My final post on this thread. I owe an updated on this. I've now done the drain and fill option 3x which used about 11.5 quarts total 3309 transmission fluid. With each drain/fill the shifting is slowly improving. The most recent time was last week when I had it to my local garage for oil change at ...

No pushing for me, yet. My commute is about 25 miles one way and included rural, interstate and city driving so it is probably a good test as to how the fluid replacement has effect things. Initially on the way home from the garage there did not seem to be much of a difference. I sort of expected th...

Quick update. Stopped by my local shop today with a case of 3309 transmission fluid. They drained and refilled. Drained into a shop oil can so no real measure on what was taken out but it took 3.75 quarts to get to proper level. The means I should have enough to do two more drain and fills. The flui...

abscate and vt9000cse. Sent you guys PMs thru the forum.

John Schnupp, N3CNL
1995 Sportster XLH 1200 +106,000
2004 Subaru Impreza RS +216,000 RIP
2005 Volvo V70 +163,000 (it's new to me)
Georgia, VT

I can't add much on the specifics of what to look for as I'm new to Volvo's too. I got a 2005 V70 with 161,000 a couple of weeks ago. I was in a bind and did not have much time to do a lot of looking so I probably jumped on the deal a bit too soon. Mine has the transmission issue. I wish I had found...

Deano, The link for the filter seems to be just for you guys in Canada. The same thing is available in the US but the Amazon link is different, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014BCFC0/ John Schnupp, N3CNL 1995 Sportster XLH 1200 +106,000 2004 Subaru Impreza RS +216,000 RIP 2005 Volvo V70 +162,000 (it's...

Thanks guys. You have all confirmed that I'm headed down the correct path. I'm having my local shop do a drain and fill. No power flush. Even they told me that they did not recommend using a power flush machine. They have one but told me their experience was that it cause more issues than it solved ...

Thanks for the information. I just purchased a used 2005 V70 162,000mi a few weeks ago. I posted earlier but got no replies. Maybe it is such a worn out topic or maybe it's because I'm new here. I'm a competent wrench. My profession is semiconductor manufacturing equipment maintenance/field service ...

Hello, Hopefully posting this in the correct section. Picked up my first Volvo a couple weeks ago, a 2005 V70 with 162,000 miles. It replaced a blown 2004 Subaru Impreza with 216,000 miles and too much rust and other issues. I was very impressed with how well the body of the car has held up. On my t...