davehedgehog31 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I've only had two cars with autoboxes, but it really is astonishing the difference clean and correct level of ATF makes. I'd suspect your box is probably fine. Maybe worth bypassing the cooler as suggested to hopefully help you diagnose without spending much. aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 If it were me I would bypass the Rad Cooler with a length of Copper tube clipped to the front panel, (B&Q and others supply all the kit). The Autobox Cooler is really only for extremes such as towing. I'm up for trying this but what is the best way to connect to the pipes there at the moment? Would you cut off the existing connectors and use compression fittings or is there a better option I'm missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Use a bit of fuel hose with hose clamps. See my mx5 copper mod for instructions Retro_Auto and aldo135 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 I have done nothing about this, not even started it since October, the month the MOT ran out... I've really had a lack of motivation. I know New Years resolutions are bs but I was determined to crack on with sorting this. But a certain Xantia is now in my thoughts. I really don't know what to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Was even thinking about moving this on but it's worth next to nothing as it stands and there's a good car there with some fettling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I've only had two cars with autoboxes, but it really is astonishing the difference clean and correct level of ATF makes. I'd suspect your box is probably fine.....^^This. First one was a ZF 4HP22. Very easy to look after, unlike... Second one is 3HP22. Turned out not to be simpler, with weird dipstick readings and eventually, burnt fluid and internals. Now being expensively rebuilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 If you could find somebody down south to buy it that could help Assuming the SVM would allow such a thing to happen aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'd probably be picked off at the border! dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Not mine but any car purchase calms the constant want to buy something, right? No, no it doesn’t. Anyway, this is slightly old news but I’m catching up. My mother in law phoned me on a panic on a Friday lunchtime, her trusty Honda HR-V had badly failed it’s MOT and she needed something small, automatic and under a grand. For work on Sunday... I checked the usual channels, here first hoping I could maybe escape on a long range collection but nothing fitted the bill. A couple of things on Auto Trader looked promising but nothing jumped out, so onto Gumtree. A long list of pish scrolled passed, until this popped up, I recognised the background in the photo. That looks like Chris’s garage, the man who performed heroics with my 740, and got me the Scenic I’ve brought back up in another thread today. A quick text confirmed it was him selling the car. Sold! Straight down for a look, it’s solid and he’s known it for 10 years, servicing it for an old guy round the corner. £800 is agreed, and the car is mine. I know this is strong money but it’s exactly what was needed and from a source I trust. Maw in Law is delighted with it and I’ve completed my task within 2 hours, picked it up that night and dropped it off to her with help from my Dad, then off to the pub for a few well earned pints! Saabnut, Craig the Princess, Shep Shepherd and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Well in chap! aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Sorry! Bonus* VAG my dads low mileage Golf plus that took me to pick up the Polo in Portobello. Here is the Polo, drives pretty well Flat4, BL Bloke, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I had one of these on a Y I think. I made the most money ever when selling it. I just cleaned it up and fixed the broken bits. If I remember rightly, window switches and coin trays or cup holders (?) are like unicorn poo to get a hold of and most scrap places mistake the model for the previous one which is completely different inside. Respect your plastics! bunglebus and aldo135 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Last March I won a BINI Cooper on here, (thanks @Tickman) had a lot of fun with it before swapping it with @GeordieInExile for this, a Saab 9-5 Aero estate. With 3 kids this suited the family better, and it has addictive acceleration. Basically been a toy/back up to our i800. Helpfully my wife really likes it, which always makes things easier! We both walk to work so the mpg isn’t such a concern, low/mid 20s in town... It threw up an abs light which ignored for a bit, Neil had mentioned it had an advisory for an abs ring when I bought it. Started to run a bit rough as well so booked it in to a Saab specialist I’ve driven passed for years but didn’t know much about. He was great, fixed the abs ring, found an oil leak from the oil pressure switch and repaired, then gave it an oil and filter change. He road tested it and was very complimentary about it. Said to give it a month or 2 and if the fault lights/rough running don’t return, book it in for a full service. The car is much better, took it down to my mums in Lincolnshire a couple of weeks ago and it drove really well, with cruise on at 70 it was getting almost 34mpg, a record for my cars! Tickman, The Moog, Spiny Norman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 I reckon it’s the best looking car I’ve owned! GeordieInExile, BeEP, Spiny Norman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I thought I recognised that Saab place from the picture and it has looked that shabby for at least 25 years, used to drive passed it a lot! aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 I think those 9000’s have been there years too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 34 MPG!!! That's unreal. Sorry to hear about the rough running but with that sorted it'll give you years of comfortable, fast service. aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Totally! I think it was just nudging me to get my hand in my pocket and give it some tlc... That was nearly 1000 miles over 5 days it completed without a hiccup Jim Bell and GeordieInExile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 15 hours ago, aldo135 said: Last March I won a BINI Cooper on here, (thanks @Tickman) had a lot of fun with it before swapping it with @GeordieInExile for this, a Saab 9-5 Aero estate. With 3 kids this suited the family better, and it has addictive acceleration. Basically been a toy/back up to our i800. Helpfully my wife really likes it, which always makes things easier! We both walk to work so the mpg isn’t such a concern, low/mid 20s in town... It threw up an abs light which ignored for a bit, Neil had mentioned it had an advisory for an abs ring when I bought it. Started to run a bit rough as well so booked it in to a Saab specialist I’ve driven passed for years but didn’t know much about. He was great, fixed the abs ring, found an oil leak from the oil pressure switch and repaired, then gave it an oil and filter change. He road tested it and was very complimentary about it. Said to give it a month or 2 and if the fault lights/rough running don’t return, book it in for a full service. The car is much better, took it down to my mums in Lincolnshire a couple of weeks ago and it drove really well, with cruise on at 70 it was getting almost 34mpg, a record for my cars! My mini ? aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 9 hours ago, paulplom said: My mini ? It’s a wee cracker mate, all the best with it paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 You’ve already bought it off me you daft cunts... Split_Pin, Tickman, The Moog and 4 others 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Decided to finally have a look at this yesterday as I'm running out of excuses not to, and a few posts on here recently have reminded me I once liked it! To recap it was parked up about 18 months ago when the ATF oil cooler in the radiator started mixing with coolant while on holiday in Mull. Nursed it home and parked it up to fix “later”. So enforced “later” is here, after reading the phrase “awful automatic Volvo” on another thread gave me the final push to get on with it. Step one of course was knock down my hut. My wife has been on at me for about 5 years to remove this eyesore, it was half rotten when we moved in 8 years ago! I dragged it down the garden 4 years ago with said Volvo to put a trampoline in its place, but now it was in my potential tinkering area, and had to go. Happier times... Split_Pin, Tickman, danthecapriman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 So with hut demolished and a crude box/chest made to put tools and junk in, a driveway Hokey Cokey ensued and the Volvo was started and under its own steam turned round and moved to its new resting place One shed replaces another... So first I drained the atf and topped it up with ATF I had lying (I’ve got the correct stuff from ECP but I’m keeping that for now, I didn’t lie about being a key worker honest) and the old stuff looked like this... Black! Not looking good... next I tried bypassing the oil cooler with fuel hose as mentioned above but I made a James Hunt of it... had the clips tight but it still pished out! Put it back together and left it. This morning though I’ve ordered a new rad from eBay, due next Tuesday. Will try again when this arrives, and then flush the atf and see how it goes. dome, Tickman, Shirley Knott and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I can just see the Visa poking around the corner! aldo135 and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 @Six-cylinder it was at the front of the aforementioned Hokey Cokey! I’m going to have a play with it this afternoon the garage put me off but they are going to let me know when they can get it in. It’s had a few gentle runs round the block to keep ticking over in the meantime Mrs6C, HarmonicCheeseburger, Tickman and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Great to see it about and pictured. Thanks for keeping it running and if you spot any other simple Jobs/parts it needs I will be more that happy to send them or the money. Jon Huff who has a Visa Chrono says Blackford Motor Engineers Ltd - 107 Charterhall Grove, EH9 3HT Edinburgh have had a lot of Visa experience if you get stuck. https://www.blackfordmotors.co.uk/ Mrs6C and aldo135 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Good to know, I’ve never used that garage but know where it is. Worth speaking to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Good to see you starting to fix your ovloV! Hopefully the mixing coolant and ATF won’t have done much/any damage, they don’t like antifreeze or water in them! On my old saloon, which had done something similar, I disconnected the two ATF cooler pipes from the rad and temporarily extended them with hose. The outlet one going into an empty waste oil container and the inlet one dipped into a bottle of new ATF. Start the car and let it suck the new oil into the auto box then spit it out into the waste container. This will flush the box out, just be careful not to do it too long and allow the new oil container to run empty! It will need a good flush one way or the other as you really need to get rid of as much of the old oil and coolant as you can. aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Thanks Dan! Does it literally suck it up? I wasn’t sure if I would have to pour it in and hope it was at the same speed as the atf coming out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 There’s a guide on the interweb saying to put 3.4 litres in the top, disconnect the return pipe at the box and let it run until it’s clean, then top up. This sounds a bit dodgy! I think the HBOL says to drain then top up 2 litres 3 times, but it’s a while since I looked it up... got a few days to decide until the radiator turns up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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