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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / October 20061999 v70 Cross Country Transmission Help
Hello all, I test drove a 1999 V70 Cross Country over the weekend with 100k miles on the car. THe car is being sold through a used car dealer. The dealer is going to rebuild the transmission before selling it because he said that the transmissions start to break down after 100k miles. I have owned a 2000 S70 for 5 years and I noticed a difference in the way this cars transmission sounds. On the Cross Country, the transmissions seems to make a louder "vroom" (for lack of a better word) sound than the S70 sedan that I have. THe dealer claims that the all wheel drive trannies make a louder sound because it is doing more work. Does anyone know if this is the case? Also the car was started in a chilly New York enviornment. I heard a loud sound coming from under the hood. THe dealer said that is common in those cars. He claimed that it is a fan that it recycling the heat from the exhaust and back to the egine to warm it up. I never heard of a car that did this. Does it sound like he is just making up excuses? THe guy actually seems like an honest guy and he is going to do a lot of work on the car before the sale is final. Besides the noises, the car looks and drives great. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John > Hello all, I test drove a 1999 V70 Cross Country over the weekend with > 100k miles on the car. THe car is being sold through a used car [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > that the all wheel drive trannies make a louder sound because it is > doing more work. Does anyone know if this is the case? The transfer box is a very well known weakspot on these cars. I assume it was a manual gearbox? The manual box itself is strong (but would benefit from fresh oil at this stage) The transfer box- which is the only part that fails can have the updated pinion and crown gears fitted- it is roughly a 500UKP job (whatever that equates to in dollars) > Also the car was started in a chilly New York enviornment. I heard a > loud sound coming from under the hood. THe dealer said that is common [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > of work on the car before the sale is final. Besides the noises, the > car looks and drives great. Yes, the secondary air pump is common to Volvo's and will run for upto about a minnute the car is started from cold. It will sound like a small vaccuum cleaner. If it is making alot of noise / shreeking / squealing, then its about to fail, and they often do. They fill up with water because of a failed checkvalve then seize. The ECU will then put the MIL lamp on and you will fail your emissions test. If its shreeking but still working then it is fixable, but only if you do it soon. Tim.. Thanks for the detailed response tim. In answer to your first question, it is a manual gearbox and the dealer is going to do a lot of work on the tranny before the actual sale. In terms of the secondary air pump, it was making a bit of a shreeking noise and it didn't stop after a minute or so, in fact after the car was completely warmed up, the shreeking just got a little less loud. I suppose I should tell him to fix that as well. John > > Hello all, I test drove a 1999 V70 Cross Country over the weekend with > > 100k miles on the car. THe car is being sold through a used car [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Tim.. > Thanks for the detailed response tim. In answer to your first > question, it is a manual gearbox and the dealer is going to do a lot of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > John Yes, the air pumps themsevles are pretty expensive from Volvo- Mike F will be along shortly to detail the swap and the one-way valve swap soon i am sure... Tim.. Before going too far with this car, have you compared the price to local resales as well as Edmunds? Also, does this used car dealer have a repair shop that can handle repairs on the awd transmission? If he has to "do a lot of work on the car before the deal is final", I would be worried unless the price was quite low. Finally, since the car is from NY, are there any signs of rusting? > Thanks for the detailed response tim. In answer to your first > question, it is a manual gearbox and the dealer is going to do a lot of [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > > > Tim.. Well, the price is actually pretty good considering the car is in great shape. He is only asking $7,900 for the car. The dealer is also the mechanic and he used to work for Volvo for many years as a mechanic. The car was imported recently from Canada so it's not technically a New York car. I also checked the Carfax history of the car with the dealer and it had no major problems in it's history. > Before going too far with this car, have you compared the price to > local resales as well as Edmunds? Also, does this used car dealer [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > > > > > Tim.. Is this an independent dealer, i.e. one without a sales lot? > Well, the price is actually pretty good considering the car is in great > shape. He is only asking $7,900 for the car. The dealer is also the [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > > > > > > > Tim.. Yes, he's a dealer with a sales lot. > Is this an independent dealer, i.e. one without a sales lot? > [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Tim.. OK, that sounds a little better. I'm still not getting a very good feeling about this car if your statement is true about him "doing a lot of work on the car before the sale is final". > Yes, he's a dealer with a sales lot. > [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > Tim.. That's my fault, I didn't mean to say that he is doing a lot of work becuase it needs it, I only mean that the dealer is going to go through the car and get it tip top for the sale. That's what I meant about doing a lot of work. > OK, that sounds a little better. I'm still not getting a very good > feeling about this car if your statement is true about him "doing a lot [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tim.. |
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