check your oil level if your car has just been serviced

pont · Jan 18th, 2012, 13:06

Just got my car back from a service and the oil level was at bottom of the dipstick...
I checked with Volvo UK and my non DPF car should be at the top, full level ,as I thought.
Is there confusion at garages about which volvos have a service bulletin to lower the oil level slightly ?

Assume nothing, check your oil level after a service. Should not have to do so , of course...

kebab10 · Jan 18th, 2012, 19:23

I have NEVER trusted main dealers. Doesnt matter if its Vauxhall, Ford, Citroen, Toyota, or Volvo; I dont trust them.

Time and time again I have had to return a car to them to get faults corrected that a "service" has introduced, or on one occasion work wasnt completed but had been signed off! Always, but always treat them with disdain as once you think "they will have done that", there poor work will bite you in the ass!

Main dealer does not necessarily mean good work.

Simon Jones · Jan 18th, 2012, 23:43

Had the engine just been running prior to checking it, or was it fairly cool?

Jan 18th, 2012, 13:06	#1
pont Member Last Online: May 3rd, 2024 18:57 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: worcester	check your oil level if your car has just been serviced Just got my car back from a service and the oil level was at bottom of the dipstick... I checked with Volvo UK and my non DPF car should be at the top, full level ,as I thought. Is there confusion at garages about which volvos have a service bulletin to lower the oil level slightly ? Assume nothing, check your oil level after a service. Should not have to do so , of course...

Jan 18th, 2012, 19:23	#2
kebab10 Premier Member Last Online: Jul 24th, 2015 16:09 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: oxford	I have NEVER trusted main dealers. Doesnt matter if its Vauxhall, Ford, Citroen, Toyota, or Volvo; I dont trust them. Time and time again I have had to return a car to them to get faults corrected that a "service" has introduced, or on one occasion work wasnt completed but had been signed off! Always, but always treat them with disdain as once you think "they will have done that", there poor work will bite you in the ass! Main dealer does not necessarily mean good work.

Jan 18th, 2012, 23:43	#3
Simon Jones Premier Member Last Online: Jan 15th, 2022 11:23 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Salisbury (ish)	Had the engine just been running prior to checking it, or was it fairly cool?

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