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ZF4P22 Fluid change 700

"Sorry guys, it's a 1983 760 GLE Turbo Diesel with the ZF4P22."

I just pulled up the specs from Volvo (and a copy of the owners manaul for your car). You're going to want to use Dexron fluid in your automatic '83 ZF4HP22. If you had an M46 Manual Transmisson (stick-shift), then you would use Type-F. Here's a quote from page #98 (fluids) in your '83 760 Owners manual:

Transmission:
-------------ATF type F or G (manual), Capacity of 2.4 US qts.
-------------ATF Dexron IID (automatic) Capacity of 8.1 US qts.

Final drive:
-------------API-GL-5 (MILL2105 B or C) SAE 90 or 80 W/90 Capacity 1.7 US qts.

Power steering:
-------------ATF Capacity 0.8 US qts.

Brake fluid:
-------------Brake fluid type DOT 4 (or SAE J 1703), Capacity 0.45 US qts.


Remember, Dexron II has been superceeded by DexronIII (aka Dex3), and is basically the same as Mercon (new Ford type). Most parts stores will sell you a bottle of ATF marked "DexronIII/Mercon" as current stock shelf, and this is the correct fluid for your vehicle. If you had a stick-shift/manual transmission, you would indeed need Type F fluid (or Type FA as Type F has been superceeded).

Don't forget to clean the pan and magnet before you flush the fluid. (see hyperlink in my previous post) Also, the listed capacity of 8 quarts for your automatic transmission is assuming that you are filling it from a dry state (brand new from Volvo), and does not account for the fact that you will be draining and refilling the pan first (about 3 to 4 quarts). Plan to refill the 4 quarts that's down in the pan (by filling through the tranny dip stick tube) after you've cleaned the magnet and remove the sediment, and then flush (using the tranny cooler line) with an additional 6 to 8 quarts to get most of the fluid changed in the Torque Converter and Valve Body (both of which do not drain down on their own and hold about 4 to 5 quarts of fluid total). If you flush 8 quarts through the tranny after draining and refilling the pan, you should be about 75% to 80% effective in flushing the old fluid out, -and this is acceptable. If this seems a bit confusing, imagine the Torque Converter as a 1 gallon bucket of fluid and you're dumping in a quart and then removing a quart without actually draining the whole thing. There's a bit of mixing going on between the old and new fluid.

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
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'87 Blue 240 Wagon, 247k miles.
'88 Black 780, PRV-6, 145k miles.






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