S80: Engine very good battery seems hard to turn over

[Rex7]

hi all newbie here,

S80 D5 , I have a very good Varta 95 ah and have put a Clarke battery tester on it and it was good and good under load too, but when I start it up it seems sluggish to turn over, any ideas ?

also is there a way to clean the EGR in situ as I have taken the big rubber 90 elbow off and it needed a clean as it looks like it has not been done in a long time the car has done 134,000

[Simmy]

has it got the correct grade of oil in the engine 0 /30

[passenger]

Dont understand perfect english. Engine starts heavy?

Then is your starter. Easy job to do (on my mk3 V70 D5). On daparto.de Bosch and Lucas 150€.

First disconnect battery



Remove throttle body 4 screws and you can clean big part of EGR

[Rex7]

Simmy not sure what oil, I have just bought the S80 with full service history, I have sent an email to the garage who did the servicing and asked when the belts were changed and what engine oils they used I am just waiting for a reply what 0/30 would you suggest

[Rex7]

Thanks passenger you your info

[Simmy]

castrol edge. cheapest place to buy costco

[Rex7]

Cheers Simmy will pop over there next week

[Moomoo]

Obviously check connections and earths.

[Kev0607]

Glow plugs?

[simboc2004]

I'd recommend looking at opieoils.co.uk - first time user gets 10% discount if you register for an account. I bought online at 3pm and it arrived 10am the next morning - and I'm very rural (and miles from a Costco). As a comparison 6 litres of 0W30 Castrol Edge Titanium cost me £57.46 delivered (with 10% discount)