I think I will try BG EPR next time!May finally have made headway with additives…
last 3 flushes with liqui moly did nothing, tried BG EPR + ~120 miles holding 4k rpm mostly highway split 60 miles before and 60 after the flush/change. 600 miles later, oil's only down 2 croshatches/~2/5 quart in 600 miles, vs the 1/5 quart every ~200 miles im used to. Bit early to celebrate, but it's been quite consistent up until now. Other thing is, if anything I should be seeing more consumption running 4k rpm even if only for 60 miles after. Not using any viscosity modifiers, castrol edge 5w-30 euro.
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Greetings! I'm having trouble keeping up w/ all of the threads so, I'm re-
posting this update here as I believe this is where my oil consumption adventure actually started out. At the risk of being repetitive here's my update:
Volvo Oil Consumption Update: Backgrounder... we've had a 2015.5 S60 T5 AWD Platinum since new, still in perfect condition, never any kids inside, could eat your dinner off the engine, oil changed every 5,000 miles. Circa the 65 - 70,000 mile oil changes I noticed visibly increased consumption. That's when I googled "Volvo Oil Consumption" and got lots of hits and, coming to Swedespeed, lots of suggestions. I did try the Liqui Moly engine flush and that changed nothing; I considered doing a second one, with a Berryman B-12 treatment but as one member suggested, bandaids to a real problem. My feelers out to Volvo at the local level yielded nothing and so I emailed Volvo NA where they told me I had to at least submit to their Oil Consumption Test to get registered in the system. Unlike what some others here have experienced at the dealer level, I was told that Volvo Corporate would pay for the test! Bravo! I scheduled the test with a different dealer than the one where we'd purchased the car from as they had a history of ambivalence with our car. Volvo NA called the morning I was scheduled for the test to A. Confirm that I was still on schedule and B. to advise that our warranty was extended to 100,000 miles! Now that's a nice way to start the day! I arrived at the dealer and waited in their comfortable lobby for 2 hrs, instructed to return in 1,200 kilometers for a weigh in. Yes, they weigh the oil going in and weigh in coming out at the 1,200 kilometer mark. Ours is equipped w/ a dipstick but I suppose w/ digital scenarios, that's the only route. It's my wife's commuter car so it took about 3 weeks to achieve the requested distance which happened this past Tuesday. And the winner is... we "failed the test" which, possibly ambiguous at first meant we're in for new rings! The dealer will replace any other incidentals for cost of parts only, labor etc. already on Volvo. If they determine any further damage, they'll give us a ring but otherwise at 76,500 or so miles we're getting new rings. This dealer does about 2 of these per week and had all the parts on hand, should be ready by Monday. They ubered me home (30 miles) on their dime and they'll either deliver the car to us or pick me up sometime Monday. Koons Volvo in White Marsh, Maryland, well worth the extra drive (the other is just 8 miles away). Best wishes and thanks to all for the banter, lots of great racing this weekend... F1, IndyCar...sorry, nothing Swedish that I'm aware of
posting this update here as I believe this is where my oil consumption adventure actually started out. At the risk of being repetitive here's my update:Volvo Oil Consumption Update: Backgrounder... we've had a 2015.5 S60 T5 AWD Platinum since new, still in perfect condition, never any kids inside, could eat your dinner off the engine, oil changed every 5,000 miles. Circa the 65 - 70,000 mile oil changes I noticed visibly increased consumption. That's when I googled "Volvo Oil Consumption" and got lots of hits and, coming to Swedespeed, lots of suggestions. I did try the Liqui Moly engine flush and that changed nothing; I considered doing a second one, with a Berryman B-12 treatment but as one member suggested, bandaids to a real problem. My feelers out to Volvo at the local level yielded nothing and so I emailed Volvo NA where they told me I had to at least submit to their Oil Consumption Test to get registered in the system. Unlike what some others here have experienced at the dealer level, I was told that Volvo Corporate would pay for the test! Bravo! I scheduled the test with a different dealer than the one where we'd purchased the car from as they had a history of ambivalence with our car. Volvo NA called the morning I was scheduled for the test to A. Confirm that I was still on schedule and B. to advise that our warranty was extended to 100,000 miles! Now that's a nice way to start the day! I arrived at the dealer and waited in their comfortable lobby for 2 hrs, instructed to return in 1,200 kilometers for a weigh in. Yes, they weigh the oil going in and weigh in coming out at the 1,200 kilometer mark. Ours is equipped w/ a dipstick but I suppose w/ digital scenarios, that's the only route. It's my wife's commuter car so it took about 3 weeks to achieve the requested distance which happened this past Tuesday. And the winner is... we "failed the test" which, possibly ambiguous at first meant we're in for new rings! The dealer will replace any other incidentals for cost of parts only, labor etc. already on Volvo. If they determine any further damage, they'll give us a ring but otherwise at 76,500 or so miles we're getting new rings. This dealer does about 2 of these per week and had all the parts on hand, should be ready by Monday. They ubered me home (30 miles) on their dime and they'll either deliver the car to us or pick me up sometime Monday. Koons Volvo in White Marsh, Maryland, well worth the extra drive (the other is just 8 miles away). Best wishes and thanks to all for the banter, lots of great racing this weekend... F1, IndyCar...sorry, nothing Swedish that I'm aware of
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