Hi Bruce,

My turn to apologise for the late reply!

Lovely color! Your 1989 240 (DL, GL?) Sedan (Saloon) is a genuine jewel! Your engine sounds fine in your video. You have the M47 II 5-speed gear box. I'm unsure Volvo makes the high quality gear lube for M47. Though the alternate is a quality synthetic Ford "Type F". I use Amsoil Super Shift in M47.
Thanks very much! The paint is a little worse for wear on some panels, I would love to replace a few of the panels and respray to the original colour (the tailgate was replaced a few years ago and looks ace. It's a 240 GL Saloon (Estate) and thanks for letting me know which transmission it had - that's great knowledge to have.

Find the overfill method for gear box drain and fill. Verify the fill plug will loosen and tighten. The steel fill and drain plugs secure to thread cut in the aluminum alloy gearbox housing. So, do not cross thread and verify proper torque. Also, you may want to use the newer grey alloy (or fiber?) crush washers. (Though I've reused the copper washers and ensured a clean contact area using residue free brake parts cleaner). Usually, the drain plug, if not both the drain and fill plug, contain a conical magnet load to take ferrous metal bits out of the splashed fluid during motoring. You clean these of metal bits when removed.
Reading around it sounds like i may need to invest in some axle stands and a trolley jack for this job, but I imagine these are going to be must haves moving forward, so I will get on it. Just pout of curiosity, are you recommending doing this based on the sound of the engine or just as a first port of call when buying a used 240?


I'll review your images and your video more. (Thank you for using the Brick Pix Gallery!) Please post more! It would help to see the crank pulley. Though take care using your mobile for images underhood.
Posted up a bunch more below, let me know if you want to see anything else?

Please let me know if the UK, Commonwealth (Canada), or some other useful nation (Norway, Finland, Switzerland) has use of a technical author / illustrator of worth. My joke as I want to defect away from here. ha-ha. Something SCADA control. Some software administered hardware. I'm enamored with Swiss / Swede ABB and Siemens AG.
Funny enough, I felt the same so I ended up moving here myself (though from California). It's been 10 years now and I'm a citizen, but the good old US still likes me filing taxes.

Good news is that I finally found where that hose went - it was tough to see, actually had to get on top of the car and shine a light under the inlet manifold to see it, but finally found something lurking underneath the 3rd and 4th (towards the car), just as Art (I think it was) said. The hose is quite stiff and seems a little short, but I made it work! It's running now, but still feels a little sketchy when idling. If I leave it too long it dies (battery issue). I just bought a new battery and will fit it this w/e. Hoping for the best.

If there is anything major you can see based on the photos, let me know!

All the best













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1989 Volvo 240 GL Estate, 19 E