Preferred service kits, oil brands and intervals

[Turbodave]

Bit of a general diesel based question but just wondered what the general consensus is for service kits and intervals.

I have both an 07 V50 2.0D Sport with 196k and an 05 V70 D5 163 with 186k and neither have a comprehensive history and are fairly recent purchases (as in, within a year) and upon purchase, both were given a once over with a service kit and oil.

I generally buy my parts from my local trade supplier so it's normally Mann filters and either Drivetec or Comma oils and I tend to aim for annual servicing (though DIY I hasten to add) as both cars are doing about 10 to 12k a year.

Just debating doing a bit of pre-winter preventative maintenance and change the filters and oil but also sat debating if I should opt for the Tesco value range, ie Euro Car Parts and Triple QX oil / Crosland filters (About £36 all in) or Halfords stuff (£44 all in with trade card) or run with my trade guy and Comma oil (about £60 all in) for the 2.0D I hasten to add.

So, just wondered what brands you chaps use (or indeed avoid!) and what your schedule is... purely out of interest!

Cheers

[S60D5-185]

Use ECP for the D5.

They do Shell Helix Ultra and also a Mann filter.

[AndyV7o]

Crosland filters are poor quality ecp own brand (they bought an old name that had repute and revived it using cheap crap. Buy good filters whatever oil you use.
For the difference in price youre better off using shell helix ultra oils and mann/mahle filters. At the very least dont scrimp £2-3 on an oil filter, it really isnt worth it!

[Tannaton]

If you actually look and compare the cheap “OEM quality” filters with the genuine parts you can often see just how crap they are. I did exactly that once with a fuel filter for my 2.0d V50 and I will never use Wix again.... they even have to include a leaflet explaining that it will fit because it looks nothing like the original. I know there are some brands of filters that are comparable but most motor factor own brands are not.

So for my fleet I buy genuine Volvo filters from the dealers selling at trade prices on eBay and I use Comma X-Tech 5w-30 oil. Yes there are better oils but I think that product is the sweet spot of cost vs spec. I would rather use that oil and change every 10k than spend twice as much and run the full interval.

[Peter86]

My local dealer in the parts area has a form you can sign up to receive discount on parts. My last oil and filter change was cheaper through volvo than elsewhere. Casteol edge 0w30 was about £23 for 4L.
FYI oil filter stamped Mann, airfilter stamped Mahle, both had volvo on to but I'm sure there made to volvo's spec.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by Peter86

My local dealer in the parts area has a form you can sign up to receive discount on parts. My last oil and filter change was cheaper through volvo than elsewhere. Casteol edge 0w30 was about £23 for 4L.
FYI oil filter stamped Mann, airfilter stamped Mahle, both had volvo on to but I'm sure there made to volvo's spec.

Indeed , they are not the same as the off the shelf MANN stuff they are made to suit volvo's requested specification .volvo do not use off the shelf parts .