Duke
Duke MegaDork
10/10/21 2:09 p.m.

2017 S60 T5 AWD.

The sticker under the hood says synthetic 5w30.

Volvo's own website for the specific car says 0w20.

WTF Volvo?  Guess I'll use the heavier weight.  It only gets <5,000 miles a year on it.

 

 

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
10/10/21 2:25 p.m.

Owners manual?  I don't know about the new ones, but anything from, like, 2012 back is 5w30.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
10/10/21 2:45 p.m.

That's what's on the manufacturer's label under the hood.  This is the first time changing it myself (first 3 changes were all included).

Shout out to Volvo engineers for putting a little drain plug in the bottom of the filter housing so you can drain it before removal.

Shout at Volvo engineers for designing a weird proprietary filter wrench and curse at the Volvo tech who used said special tool to tighten the damn housing down like putting Excalibur back into the Stone.

Nothing I've got will budge it, so I guess it's getting reused for another 4,000 miles.

 

 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
10/10/21 2:58 p.m.

Owners manual says 5w30 for normal use, 0w30 for heavy use, and 0w20 for extreme conditions, but should NEVER be used in 5 or 6 cyl engines.

Another shout at Volvo for making 0w20 the only oil listed for the car on your support website.  Guess I making a run to Wal*Mart to return this stuff. Luckily I had 6 qts of the right stuff in stock.

 

obsolete
obsolete GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/10/21 8:06 p.m.

https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/import-car-filter-wrench

Although I've never worked on a Volvo T5, I've had great success with this tool on all other tight filters I've encountered. You will deform the filter while removing it if it's really tight, though.

Snrub
Snrub Dork
10/10/21 8:09 p.m.

Why would they recommend lighter oils for more severe usage? I've seen different oil viscosity recommendations for temperature, but not conditions.

In this day and age, I tend to think full synthetics make sense in most cases. The cheaper ones are only slightly more expensive and they can last longer (makes sense in severe usage scenarios). There's a slight fuel economy saving too to offset the cost. Eg. If you save 1% of $2000/year in fuel costs, that's $20. Lower viscosity has a similar advantage. There's a test out there from a GRM competitor, that I won't include a link to. ;)

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 UltraDork
10/10/21 9:40 p.m.

In reply to obsolete :

Volvo filter element is in a plastic can that is destroyed by any wrench other than the dedicated onesad

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
10/10/21 11:18 p.m.

In reply to Duke :

Buy an aluminum wrench instead of the stamped steel one.  AST is my brand, and it gets used daily.

ASTools V410 is the 86.5mm 16 flats unit.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
10/11/21 9:30 a.m.
Snrub said:

Why would they recommend lighter oils for more severe usage? I've seen different oil viscosity recommendations for temperature, but not conditions.

I believe the 0w20 is for extreme temperature conditions, Volvo nominally being a Scandinavian company.  But yeah, it's the only oil listed for this car on Volvo's support website.

 

TurnerX19 said:

In reply to obsolete :

Volvo filter element is in a plastic can that is destroyed by any wrench other than the dedicated onesad

Yup.  I didn't have the right diameter anyway, but he housing also has a very rounded shoulder, meaning that you need a much deeper wrench than the standard cheapos to get a good grip on it.

 

Streetwiseguy said:

In reply to Duke :

Buy an aluminum wrench instead of the stamped steel one.  AST is my brand, and it gets used daily.

ASTools V410 is the 86.5mm 16 flats unit.

Yeah, thanks for that.  For now I'm just leaving the old element in, because it only has 3800 miles on it.  Next year when I change the oil on its anniversary, it will still have fewer than 8,000 miles.  But with 2 modern Volvos in the fleet, it will be worth investing in the right tool.

 

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