Oil for Volvo D2 55

[davidfox]

My manuals are on the boat, can anyone help me with the type of engine oil for the above engine. I have found a tech page that says 10.6ltrs does that also sound about right?

Thanks

 

[VicS]

My manuals are on the boat, can anyone help me with the type of engine oil for the above engine. I have found a tech page that says 10.6ltrs does that also sound about right?

Thanks

You can down load an owners manual from
http://www.volvopenta.com/volvopent...lication_search/pages/publication_search.aspx
Save it and you will always have the answers to your queries to hand

But enter the engine type number correctly as D2-55

 

[White Diamond]

Yes, its 10.6l ! Its SAE 15W30, specification VDS-2

 

[davidfox]

Thanks

 

[sailorman]

15> 30 ?????????

Yes, its 10.6l ! Its SAE 15W30, specification VDS-2

 

[davidfox]

I followed VicS' advice and found SAE 15w/40 or SAE 20w/50 in the manual, not 15w/30

Which one is best??

 

[vyv_cox]

You would use the 20w/50 where the ambient temperature was high, or if the engine is heavily worn to try to control high oil consumption and bearing rattles. Otherwise use the lower viscosity.

 

[photon]

I just put in 10 litres of new oil into my D2-55 having changed the oil filter as well. Pumped out old oil until pumping air, and fill level is way too high. OK I though, run the engine to fill the filter then check again, still way too high and very clean indicating that there was little residual oil after pumping out.

I have a distant memory of this from previous seasons but age takes it's toll and now I am faced with pumping out about 2 litres at a guess. Anyone else had a similar experience?

 

[desmodromic]

I just put in 10 litres of new oil into my D2-55 having changed the oil filter as well. Pumped out old oil until pumping air, and fill level is way too high. OK I though, run the engine to fill the filter then check again, still way too high and very clean indicating that there was little residual oil after pumping out.

I have a distant memory of this from previous seasons but age takes it's toll and now I am faced with pumping out about 2 litres at a guess. Anyone else had a similar experience?

Yes, I have this experience each time. Pumping doesn't get all the oil out - there seems to be a part of the sump where the pipe doesn't reach however much you try, or some kind of pooling elesewhere in the oil cuircuit. I part-fill the filter before replacing it, as you do with a car filter, and then add the new oil in several go's regularly checking the level to avoid overfilling, then obviously again after running the motor.

 

[RichardS]

Yes, I have this experience each time. Pumping doesn't get all the oil out - there seems to be a part of the sump where the pipe doesn't reach however much you try, or some kind of pooling elesewhere in the oil cuircuit. I part-fill the filter before replacing it, as you do with a car filter, and then add the new oil in several go's regularly checking the level to avoid overfilling, then obviously again after running the motor.

Welcome to the forum.

It's no great deal but it's always worth checking the dates on the postings in a thread as sometimes adding to an old thread is a waste of time depending on the subject under discussion. In this case it doesn't really matter although part filling the filter before replacing is only really possible with a vertically-mounted filter and many of us don't have that option.

Richard

 

[desmodromic]

Hey, don't agree - I (and others apparently) learn a great deal from old threads...we're all still doing oil changes, improving our boats' electrics, etc. I've recently had to change and bleed (complicated) a Lecomble&Schmitt hydraulic self-steering ram and got much of the necessary info from some 2010/2011 threads. And it's always worth updating them with recent info as someone did to one of my replies on a Landrover forum recently.
In terms of pre-filling the filter - if it's a vertical I'll completely fill it! I was talking about a horizontal..hence only half-filling, which gives you time to get it on quick.