V70: Engine Warning - Castrol Edge is not ACEA A5/B5

[CJL]

But they still sell Edge and Edge Professional. Both are 0W-30 A5/B5 and may or may not be the same thing.

[SonyVaio]

Exact same, just the Professional one has a UV die in it and meant to be for business use (Garages, Dealers, Motortrade etc..).

[clivea]

What's the UV dye for? If a car is serviced by date or mileage a garage won't see it unless it has a problem. I guess the garage could do a quality check on the oil in case its diluted or sludged due to failed regenerations or too much town driving/ short journeys.

[CJL]

Originally Posted by SonyVaio

Exact same, just the Professional one has a UV die in it and meant to be for business use (Garages, Dealers, Motortrade etc..).

Ahhhh, but they are different according to Castrol themselves....

Originally Posted by Jay

spoke to Castrol customer service

they do supply a range for workshop and dealers only and it is packaged as Edge PROFESSIONAL he said it was a business decision not to supply to the general retail and assured me it was a different product to retail meeting volvo specification

the rating is 0w30 & A5 (includes A1/B1/A5/B5) however please check when you buy the one litre top-up or service oil change that they are using the PROFESSIONAL range. some dealers were offering the retail product and said only a packaging change.

Seriously though, I'm sure they are the same and it's just a way of charging more for it. Call it Edge at £10/L and everybody will buy it at Halfords. Call it Edge Professional and you can get £16 for it.

[eosfan]

This is what I use - it's 0-30, A5/B5, says its for Volvos

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[CJL]

That's the regular Edge that is probably exactly the same as the Edge Professional minus the UV dye. Opie Oils sell that and regularly have sales.

Last A5/B5 oil I bought happened to be the Professional from moto-oils

http://moto-oil.co.uk/castrol-edge-p...ional-a5-0w-30

[GrantA]

Just to put my 2 pence worth into the debate, I had my car serviced at the local Volvo Indie a couple of weeks ago and he uses Valvoline Durablend FE 5W-30. He said he uses it all the time and it complies with the Volvo specs. I've looked at the Valvoline website and sure enough it is ACAE A5/B5 but only semi-synthetic so now that he has started to use it guess I'll continue when I do my own servicing.

[SonyVaio]

Originally Posted by GrantA

Just to put my 2 pence worth into the debate, I had my car serviced at the local Volvo Indie a couple of weeks ago and he uses Valvoline Durablend FE 5W-30. He said he uses it all the time and it complies with the Volvo specs. I've looked at the Valvoline website and sure enough it is ACAE A5/B5 but only semi-synthetic so now that he has started to use it guess I'll continue when I do my own servicing.

Your car was designed to use fully synthetic and I would take the car back and have them replace the oil at their expense! I'd be getting rid of that semi synth asap.

[clivea]

Originally Posted by GrantA

Just to put my 2 pence worth into the debate, I had my car serviced at the local Volvo Indie a couple of weeks ago and he uses Valvoline Durablend FE 5W-30. He said he uses it all the time and it complies with the Volvo specs. I've looked at the Valvoline website and sure enough it is ACAE A5/B5 but only semi-synthetic so now that he has started to use it guess I'll continue when I do my own servicing.

Grant,
surely using 5-30 will affect cold start economy and warm up as the oil is slightly more viscous and where you live the cold starts may be a bit more taxing than for us in the south! I am not sure that the semi-synth/synth difference is that significant for most running, but would expect the synthetic to last better if you go the full distance between oil changes.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by GrantA

Just to put my 2 pence worth into the debate, I had my car serviced at the local Volvo Indie a couple of weeks ago and he uses Valvoline Durablend FE 5W-30. He said he uses it all the time and it complies with the Volvo specs. I've looked at the Valvoline website and sure enough it is ACAE A5/B5 but only semi-synthetic so now that he has started to use it guess I'll continue when I do my own servicing.

Wrong Oil ! Should be 0w/30 for the 18000 service interval from 2006 model year .. 5w/30 is ok for the older D5 up to 2005 ..