getting at it.
Anyone know where I can get an appropriate tow bar? As I'd like to do it while I already have the bumper off sorting that dent. (don't worry it'll just be pulling a small garden trailer )

filthyjohn wrote:

SteveP wrote:Sounds all good... you're really getting into the 300's now, John

They're like pringles mate, you can't just have the one

I like that - I suppose that aplies for all Volvo's?

Yeah, they're all pringles, just different flavours, and you can transfer between them.
For the purposes of this analogy, lets ignore the fact that pringles aren't actually that nice, and are made of reconstituted potatoes instead of sturdy thick steel