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Oil Pan / Anti Freeze Change S70

posted by  someone claiming to be Eddie on  Mon Jul 23 19:05 CST 2012 [RELATED]

I have a 98 S70 T5 and I am losing about a quart of oil a month from the oil pan. I know Volvo does not use a traditional gasket for this. Has anyone tried to just buy some gasket material and use the oil pan as a template and make their own? Also, it looks like it can get pretty tight in there (saw it when I changed the front motor mount), so while I have it off is there anything else I should do? What is the best place to get the the gasket "gunk"?

Second question is this.....I need to change the anti freeze as well. The fluid in there now is a very dark red if not brown. Should I get the OEM fluid from the dealer because the water pump on my 850 was pretty picky and I'm guessing the s70 is the same. Also, I believe it holds about 7 liters, so I was going to pour in a gallon of pure anti freeze and top off with water. That should give me about a 50/50 ration. Any thoughts on this as well would be muchly appreciated.

Regards,


Eddie





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