Servicing; General - Volvo 164 Owner's Manual

GENERAL

Before the vehicle was delivered from the
factory it was subjected to a very thorough
i nspection. Your dealer, in his turn, car-
ried out a further delivery inspection in ac-
cordance with the specifications of the
Volvo Factory. In addition to this there is a
service inspection after 2 500 km (1500
miles) when the oil in the engine, transmis-
sion and rear axle is changed. Subsequent
servicing of the vehicle should follow the
routine in the service book which is based
on service inspections every 10000 km
(6 000 miles). The simplest way to provide
the vehicle with the servicing it requires is
to have all the servicing done by a Volvo
workshop. The workshop stamp in the
service book will show when the vehicle
was serviced.
When the car was being designed parti-
cular attention was given to the "safety de-
tails" (e.g. front end, brakes and steering).
They are calculated to withstand the se-
verest stresses with a wide safety margin.
However, if you use your car for hard
driving, you should take the precaution of
checking these parts for fatigue cracks

SERVICING

during the useful lifetime of the car, for
i nstance, when the parts concerned are
being reconditioned. If you prefer to carry
out the simpler servicing procedures your-
self or if you are sometimes obliged to
have them done by a workshop outside the
Volvo organization, this chapter contains
same advice as to when and how they
should be carried out. For the sake of con-
venience, the servicing procedures have
been summarized in a maintenance sched-
ule in the next two pages.
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