Yes I had to drop the rear of the prop on mine to get the pump out but the prop came off the flange easier than I thought it would .
On the 07 XC90 you don't have to drop the centre prop support like I had to on my 05 XC70 to be able to access the flange retaining nut so that was a bonus and I was also able to leave the exhaust totally undisturbed. Once the rearmost prop CV is removed from the flange, it will clear it and lie on the floor.
The small hex bolts for the filter and the pump came out ok so all in all it was not a bad job on the XC90.
Whilst everything was apart I installed a new pinion oil seal about £20 and also the 19 spline prop rear CV joint ( about £50 ).
The car had done 127k so it seemed sensible renewing these couple of items whilst I had everything apart.
I was actually surprised how much more oil came out when I removed the flange and its pinion seal so clearly the evacuation pump can't access all of the fluid towards the bottom of the Haldex casing. The removal of the Haldex pump fot cleaning and checking also released more.
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2007 Volvo XC90 D5 SE Geartronic
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