If there were no leaks, then it was getting burned in the engine. There’s no other place it could go. They likely wouldn’t have noticed the classical blue smoke since the catalytic converter would’ve absorbed it (shortening it’s lifespan in the process)
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you would think, but the dealer wouldn’t say that. It also was a new car. My only point was in response to the threads concern about overfilling the crankcase apparently Volvo thinks its just fine to overfill it by 60%. All you have to do is change the dip stick.
Sounds like that dealer just did something quick and cheap to keep the guy out of their shop.
The late model Volvo S90 does not have an engine oil dipstick, the oil level is monitored electronically.
If it was the S90 from the 1990’s there may have been an oil capacity revision for the additional quart.
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For the bad apples you can open their profile, click on “normal”, and choose to “ignore”.
Saves time and stress.
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Or if you’re fairly disciplined, you can just choose to NOT respond to people you don’t want to interact with
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I have not blocked anyone, not sure how many have blocked me.
If you payed any attention to what i said it takes between 30 seconds up to 5 min to circulate the oil through the engine. ThaT means complete circulation through the entire engine. Its not instantanious like you seem to think it is. I COULD show you ford manufacturing bulletin on this fact but I hope in your arrogance and ignorence you have enough sense to get online and actually do some research. Btw that bulletin came out in 1996 so if you are an up to date technician in any currently certified shop you would already be aware that not only ford but ALL the auto manufacturors put out bulletins discussing this. Also if you wait 10 minutes for the filter to wik the oil then youd find out that when you turn the filter upside down no oil comes outbecause its all collected in the paper filter inside! Yes i said paper because almost all of them are made with paper? Doubt that then go cut 1 in half…in fact cut a dozen in half and you’ll find I am correct!
I don’t remember what all this fuss was about and not going to re-read to find out. I’m a little in the dark about blocking though. Don’t really see the sense. So if you block someone, you don’t see their comments? But if someone quoted them, wouldn’t you still see the comment? Wouldn’t you really rather see what someone said even if you don’t like what they said, than just live in La La land? I suppose I’ve been blocked but I haven’t blocked anyone. Maybe you get a notice that so and so blocked you.
All that talk about CB radios though, I just got my pilot radio permit by sending my money in. No way I ever would have passed an electronics or morse code test. I suppose it wouldn’t cover CB frequencies though but it doesn’t say. Another diversion.
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I went looking for my old license, but did not find it. Pretty sure I got a code but breaker breaker never used it, this is barkydog Anybody out there over?
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Just so long as you don’t have a mayday! But if you do, there’s always folks here monitoring and ready to respond. 
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There is a little truth to some of what you are saying, but you completely misunderstand its meaning.
How long it takes for oil to completely circulate through an engine is meaningless. Oil is hydraulic, once the filter has filled by the oil pump, which takes only a few seconds, the oil continuously circulated through the engine, lubricating everything. If you put some dye in the filter, measuring when that dye returned to the filter does not mean that the engine would be unlubricated all that time.
When you fill a filter with as much oil as it will take, you have not removed all the air. The oil has to soak through all the paper to do that If you then look inside the filter the center of it again has air in it. You would have to do this several times to eliminate the air. Then if you turned the filter on its side, oil would indeed pour out.
People have put 300,000 miles on their engines without pre filling the filters. If pre filling your filter was necessary, no manufacturer would have ever mounted one sideways or upside down. The slant six Mopars, famous for their durability had the filters mounted mostly upside down.
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I pre-fill my filters but I only fill it once to the top and then it seeps down to about half full again. They’re positioned so that oil doesn’t leak out. I don’t consider it any big deal, just something I got in the habit of doing, like using clean oil on the gasket instead of used oil. Just makes me feel better.
Not always the case. They will also question whether you have enough technical knowledge to properly do the maintenance if they find you lack adiquate knowledge then you are screwed. I know of several situations where the receipts weren’t enough. They almost require an ase certificate to do anything and keep the warrantee.
Where are you getting that nonsense ? Do you have any documentation to prove that statement ?
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