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Transmission cooler flush

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2001 - 2007 V70
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2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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Oro
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Re: Transmission cooler flush

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Yes, that’s it. Amazon had the quart bottle for $24 last week, a great deal. Enough to do three cars (or one car for 100k miles!).

That blue car pictured above had real shifting issues when I got it. The dealer wanted ~$6.5k for a new transmission (and $3k to fix the steering rack). I ran some b-12 chemtool a few days (about 5 or 6 ounces in the transmission), then swapped it all out for a fresh fill of T-IV/3309, and nine ounces of the Lubegard. The transmission was working just fine within about 100 more miles/a week’s time. I attribute it to solvating the varnish out of the valve body, and the ester oil conditioning the seals as well as extra cleaning it does. This would get the line pressure up and make shifting more firm and as commanded. That’s an educated guess of course; I did not do before/after line pressure tests or open the valve body up before/after to examine it. The PS system had a slight pulsation in it that went away with the same treatment (one ounce of the Lubegard into the PS reservoir, same cleaning w/B-12 and then refilled with DexIII + Lubegard additive).

Edit: here is the quart bottle, good value. Amazon mvs link above if you want it.

https://www.amazon.com/Lubegard-50902- ... B000F2EPFY

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