This was the advice of my local ASE shop (5 minutes away vs. 20 minutes for my Volvo indy and 20 for the dealer) that works on our normal cars. He said he called the dealer to get the procedure and that's what they told him.

The other thing I recall is that he said that he could bleed the 850 brakes without any problem, this was something new. Something about avoiding excessive pressure when doing the flush. So I took it to the dealer, they bled the brakes and a caliper froze about 2 months later. Probably a coincidence. My indy Volvo shop has done all subsequent brake bleeding, and the other front caliper froze after they worked on the brakes.

I remember reading something about this here (or on one of the other Volvo boards - unfortunately I don't remember where!)

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 167k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, XC grill, Lidatek LE30, V-1, Mobil-1 since new

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