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Help identifying another 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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Re: Help identifying another leak...

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In 1999, that job became much more involved due to the motor mount chAnge
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Not a single drop so far :D

It would leak 30 seconds after running before I replaced it.
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Don’t forget that glove test to make sure you don’t just blowout the new seal, or worse,blow out the rear engine seal which requires engine removal to fix.
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Oh yeah, I'll do that tonight. Got boxes of latex gloves from work.
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