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Originally Posted by FORTYVALVE
Yesterday picked up this December 2004 XC70 with 49K on the clock, full Volvo history, immaculate. D5 SE Lux, (I think 165hp). I'm told it was just into the "facelift" model of that year. I'm used to the auto box in a 2003 Landcruiser (which I'll be selling now.) . Driven carefully the LC will pootle around at not excessive revs. The XC70 seems high revving (over 2000rpm at 60mph on the level) and frequently sounds as if it needs to shift up a gear eg doing over 2000rpm for a while at 50mph before eventually changing up, or not bothering. Lucky for me, the action is smooth so its hard to feel the shifts, I'm just watching the revs. I'm not sure what gear I'm in. Is this how it is with these cars? I can't help feeling that it will be very thirsty operating the way it is. As Baloo said about the bees, it just feels like it's working too hard!
Thanks to PeteB1's great post on flushing the box repeatedly, and others, should I be doing this as well, as 49K assuming the same old oil seems a bit of a stretch and I've heard that Landcruisers also really benefit from the treatment. The box is smooth. Maybe i just need to get used to it?!
Very many thanks for heaps of great posts on here!
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I have a similar problem with my 2003 XC70. As I drive along lanes with small inclines up and down the revs are around 2000 all the time. If they are lower I can blip the throttle with no speed increase. I did a test a while back on a long uphill stretch and maintained 2000rpm while the speed steadily increased from 50kph to 90kph. On the motorway it is the same until I reach 100kph, then it appears to act normally - revs at that speed are of course above 2000. My first XC70 was the same year but petrol, and I still have my beautiful 2009 205 bhp XC70 in the UK (I'm in Portugal - it would have cost me €19,000 to register it :-( ) and neither of those drive like this one. But the local mechanic and a Volvo dealer both insist there is no problem! Unfortunately, autos are not very popular over here so specialists are hard to find. Does anybody have an idea of the problem?