Thread: Engine: D5: - Volvo oil spec for D5?
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Old Sep 19th, 2007, 22:10   #19
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Looking at this site Castrol slx 0-30-is just about the worst in the tests http://www.performanceoilnews.com/oi...nst_oils.shtml
Did you really find it a suprise that an American web site that's an authorised Amsoil oil reatailer found the Amsoil oil "best"? They themselves said the Castrol wasn't suitable for the American 5 litre V8 they tested it in. Also the Castrol SLX and R versions they tested aren't available in this country. They're not on the Castrol technical data sheet list. So they're either old oils or the Americans have a different set of oils from Castrol.

Amsoil do make an oil that meets the A5/B5 spec though, but don't publish details of the addative package they put in it.
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