M90 gearbox oil change - success :)

[Antz]

Originally Posted by Clan

volvo have 3 deliveries a day from the main distrubution centres early morning about 11 am and mid afternoon and overnight so no excuses from them for having to wait days unless it is from sweden !

Most of the stuff I order has to come direct from Sweden. Real pain in the arse but at least they can get it unlike my local Ford dealer who looks blankly at his computer screen then says "ask the owners club?".

Originally Posted by yoda960

A bit of info gleaned from turbo bricks:

"The 645 oil have been used for quite some time, and the first generation of M90 boxes were suppose to use that oil as well (with a manufacture date up to early/mid '96). When the second generation M90 boxes came out (and some other FWD boxes), the oil specification got changed.

The newer boxes should only use the 745 oil, and not the 645 oil.

Even though the 645 oil is for the older M90 boxes, the recommendation is to use the newer 745 oil even in the older gearboxes nowadays."

http://www.turbobricks.net/forums/sh...=94325&page=14

I guess that chap thinks the 745 oil fine for the M90 then i.e. fully synth is fine

Not sure which oil I got from Volvo. I just said I needed 2 litres of gearbox oil to change the oil in a Volvo 960 reg no XXXX XXX.

[doingitsideways]

Originally Posted by Antz

Not sure which oil I got from Volvo. I just said I needed 2 litres of gearbox oil to change the oil in a Volvo 960 reg no XXXX XXX.

That a private Reg Antz??

Steve

[Clan]

Originally Posted by yoda960

A bit of info gleaned from turbo bricks:

"The 645 oil have been used for quite some time, and the first generation of M90 boxes were suppose to use that oil as well (with a manufacture date up to early/mid '96). When the second generation M90 boxes came out (and some other FWD boxes), the oil specification got changed.

The newer boxes should only use the 745 oil, and not the 645 oil.

Even though the 645 oil is for the older M90 boxes, the recommendation is to use the newer 745 oil even in the older gearboxes nowadays."

http://www.turbobricks.net/forums/sh...=94325&page=14

I guess that chap thinks the 745 oil fine for the M90 then i.e. fully synth is fine

I dont know anything about him but volvo in UK say above that the
1161645 transmission oil is recommended for all model years of
types M45, M46, M47, M90 and M5M42 .. Things could be different if hes from a different market mind ...

[Antz]

Originally Posted by doingitsideways

That a private Reg Antz??

Steve

Yeah its a secret =p Nah it was the reg of my old 960 which I cant remember

[doingitsideways]

Originally Posted by Antz

Yeah its a secret =p Nah it was the reg of my old 960 which I cant remember

Ah, you mean M454 ONT??

#epicstalkerskills!!

Lol!

[Antz]

Originally Posted by doingitsideways

Ah, you mean M454 ONT??

#epicstalkerskills!!

Lol!

EEK! Yep thats the one! Poor old girl, she was a heap of junk though. I dont think I could of bought a more mechanically worn out 960 even if I built it from worn out parts removed from other cars.

[doingitsideways]

Aww, poor old Monty!!

Good job M90s are pretty much bullet proof!!

Christ, I give my 960 death and it still feels reasonably tight, yours must have had a hell of a life.

Mind you, I'm not surprised it was worn out really after dragging that tow bar around for years!! Lol

Steve

[Chooch84]

Sorry for raising an old post from the dead... Went to my local Volvo dealership and they gave me the 1161745, when I asked them about the 645 they told me that according to their system that the 745 is the recommended oil for the M90... So there's a heads up...

[Bugjam1999]

For anyone searching old threads for for M90 gearbox oil like I was, the 1161745 oil has been superseded with Volvo part no: 31259380

[240T]

Bump. Anyone tried this? Delivery for the 75W-90 oil from Skandix is almost £100 all in. Anyone tried this oil with their M90?

http://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts...5w-80/1058457/