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    AW55-50 Fluid - the age old question

    I've been looking for a definitive answer on what fluid to put in this gearbox when doing a flush/sump dump.

    My local stealer is useless and will only entertain a 10% discount on £184.20's worth of oil even though I am reliably informed that their mark up is somewhere north of 40%. This is despite me owning several Volvos including one purchased from them new.

    I'm in Northern Ireland so although I can get it for considerably less from a mainland dealer it cannot be shipped across the water for insurance reasons/hazardous goods etc. So I am trying to find the cheaper option but don't want to wreck my box putting the wrong stuff in.

    Although Volvo won't tell you the grade of oil it does take I have read that this particular box will be fine on anything with a JWS 3309 rating. Can this be confirmed one here before I do a buy of at least 12 litres of the stuff? I'm not having any gearbox issues but with 125K on the car I'm trying to future proof it a bit by doing a change.

    Thanks in advance

    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by middleman View Post
    I've been looking for a definitive answer on what fluid to put in this gearbox when doing a flush/sump dump.

    My local stealer is useless and will only entertain a 10% discount on £184.20's worth of oil even though I am reliably informed that their mark up is somewhere north of 40%. This is despite me owning several Volvos including one purchased from them new.

    I'm in Northern Ireland so although I can get it for considerably less from a mainland dealer it cannot be shipped across the water for insurance reasons/hazardous goods etc. So I am trying to find the cheaper option but don't want to wreck my box putting the wrong stuff in.

    Although Volvo won't tell you the grade of oil it does take I have read that this particular box will be fine on anything with a JWS 3309 rating. Can this be confirmed one here before I do a buy of at least 12 litres of the stuff? I'm not having any gearbox issues but with 125K on the car I'm trying to future proof it a bit by doing a change.

    Thanks in advance

    John
    Yes they will! Just look in your handbook.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeeT5 View Post
    Yes they will! Just look in your handbook.
    Fantastic. Thank you �� Didn’t have a handbook but just checked the downloaded version JWS3309 7.2 litres on page 238. Volvo dealer didn’t refer to me to that. They had stated that I could only use The Volvo fluid as they didn’t know the grade.

    20 litres of JWS3309 ordered from Smith and Allan. Should get a few changes out of that.
    Last edited by middleman; Monday 26th March 2018 at 12:57.


 

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