C70 auto tranny dipstick?

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In Vancouver

Just bought a 2001 C70 turbo. Great car, but I want to check fluid levels
and had a heck of a time finding the auto tranny dip stick. I finally found
what looks like a yellow plug deep within the driver's side of the engine
compartment. The "plug" says ATF on it. My old 850 had a much more readily
accessible dipstick. Am I looking at the right thing? It seems that one
would have to remove several of the air handling pipes to get to this to
check the fluid level, let alone add fluid.

I'm almost thinking that there should be an extension on this????

Thanks for your help,

Dan in Vancouver, Wa.
 
Vancouver dropped his wrench, scratched his head and mumbled,
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I'm almost thinking that there should be an extension on this????

Thanks for your help,

Dan in Vancouver, Wa.
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Nope. That's the way they came. Neat, huh?

Bob
 
It is a NO SERVICE REQUIRED transmission. Save your time.
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Yeah - right.

Its a Volvo don't want you to service this item because after 80K
miles they can sell you another one.

Sean
 
Both times that I've serviced volvo tranny's they've been replaced within
the next 10,000 miles. DON'T service them.
 
Any relation to Ted?

Sean Nugent said:
And to be a little more helpful.

My S70 2.5 LPT had 20K on the clock when I bought it 1.5 years ago.
Its now got 50K. At 40K I had the transmision oil analysed and the
report I got back basically said that despite there being no major
problems with the oil the viscosity was now outside the limits for the
oil type and had reached the end of its service life. I (well it
wasn't really me - I just watched) flushed 16ish litres though the
transmission till the oil looked the same coming out as going in....

My gut feeling is that the transmission shifts a bit better now than
it used to (although there were no problems). I also installed a
filter in the oil line.

At 50K I had the garage change the filter and drop the oil out and
replace - this was 8 ish litres. What they forgot to do was take a
sample (as they had been requested).....

No appreciable difference following the 50K service.......

Sean
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