![]() Sometimes the fuel quality minder would run the engine just so the gas would not go bad in the tank! ![]() In fact, I'd put about 9 gallons of gas in a year. But I plugged mine in at night, used regen braking as much as possible, and drove short trips. Now, speaking from my own time as a Volt owner, in 4 years I averaged about 195 MPG, which is as far as the computer would calculate it. If he went by time, the manual says to change it every TWO years.īut this car was never rated at 61.1 MPG! Every review and everything put out by the EPA stated somewhere near 36 to 40 mpg tops! Now we find that all that was wrong, and in fact it gets better fuel economy (Not being used properly) than a PRIUS! This just can't be possible. It also seems like the previous owner went by the OLM for oil changes, which is also a good thing. I think your assumptions are correct on the mileage estimates, at least they appear to be. This really brings up a lot of questions for me though. ![]() If there is something I can throw in there that is better than average for clealiness, seems like a good idea In the near future, most of the mileage will be EV but it will probably be our road trip car since nobody wants to drive my Outback XT with stick shift and it gets pretty bad fuel economy.Īt least you have an answer to your oil question. I have no reason to think the engine "needs" cleaning, just that is has done more ICE driving than most Volts and probably with semi-syn only. The car was very well cared for, better than if I had owned it the whole time. Cold Temperature Operation: In an area of extreme cold, where the temperature falls below−29Â☌(−20Â☏), an SAE 0W-30 oil may be used." So it is very clear about the Dexos requirement, not so much about viscosity IMHO, excluding heavier grades. Do not use other viscosity grade oils such as SAE 10W-30, 10W-40, or 20W-50. ACDelco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended." and "SAE 5W-30 is the best viscosity grade for the vehicle. The owners manual says "Use only engine oil licensed to the dexos1 specification, or equivalent, of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ![]() So it seems like the gallons and mpg average are current even though the mileage stopped? Anyway, pretty certain it has a lot of highway miles and relatively few EV miles compared to most Volts. It shows 2171.5 gallons used and 61.1mpg, which is weird because multiplied out that gets 132, 678 miles which is really close to the odometer reading of 132,672. My Trip B shows 99999.9 miles, which I'm pretty sure means it has never been reset and that it maxes out at 100K miles. So, here is what I know or at least suspect. I was planning on running it it my now-totaled '06 Prius, which called for 5w-30 but not sure about the Volt. Again, if I can use this without harm in the Volt at some point, I will. Only semi-related, is it safe to use full syn, Dexos 1 5w-20 in the Volt? The manual is very specific about the Dexos rating, less clear on whether some other viscosity that is Dexos rated is okay. I have a 5qt jug of M1 AFE that I won't use in any of my other cars, so if that is as good as anything I will happily use it. I would like to run whatever has the best cleaning ability, seems to me like PUP used to be considered best for that but I'm not sure that is still true. The OLM is currently at 48%, but I would like to get full syn in there and it might be a long time until it says to change it. I have all the receipts for it from day one, and it looks like it generally got partial syn Dexos 1 at various GM dealerships. My family recently purchased a Volt that has relatively high ICE/gas miles (probably close to 100K) compared to most.
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