RE: [DML] Re: Volvo PRV Oil Weight Spec (10W30)

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So are you saying that we should now be using 10W30 in our DeLorean's now?
It would sure increase our options as brand and type.
Synthetics, etc...
- VB

>From: "content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] Re: Volvo PRV Oil Weight Spec (10W30)
>Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:50:56 -0000
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>Original Volvo PRV oil spec was 10W40. They recommended such for a
>decade or so.
>
>In late 1984 Volvo issued a Technical Service Bulletin making 10W30
>the new recommended oil spec, retroactive to the beginning of PRV usage:
>
>"For gasoline engines from model year 1985, the SAE 10W40 has been
>deleted from the oil specification chart. Compared to other
>viscosities, approved by Volvo, the SAE 10W40 could produce more
>deposits in the engine.
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>The new specification is also recommended for all earlier models."
>
>TSB #21112: Engine [B28F] - Excessive Camshaft/Rocker Arm Wear
>
>40 weight was gumming up oil passages in the rocker arms (imfamous
>"camshaft problem", endemic to B27 *AND* B28).
>
>Bill Robertson
>#5939
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> >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Try 5w50 for the cold weather.
> >
> > Mark V
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 11:35  PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > That is a good point Mark, I need to check to see if my fans are
> > > coming on
> > > all the time or maybe to early.
> > >
> > > .....and yet, the "which oil should I use?" question persists.
> > > According to this months DMCH Catalog AKA "Delorean's Magazine" (at
> > > $8.95
> > > per issue)
> > > suggests that 20/50 be used in tempatures over 14 degrees.
> > > I am Texas ya'll, it don't get that cold here in Dallas that often.
> > >
> > > I'll just have to deal with it.
> > > - VB
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> From: DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx>
> > >> Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: Re: [DML] Re: DeLo's In Year 'Round Use
> > >> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:51:47 -0600
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Well if it is getting cold where it is almost freezing you should not
> > >> be using 20/50. Putting a switch on your fans will do nothing for
> > >> helping your car warm up faster, your car has to be hot first before
> > >> the fans turn on.
> > >>
> > >> Mark V
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 07:09  PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Living in Texas, it is easy to use the car year round.
> > >>> However, warming it up takes for ever.
> > >>> I am considering putting an on/off switch on my fans to help
>warm it
> > >>> up
> > >>> quicker.
> > >>> It was really cold this morning, almost freezing...
> > >>> Yesterday I changed my oil and put in Castroil GTX 20/50, and a
> > >>> bottle
> > >>> of
> > >>> Lucus.
> > >>> This morning when I tried to start the car, the engine that normally
> > >>> pops on
> > >>> in one turn
> > >>> spun round and round and wouldn't start.
> > >>> I let it sit for a second and then let it spin some more and it
> > >>> slowly
> > >>> putterd on.
> > >>> It was fine after that, but that is the first time I have seen it do
> > >>> that.
> > >>>
> > >>> I drive my car all year round but have learned to avoid wet days.
> > >>> Since I have about 7 vehicles to choose from I might as well spare
> > >>> it.
> > >>>
> > >>> After my experience on wet roads with this car, I would avoid icy
> > >>> situations
> > >>> at all costs.
> > >>> So I suppose that if I lived in a snowy area I would just garage the
> > >>> car for
> > >>> a few months.
> > >>> Drive some other kind of dissposable car in the winter, like a
>Vette.
> > >>> ;P
> > >>>
> > >>> - Videobob
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