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1998 S70 Which Manual Transmission [gear] Oil to use?

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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850oldschool
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Re: 1998 S70 Which Manual Transmission [gear] Oil to use?

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Its been a while since I studied this. The only issue I was able to identify was that the dino oils formulated for use in separate differentials had “extreme pressure” (EP) additives which seemed to be mainly sulfur. When used in a transaxle with brass synchros these sulfur additives could become pretty destructive to brass in the presence of a small amount of water contamination,

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