C30 transmission drain & fill ?!?

Mikele82 · Post by **Mikele82** » 01 Mar 2021, 21:48

Got P0811 slipping trans code.
thinking to drain and fill, maybe will help.
did a couple drain and fills on my xc70, was easy.
but where to start on the C30? any good tutorial on that.

2008 C30 150,000ml Automatic transmission T5. (not 'R' series)

Post by **MoVolvos** » 02 Mar 2021, 00:30

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I didn't go through the link below but I think most Volvos will be the same as with many other cars. Start with a hose going to the radiator.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/trans ... 0-c30-c70/

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This will get you through the drain and fill. Look a hose to pump the rest out and fill again. Find the right hose and do as the second video. There are many other videos that go through the steps more clearly but I don't know of one similar to the P1.

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Mikele82 · Post by **Mikele82** » 02 Mar 2021, 13:26

Thank you,
ill look lter today and see if my car is like that ones dip stick location.

damn i miss the 240, was so easy to work on

Post by **MoVolvos** » 03 Mar 2021, 13:58

Mikele82 wrote: ↑02 Mar 2021, 13:26 Thank you,
ill look lter today and see if my car is like that ones dip stick location.

damn i miss the 240, was so easy to work on

Had a 240D wagon around 1998 for less than a year. Simple, simple, room, room but no vroom, vroom

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Mikele82 · Post by **Mikele82** » 04 Mar 2021, 13:48

Well, got some deeper code reading:
might do rain and fill, but ill share here where its at now on codes, and going to the shop to get estimates. hope its not $$$...

note. C30 2008 v2 turbo, Automatic transmission.
IMAGES:
CODE P0811 = TCM-002F
Issue
ATF oil change procedure
drain and dipstick locations

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Post by **MoVolvos** » 04 Mar 2021, 18:06

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Has enough material worthy of a bookmark for the C30. Unfortunately nothing for the auto transmission.

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticl ... 0_Tech.htm

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Buy this once and do the entire flush. Perhaps it is so dirty that a drain and fill will not fix it and you just mix terrible fluid with the new. FCP does allows transmission fluid to be part of the Lifetime Warranty Exchange Program. I've use it on parts with success. Purchase the next 12 for a flush and they will refund this amount when you send the old oil / fluids back.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/aisin- ... in-atf-0t4

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Mikele82 · Post by **Mikele82** » 11 Mar 2021, 23:37

Ok,
Got a bit discouraged when a mechanic said my car wouldn’t have a dip stick and I would need a computer to monitor and control the fluid changes.
Well, as the Vida did show a dip stick. I poked in with a cable camera and found it. So planning to follow the VIDA steps.
Now to figure out how to get to it, sooo tight there, probably some reach point from under the car.
Update soon.

Ps,
Anyone know if this dipstick is similar? (Can’t find any dipstick that is verified for my c30 model.)
IPD shop:
https://www.ipdusa.com/products/9105/Au ... 020-120342

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Post by **MoVolvos** » 12 Mar 2021, 14:00

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CAREFUL not to break that. The entire yellow handle just came off the metal stick as I check the trans fluid a couple of days ago. I have get pair of pliers to pull it out now.

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Post by **MoVolvos** » 12 Mar 2021, 22:03

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Volvo Automatic Transmission Dipstick - Genuine Volvo 30713102
C30, S40, V50, C70
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo- ... 02#fitment

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Mikele82 · Post by **Mikele82** » 14 Mar 2021, 12:35

Great info Sir’s.
Thanks for the product link!
Will update and share process images once done.
Question,
As I need the car flat for ATF check and as my c30 is so low that I got to jack it up high. Is it ok to jack it up on 4 stands and run it through the gears, meaning on my automatic transmission using the smart “manual” tiptronic shifting. Would that even work with all wheels in the air? Or should I just ride around the block and jack it up again to check fluids?