I just bought a 2001 Volvo V70. I forgot to ask the seller (original owner) how often he had the oil change.

So, I thought I'd come here and ask you good people because I'm sure somebody knows.

Is it the standard every 3000 miles? Or, do Volvo's require it less often?

Thanks.

Mobil 1 every 5k miles.

I just bought a 2001 Volvo V70. I forgot to ask the seller (original owner) how often he had the oil change.

So, I thought I'd come here and ask you good people because I'm sure somebody knows.

Is it the standard every 3000 miles? Or, do Volvo's require it less often?

Thanks.

Unless you're driving in the worst traffic ever or putting incredible strain on the engine in terrible environments, 5000 miles is fine. Around 7500 miles is fine for most cars that are driven nicely, that use a decent oil (most oil is decent).

I go 12.5k on mobil 1, and have since the first oil change. The engine runs like a top (123k now).

If you really wanna do it right put in some royal purple, then you dont need to change it for a long ass time

Amsoil synthetic if you're a true player.

Once every 25,000 miles.

Snake Oil every 1,000,000 miles. :D

We use 0 micron oil filters. :D Money well spent. Our van and my dad's Camry do, at least.

My Tracer, I just throw in 4 qts of 5w-30 and a fram filter

We use 0 micron oil filters. :D Money well spent. Our van and my dad's Camry do, at least.

My Tracer, I just throw in 4 qts of 5w-30 and a fram filter

forget the oil filter...just add oil as needed, throw in a can of sea-foam every year and change the oil once a year

I do notice better mpg out of synthetic rather then conventional

synthetic or not, any oil gets contaminated at the same rate by fuel dilution, metal particulate, products of combustion, etc


I agree. Too much by products in the oil taxes the canals for eventual buildup, thus reducing proper oil pressures.

thanks everyone for the useful info.

Infiniti QX4
Once every 3000 with Mobile 1 full syn and Mobile 1 filter or OEM Nissan filter. Driven daily in NYC traffic and it has a VQ35DE (designed to drink oil/gas worse than RX7).

So yeah, depends on where you drive.