S60 D5... owners

[AlpineWhite]

I didn't, but as mine is a facelift 2004 car, I'll need a paper one, according to A_lex's post. Thanks though

[Garett]

Super Slo Mo said:

AlpineWhite said:

Thanks, that would be handy if you can. Don't pick her up until easter Monday, but I want to take advantage of a discount offer on oil before then

Good job I checked, it's 0W30 or 5W30. GSF gave me fully synthetic 0W30, which seemed to be fine.

I'm a bit confused over what oil to use as I'm getting different answers.
ECP recommend 5w30 fully synth
Opie recommend 5w40 fully synth
Volvo recommend 0w30 fully synth

The volvo stuff I belive is castrol slx longtec which you don't seem to be able to buy from many places other than volvo and is pretty expensive!

[Super Slo Mo]

Both are suggested by Mr Haynes. I wouldn't worry too much either way.

My engine, at 188,000 miles, and with no discernable history up to 145,000 miles when I bought it, had almost no evidence whatsoever of any wear inside it (I stripped it, if you haven't seen my posts on the subject, and the thread). Seriously, even the bores still had their honing marks very clearly present.

In the 40 odd thousand miles I had it, it was serviced to spec, but by a specialist (and me for one oil change), not Volvo.

[GurneyFlap]

On Oil for the D5 engines:
Older EU3 engines (like AlpineWhite has) need ACEA A3/B3/B4 grade fully synthetic oil. I think the handbook even specifies this. It needs to be somethingW30 weight: 0W30 for cold cranking (down to minus 30 Celsius), but 5W30 should be fine for 99% of the UK's weather (minus 25 Celsius).

Newer EU4 engines (with DPF) need ACEA A5/B5 grade fully synthetic oil - with the same weight as above. This is higher grade stuff to deal with the fuel which dilutes it when DPF regeneration cycles are performed.

Here's a pretty table: http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/pdf/VolvoOilChart2007U...
And this is what the viscosity grades mean: http://www.upmpg.com/tech_articles/motoroil_viscos...

[GurneyFlap]

Oh, and Happy Easter!

[AlpineWhite]

That's a useful summary. Thanks.

So, today was the day. Picked it up in Southampton. Hadn't been used since I test drove it a week or two back. A little rough for the first few seconds, and then quickly settled into a normal idle.

Drove back to Bristol, and then into the centre and back out again for an appointment. I reset the computer at the start of the journey. Did most of it at 70mph with cruise on and the computer is showing over 56mpg average. I have yet to see how that compares with the real consumption, but if it's within 10% then I'll be very happy.

Things I've noticed, apart from it being quiet, comfy and having a nice radio:

1) The fuel filler flap doesn't lock when I lock the car
2) The driver's door mirror glass is trying to fall out

The mirror glass should just need popping back in. Anyone encountered a knackered filler flap locking mechanism?

Overall pretty happy though

[Rockatansky]

There's usually a delay between locking the car and the fuel flap locking. Check it again after the car has been locked for 30 seconds or a minute.

Also, in my experience the onboard mpg figure is very optimistic. They're good, just not that good

[Rockatansky]

Ok, I didn't think it went as far as 10 mins.

I changed mine in vida to lock with the car, i.e. no time delay at all.

[AlpineWhite]

Aha, ok, I'll try it in the morning.

I was expecting the on board computer to be optimistic. Need to do a brim to brim calc, at some point. First of all I have to brave the first fill up, from empty

[Garett]

Thanks Gurney Flap for the useful info about oil.

I think 56 mpg is optimistic but you could achieve not far off. I managed my best ever mpg on saturday, 52.6mpg (calcualted) over 250 miles mainly on the M6/M5 with a bit of A road, cruise set at 70 on the speedo so actually about 66mph most of the way.

Mines started struggling to start when its hot, a quick google suggest it could be the high pressure fuel pump!

[confused_buyer]

The filler flap solenoid is easy to replace - remove the inside boot trim and you can get to it - it is held in with two torq screws you can see with the flap open. Water gets in to them and they jam up.

[Davie_GLA]

Interesting that someone else has mirror glass trying to escape the housing on the drivers side. Mine is the same an i thought it had been replaced by some cheap fix.

[AlpineWhite]

Turns out the filler flap solenoid does work after all!

Will have a look at the mirror later this week.

[confused_buyer]

Mirror can either be that it isn't clipped in properly or a little spring which sits behind the mirror and stops it vibrating as you drive along is missing (there is definately one on the pre-2004 models - I can't rememeber for sure on the 2004 models on). It is often the spring as it is difficult to clip the glass in and hold the spring in place.

[Super Slo Mo]

Garett said:

Thanks Gurney Flap for the useful info about oil.

I think 56 mpg is optimistic but you could achieve not far off. I managed my best ever mpg on saturday, 52.6mpg (calcualted) over 250 miles mainly on the M6/M5 with a bit of A road, cruise set at 70 on the speedo so actually about 66mph most of the way.

Mines started struggling to start when its hot, a quick google suggest it could be the high pressure fuel pump!

Hopefully it's not, although I do have one sitting on a shelf if you need it. It was in working order when removed. I don't know how much of a pig they are to change when the engine has to be put back together afterwards, but it seemed to come off easily enough.

[A - W]

Morning all,

Well mine has developed two noisy injectors that my local friendly garage say can be lived with. Is there any decent places to buy from?
Also a stone has cracked the nearside foglight so on the look out for one of them. None of my local scrap yards have one.

Any ideas?

[Super Slo Mo]

A - W said:

Morning all,

Well mine has developed two noisy injectors that my local friendly garage say can be lived with. Is there any decent places to buy from?
Also a stone has cracked the nearside foglight so on the look out for one of them. None of my local scrap yards have one.

Any ideas?

I have a pair of foglights for a 2002 V70, which are, I think, a slightly different design than an S60, although am happy to cross reference part no's if you want.

You could, of course, just swap the complete bumper/foglight assembly for mine! (No, I am only joking!).

[A - W]

Thanks SSM and A Lex.

Where is a reputable place to buy the injectors from please?

[Super Slo Mo]

I sold mine on eBay, I put the complete set up for £150, although this seemed to be around half of what others were wanting at the time.

You take a chance with eBay stuff, obviously. You could also have a look on the relevant Volvo forums.

[Emeye]

There is a 2004 S60 D5 Sport for sale not to far from me with 130k miles for just over £2k, but I'm struggling to find much info on the Sport. I have seen some S versions described as a Sport, but this one has larger alloys and a spoiler. It appears to have half leather, but are these the same seats as the S? Is the suspension any different? Are they worth considering, or do the big alloys just run the car? What spec do they have?

Cheers.