What oil would you recommend for Volvo Penta 2002?

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Mineral oil 15w40 is ideal. Any decent quality brand will do. Same grade as for diesel engined cars. Just don't use fully synthetic oil. Any extractor will work fine. The e-bay one looks ideal, just stuff the extractor end through the oil filler and pump out the old stuff. Job done! A bit easier if the engine oil is warm after use.
 
I bought one of the cheapo extractors on ebay (for a lot less than that). I have only used for water at the moment - it doesn't hold its vacuum any where near as well as a Pela so lots of pumping is required. When I do the oil I shall make sure the oil is quite warm or it won't get up the tube. I haven't checked that the tube is smaller enough for the dipstick on a VP but a bit a tube won't be much.

I like the size to store against the larger Pela but if all I was going to use it for was the oil change then I'd probably buy the real thing - although for several years I've borrowed one.

Mineral 15W/40 is the stuff but not always sold by Halfords and the like - I got it at a local car parts place.
 
MoodySabre said:
I bought one of the cheapo extractors on ebay (for a lot less than that). I have only used for water at the moment - it doesn't hold its vacuum any where near as well as a Pela so lots of pumping is required. When I do the oil I shall make sure the oil is quite warm or it won't get up the tube. I haven't checked that the tube is smaller enough for the dipstick on a VP but a bit a tube won't be much.

I like the size to store against the larger Pela but if all I was going to use it for was the oil change then I'd probably buy the real thing - although for several years I've borrowed one.

Mineral 15W/40 is the stuff but not always sold by Halfords and the like - I got it at a local car parts place.
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Is this what you have in mind?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_180494_langId_-1_categoryId_165581

Cheers
Michal
 
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