Volvo Owners Club Forum - View Single Post - Oil level dropped to 86% from full

GrahamBrown1 · Feb 27th, 2024, 21:59

By the looks a non volvo dealer serviced the car. The digital gauge should be reset when the oil is changed. Chances are the oil was changed and the gauge not reset. After 20 miles the gauge has registered the new level. A Volvo dealer would reset the gauge so the actual level and digital level match.

I would not be to concerned at this point, you have two options, monitor it at its current level or I would simply top up with 100ml and drive and recheck. Do this until the level reaches the maximum and monitor. Do not top up any more than 100ml a time to avoid over filling.

Feb 27th, 2024, 21:59	#4
GrahamBrown1 VOC Member Last Online: Today 12:45 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire	By the looks a non volvo dealer serviced the car. The digital gauge should be reset when the oil is changed. Chances are the oil was changed and the gauge not reset. After 20 miles the gauge has registered the new level. A Volvo dealer would reset the gauge so the actual level and digital level match. I would not be to concerned at this point, you have two options, monitor it at its current level or I would simply top up with 100ml and drive and recheck. Do this until the level reaches the maximum and monitor. Do not top up any more than 100ml a time to avoid over filling. __________________ Previous -03 S40, 04 V70 D5, 04 V70 D5 Sport, 05 V50, 07 S60 D5, 09 V70 D5 R design, 12 XC60 DrivE, 15 V60 D3 Current- 05 XC90 D5 Exec, 12 XC70 D4 AWD Se Lux, 14 S80 D3 Se Lux Last edited by GrahamBrown1; Feb 27th, 2024 at 22:03.