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Trailer Towing 700 1990

posted by  someone claiming to be R.S. on  Wed Feb 15 15:17 CST 2006 [RELATED]

Hello Bricksters !

I'm considering towing a pop up trailer ( 1700 lbs) with my Volvo. I’ve read several opinions here about hitches and decided that I will go with the U-haul type. My Volvo is a Turbo with 225k miles and still going strong. A slight piston slap is present but not really a problem. Can not hear it from inside of car. All ( ?) maintenance is current. I read that i should not tow in over- drive as the gears are week. A couple of questions come to my mind:
1) When going on incline with the trailer it is obvious I will have to drop to lower gears. How about when it is flat? Could some one use turbo gauge as a load indicator and down shift ( disengage OD) when going Red?
2) Do I need to install tranny cooler? I think I have a trany cooler just past the a/c condenser? Does Volvo make a biger one?
3) Did anyone loose a tranny when towing? Any specific information?

Thank you,


Would like to add that thanks to YOU i have been repairing and maintaining my Volvo for the last 125 K miles.
This place is great!!!!!!





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