A bit late with this but I thought relevant for future reference. Just remember to accompany with a trans flush, and an ecu adaption afterwards. Fitment information may not be available for all products. Your Aisin Warner transmission takes around 7. Hope my method is useful to someone! Any thoughts before I take it in for inspection? I tried to do this today. I have purchased a Volvo V60 D4 awd cross country in February 2017. Are you using the correct gasoline octane? One is for the piston and the other for the new cover.
Rather, there was an issue with the piston itself, explained later in the video. Additional items and combined items come with combined shipping fees based on how eBay works to combine orders. Most seem to either recommend just to continue driving or to flush the box and if that don't work, drive it until it fails or change it right away. Hi Adam I have a 2006 S60 T5 107,000 miles with same trans. Transmission software update and fluid flush is highly recommended. Driving around with a bangy gearbox will ultimately cause total failure down the road.
The lifetime fill is their way of putting a specific lifetime on the car. I have a 2003 V70 with 144K that iPhone for 10 years and 100,000 miles and have had no issues with transmission. Did you clear your cookies? I have a year 2000 automatic V70 T5 first of the P2s and I also thought for £15 it would be worth doing just in case. Can you verify the linkage is in good shape by looking at it on top of the transmission and having someone move the shifter? I started experience hard shifts and flareups at around 240 000km. If so, what year would that be? Apply pressure to the port and you shouldn't be able to turn the out put.
Any input would help greatly. While we strive to insure that orders are filled correctly and parts are shipped undamaged, we realize that this isn't always the case. When a valve body has a bad valve or a sticky solenoid, it will fail to adequately divert hydraulic pressure to fully engage the gear. Took me about 4 hours from start to finish to get it changed. My old cover looked ok see photo's but I changed it anyway since the newer one did look stronger. . Note the picture below, use a 10mm bolt to act as a fulcrum against a screwdriver to aid in compressing the piston and cover.
So it is hard to catch with one hand, or is it just hard to push in the last bit? It is built in Anjo, Japan. The update is commonly referred to as the B4 servo update, which basically replaces a component of the valve body that was under designed, causing hard shifting. Once it released it just fell out but took some encouraging to get it moving. I believe that only '01 and '02 trannies came with the old pinch welding setup of the B4 servo cover. I found it a lot easier to have a way fo first compressing the cover and holding it shut, then working the snap ring it. My gearbox is just before the 'specified' period for reported problems, all the more reason for getting it done.
If so, you may be looking into getting a new transmission valve body. Building a good one takes years of engineering experience and expertise, and often times due to the cost and complexity, the same models of transmission are used in a huge variety of cars and engines. Shipping costs for cores are the responsibility of the customer, unless otherwise stated. Adam Hi Adam, I have a 2004 S60 2. I am honestly scared with all this situation and already regret the money I spent on the Volvo. That is not to say that all of these cars will have transmission problems, and like I mentioned before, after around 2004, the transmission hardware and software was getting substantial upgrades to avoid Volvo hard shifting problems. The local Volvo dealership said I needed a new valve body.
This is the quintessential signal of a bad valve body. Can you help me with the next step? Would you have any advise on how to best proceed? Assemble the B4 piston and new cover. So please, take a moment and watch this video. However, there was a problem. Took me about 4 hours from start to finish to get it changed. I would like to make a formal complain about the whole situation and the potential deficiency of this vehicle.
When it flares it acts as if it goes into neutral then will rev past the red line, and will not shift unless I let off the gas, then it proceeds to clunk into gear hard. If this is not the exact Auto Trans B4 Servo Cover Update Kit you are looking for, or you would like this part in a brand other than Genuine Volvo, please and one of our customer service experts will help you locate the exact part you need. When I finally got the technique right I couldn't believe how easily it slotted in. This might be my 5th car not ever, but in the driveway. Is the wrong fluid in there? At same time, I resume the already known difficulties of this not so pleasant job, hopefully it will help someone. Not many others can match our knowledge and dedication to providing the very best customer service in the market. Overfilled and brown is normal only in the sense that many Volvo owners never maintain their transmission as they should, which the Aisin hardware is not fond of.
Having recently done the total trans box flush, re flush, re flush etc and toped up with 3309 fluid as per previous posts which had virtually cured all the erratic flaring, but I was still getting the odd flare in the lower range which was irritating. Or do I need to pull it out? Can you see the drum? I would recommend doing a few drain and fills with new transmission fluid, which is slightly more complicated than older cars due to the design. The car is not driven hard, has been serviced regularly at the Dealer, is in excellent condition with no other faults. Now, I don't have time or motivation to try to do it again right now. As above you may have to add a bit of weld to the end of the pin. Would probably take about half an hour now I know how to do it.
Hoping this minor fix will help. Replacing it made a huge improvement in the shifting. In my experience, Volvo dealers are not too helpful with these problems, as they are geared to service every part. If I were you I would ask in a good forum like Volvospeed and see if anyone has done that before. Problems with hard shifting and it then completely slipped out but was fine later which is new. Or should I ask a workshop to change it and change the oil at the same time? Was wondering if you could give me some advice. All of these are built to isolate vibrations while absorbing and maintaining torque application.