Volvo 740 GL Oil Type?

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12-13-2019, 03:14 PM

silvermine

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Originally Posted by jeff18

Is 5w30 too big a spread or will it be OK to use? Sure would be nice to use the same oil as the other vehicles in the garage.

i have always used 10w30 as it covers all the temperature ranges that the vehicle will encounter.... -4 to +104 deg F.
in the manual the chart says 5w30 only goes upto to 68 deg F....

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12-13-2019, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by silvermine

i have always used 10w30 as it covers all the temperature ranges that the vehicle will encounter.... -4 to +104 deg F.
in the manual the chart says 5w30 only goes upto to 68 deg F....

What he said, use10W30.

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