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Old May 31st, 2014, 09:03   #30
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Originally Posted by GrantA View Post
Just to put my 2 pence worth into the debate, I had my car serviced at the local Volvo Indie a couple of weeks ago and he uses Valvoline Durablend FE 5W-30. He said he uses it all the time and it complies with the Volvo specs. I've looked at the Valvoline website and sure enough it is ACAE A5/B5 but only semi-synthetic so now that he has started to use it guess I'll continue when I do my own servicing.
Wrong Oil ! Should be 0w/30 for the 18000 service interval from 2006 model year .. 5w/30 is ok for the older D5 up to 2005 ..
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