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Title: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 14:07:07
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 !!
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Lazydocker on 13 August 2010, 14:12:20
Did you get any warnings? Slipping in gear etc?

Manual or Auto?

If manual, clutch, if Auto, check ATF first ;)
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 14:13:56
its auto , but whats ATF ??
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 14:14:22
oh and no warning lights of any sort
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Lazydocker on 13 August 2010, 14:20:02
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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?
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 August 2010, 14:23:05
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 ;)
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 14:35:07
no no ATF is all good,

ders something else, it just doesnt drive in ANY gear!
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 August 2010, 14:40:53
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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?
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 14:47:02
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
:(
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Lazydocker on 13 August 2010, 14:50:34
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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
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 August 2010, 14:51:16
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 ;) ;)
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: feeutfo on 13 August 2010, 22:17:03
What box is it? Asin warner front wheel drive? Does not sound good tbh. :(
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 August 2010, 22:51:26
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
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 13 August 2010, 23:54:18
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 )
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: tidla on 14 August 2010, 00:14:00
in the voice of james may "safety feature"

if you cannot drive it, you cannot crash it. ::)
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 14 August 2010, 00:16:15
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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
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Fazeel on 14 August 2010, 00:20:17
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....
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: feeutfo on 14 August 2010, 09:00:47
Some Asin warners known for busted planet gear and worn valve body.
Title: Re: Volvo gear not working
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 August 2010, 10:52:16
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.