Volvo RWD 700 Forum

INDEX FOR 10/2025(CURRENT) INDEX FOR 11/2017 700 INDEX

[<<] [>>]

THREADED

THREADED EXPANDED

FLAT

PRINT ALL

MESSAGES IN THIS THREAD

REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

SAVE

First-timer tranny flush...! 700 1987

posted by SpazMan on Fri May 30 15:20 CST 2008
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]

[IGNORE ALL POSTS]

last visit: Tue Aug 14 21:06 CST 2012

[RELATED]

Hi folks,

I did a flush for the first time, and I made a few mistakes along the way. I did manage to flush out all the old gunk, and the fluid was a nicer shade of pink by the end. What I had trouble with was getting enough fluid into the dipstick fast enough! I poured as fast as I could, but I ended up being about 2 quarts too low after the flush. Trouble was, the dipstick (with the engine off) told me that it was full... then I started it, put it in gear... and I got the 'tranny-fluid's-low' jerk as I gave it gas. Oops!

Anyway, after two trial-and-error sessions over 5 minutes or so, I got the level OK. Now my fluid is happy and pink, and I feel good about my transmission.

Thanks guys, I couldn't have done this without ya!

Ari

REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

SAVE

First-timer tranny flush...! 700 1987

posted by Lummer57 on Fri May 30 23:17 CST 2008
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]

[IGNORE ALL POSTS]

last visit: Thu Oct 28 03:22 CST 2010

[RELATED]

For future reference : I always make sure tranny fluid is at correct level before I even start flush procedure. Check after idling a minute or so and after slowly going thru all gears while idling/parked. Check after pulling dipstick out & wiping clean and then re-inserting. Anyway Bottle I am flushing used/bad fluid into I mark in 1/2 quart increments. Amount of old/bad fluid that goes out gets replaced by exact same amount of new/fresh fluid going in. As my bottle is but 1x gallon I find I have to turn off car a couple of times. Hope this helps.
--
' 88 740GLE auto wagon nearly 167,000 and ' 87 240DL auto sedan nearly 125,000

REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

SAVE

First-timer tranny flush...! 700 1987

posted by SpazMan on Sat May 31 03:31 CST 2008
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]

[IGNORE ALL POSTS]

last visit: Tue Aug 14 21:06 CST 2012

[RELATED]

You're right; I tried to eyeball it into an oil-change container and it didn't work. At Autozone all they had were gallon jugs of DexMerc, so I poured the gallon in each time.

The end result is now I know how to read my tranny dipstick correctly. :P ;)

Ari

<< < > >>

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.