The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Transmission problem 700 series

posted by  someone claiming to be Fee on  Sun Mar 25 06:30 CST 2007 [RELATED]

Hi, I have a 91' 780 with about 170k. It has an Auto transmission as do all of the 780's that I know of. At least the US spec ones anyway. Anyway, a month or so ago I noticed that on the freeway during normal freeway driving circumstances (no hills/60 mph) the engine would wind up to about 3500 rpm and get very loud. And within seconds it would drop back down to normal rpms.

Lately, it will stay at around 3500 rpm when just cruising and it is way louder than usual. Power seems to have suffered also but the turbo is still active if I give it a lot of gas when it is doing this. I drove the car twice on the freeway yesterday and it only did this on the way back. Once I got off the freeway it sounded fine. I did a trans flush and fill when I first bought the car maybe 3-4 years ago. I might have put 20,000 miles on it since then, but not much more than that.

Is this a normal occurance and is my transmission going out? I am not really looking forward to shelling out a bunch of money on a 15 year old car, but will if I have no choice. Any tips or suggestions?


thanks,
Fee






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

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.