Lucas Stop Oil Leak instead of Stop transmission

Amk20155 · Post by **Amk20155** » 24 Nov 2017, 16:25

Inatead of adding the Lucas Transmission Fix I added about 4 ounces of Stop Oil Leak in the ATF reservoir before I realized the mistake.
2003 Volvo S60, 2.4L Turbo with 199k. No transmission issues before adding the incorrect fluid aside from a slight stutter into 3rd. It's been doing this since I owned it (6 years).
No known transmission fluid changes before I bought it. How screwed am I?

Post by **jonesg** » 24 Nov 2017, 16:37

I once added half qt of motor oil to my tranny in a Volvo 740 before I realized it wasn't red.
Never changed it and it didn't bother it.

But, why are you adding that stuff?

Amk20155 · Post by **Amk20155** » 24 Nov 2017, 16:57

What a relief to know. I have owned a number of foreign cars over the years and always used Lucas products. HD synthetic oil stabilizer with Mobil 1 synthetic oil with oil changes and Lucas fuel additive with 93 octane only. I used the Stop Oil Leak one time a few years ago because a mechanic told me I was leaking motor oil (untrue). It's sat on the shelf since until today I grabbed the wrong bottle.

The intermittent "stutter" into 3rd gear at 35-40 MPH is a mystery though. It only does this at low, in-town acceleration. Highway and back roads no problem. It's done this since I've owned it. That's when I bought the Lucas Transmissions Fix last year to try it out. It just started doing it again recently, so I decided to add more today and added the Stop Oil Leak instead. I need her to make it to at least 300k, so as you can imagine I was a little freaked out especially with winter coming and all.

Post by **precopster** » 24 Nov 2017, 17:47

What ATF reservoir are you referring to? There isn't one!!

You just made your power steering leakproof!!

Amk20155 · Post by **Amk20155** » 24 Nov 2017, 19:01

Automatic Transmission Fluid dipstick tube*

Post by **Rattnalle** » 25 Nov 2017, 02:10

I'd do a flush to get it out of there but other than that it wouldn't bother me too much I think.

Post by **jonesg** » 25 Nov 2017, 04:23

Amk20155 wrote: ↑24 Nov 2017, 16:57 What a relief to know. I have owned a number of foreign cars over the years and always used Lucas products. HD synthetic oil stabilizer with Mobil 1 synthetic oil with oil changes and Lucas fuel additive with 93 octane only. I used the Stop Oil Leak one time a few years ago because a mechanic told me I was leaking motor oil (untrue). It's sat on the shelf since until today I grabbed the wrong bottle.

The intermittent "stutter" into 3rd gear at 35-40 MPH is a mystery though. It only does this at low, in-town acceleration. Highway and back roads no problem. It's done this since I've owned it. That's when I bought the Lucas Transmissions Fix last year to try it out. It just started doing it again recently, so I decided to add more today and added the Stop Oil Leak instead. I need her to make it to at least 300k, so as you can imagine I was a little freaked out especially with winter coming and all.

It's common for shift bump in very cold startup, if it's doing it when warm you might want to read the recent thread about saving these cars from the junkyard with a simple procedure to eliminate the internal fluid filter and installing an external filter.

Post by **jonesg** » 25 Nov 2017, 04:28

Here's the thread, interesting read, you ought to do atf fluid change at the least. It could solve the problem . If not... read on.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=82841

Amk20155 · Post by **Amk20155** » 25 Nov 2017, 10:07

Very helpful. Thanks again