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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 14:07:07
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ok so I have this Volvo S80 2000, whose gear seems to have a problem
actually its totally not working, I mean I can put the car on reverse and just stand outside and it wont budge ;D
anyway, I dont know whether the gear has broken or a hook or something has come off ??
any ideas ??
I dont want to take it directly to the garage as it will cost like anything !!
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Did you get any warnings? Slipping in gear etc?
Manual or Auto?
If manual, clutch, if Auto, check ATF first ;)
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its auto , but whats ATF ??
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oh and no warning lights of any sort
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its auto , but whats ATF ??
Automatic Transmission Fluid
That may well be all that is wrong... Low fluid. Were there any other symptoms? Slipping in gear etc?
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I had a hired Volvo in the United States once, and it often lost drive - until it spilt all its ATF all over a friends drive!! :D :D :D ;)
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no no ATF is all good,
ders something else, it just doesnt drive in ANY gear!
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no no ATF is all good,
ders something else, it just doesnt drive in ANY gear!
You have checked that to be a fact?
If so, when did the trouble start? Did the non-gear situation happen suddenly, or were there any warning signs?
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yeah, I've checked that
It started about a week ago,
I dont know how it happened but it I started the car to go somewhere and it started to move, but as the engine became warm, it lost power or something and then it changed gears, tried all of them but nothing happened,
next day same thing happpened, it movess a little bit when the engines cold, but as it starts to heat, the car starts to die
:(
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yeah, I've checked that
It started about a week ago,
I dont know how it happened but it I started the car to go somewhere and it started to move, but as the engine became warm, it lost power or something and then it changed gears, tried all of them but nothing happened,
next day same thing happpened, it movess a little bit when the engines cold, but as it starts to heat, the car starts to die
:(
Sounds ATF related to me... When it gets warm (and thinner) it stops working :y
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Right. It does sound like a broken linkage, or u/s torque converter. :'( :'(
The real auto box experts should be along later to give further advice ;) ;)
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What box is it? Asin warner front wheel drive? Does not sound good tbh. :(
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Could be a fluid pressure issue perhaps? Thick fluid OK but losing pressure when thinner? Perhaps some sort of relief valve or solenoid stuck open, or a leaking seal bleeding pressure away until it can't hold the clutches engaged - or the torque converter is getting starved of fluid.
Most boxes have a test port for checking the fluid pressure - reckon that might be a good starting point.
Kevin
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all of what you guys are sayin may be true
So I'll to get it checked tomorrow
But I personally think that the gear is broken, like literally broken !!
( if that can actually happen ?? :P )
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in the voice of james may "safety feature"
if you cannot drive it, you cannot crash it. ::)
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in the voice of james may "safety feature"
if you cannot drive it, you cannot crash it. ::)
Hahahahaha !!
;D;D;D
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and you know how much the Volvo people said a new gear box and to fix the whole thing would cost ????
Around 1500 Bahraini Dinars !!!!
Which is about over £2000 !!
Im still a 19 year old student, how am I supposed to pay that sort of money ??
I asked my dad and he said that even the car does not cost that much now, since its old and has many other problems too....
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Some Asin warners known for busted planet gear and worn valve body.
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Volve auto gearboxes of that era are shiter than shite, probably the shitest of shite.....they even used nylon parts at one point.
Some were the same as used in the Renaults with valve body faults the works.