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'95 850 Oil Leak

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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chefmcc
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'95 850 Oil Leak

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small but getting bigger oil leak on left (drivers) side of oil pan where
it attaches to ? Three small bolts there and oil beading up on them.
anyone have similar issue? please advise on remedy.

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Wipe down thoroughly. Drive. Examine. Repeat until you know where its coming from. Could be coming from up high like oil return line (easy fix).
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1998 V70, no dash lights on

1997 850 T5 [gone] w/ MSD ignition coil, Hallman manual boost controller, injectors, R bumper, OMP strut brace

2004 V70 R [gone]

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Post by kmirk »

i have a 98 s70 with an oil leak. after extensive search i found my oil tank cap gasket deteriorated, consequently oil was leaking from there.
chefmcc wrote:small but getting bigger oil leak on left (drivers) side of oil pan where
it attaches to ? Three small bolts there and oil beading up on them.
anyone have similar issue? please advise on remedy.
:lol:

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Yup, mine too, years ago. Forgot all about that one :).
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1998 V70, no dash lights on

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2004 V70 R [gone]

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