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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / May 2005Oil comsumption
Hi, We have a 1995 850 with about 115k miles on it and it is using about 1 1/2 quarts of oil every 5000 miles. Is this within normal range and what, besides engine wear could be causing this usage. Is it possible that there is excessive back pressure somewhere or something of that nature which could cause part of this much oil usage? Thanks for your responses. Brad Somewhere I think I heard that until oil usage got up to 1 qt per 1000 miles in high mileage auto's you should not be concerned about.... I also would not hurt to get a compression test done every year or so to see what kind of ring wear you are getting... Using synthetic oil you should see very litte wear/compression change... Back pressure can cause loss of oil...the next time you have it on a lift take a look at the bottom....a oil leak will generally show as a coating of grit/oil on the bottom caused by dirt from road sticking to the oil slick that the leak produces...... This what I have always done/used.... hope helps.....sno > Hi, > We have a 1995 850 with about 115k miles on it and it is using about 1 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cause part of this much oil usage? > Thanks for your responses. Brad  SignatureSeen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it This tag line is generated by: SLTG (Silly Little Tag Generator) I once heard and practice the policy of a good rev out on the free way .Once the car is warm give it a bit of stick rev it out 5k it wont hurt it but it will stop the grunge from collecting around the internals .Many drive their Volvo gently so a mechanic told me we give them a good work out then tune them up .CHEAP oil will vaporise but BP 5000 or Mobil One will not only protect your car but doesn't boil off .Remember if you do a lot of city driving you will find when you drive on a trip the water vapour in the oil will boil off so will the finer fractions of oil .Synthetic oil doesn't boil off much at all as its equal in size of molecules ,not light and heavy such as dyno oil is . > Somewhere I think I heard that until oil usage got up to > 1 qt per 1000 miles in high mileage auto's you should not [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> cause part of this much oil usage? >> Thanks for your responses. Brad A former police officer I spoke to said that they did the same thing with their Camaro highway patrol cars for the same reason. >I once heard and practice the policy of a good rev out on the free way >.Once the car is warm give it a bit of stick rev it out 5k it wont hurt it [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>> cause part of this much oil usage? >>> Thanks for your responses. Brad It's called an "Italian Tuneup", probably because Italian cars used to be prone to carbon buildup, and Italian drivers like to drive like maniacs anyway... > A former police officer I spoke to said that they did the same thing with > their Camaro highway patrol cars for the same reason. [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > >> > >> SLTG (Silly Little Tag Generator) Signaturehttp://www.albany.net/~mjc1/index.html > Hi, > We have a 1995 850 with about 115k miles on it and it is using about 1 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > could cause part of this much oil usage? > Thanks for your responses. Brad Totally within normal usage ranges. Leakage from the rear main seals and/or the cam seals seems to happen with some of these cars as they get older. John |
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