Volvo 480 Club Europe

Well, I know that Turbo's and later's N/A's have bronze in some components of the gearbox and need some special gearbox oil.

But... do the first's ES, from 1986, have bronze components in the gearbox? Can it get a "normal" gearbox oil or it also need the Volvo one?

Just been to the Volvo dealer to get me the special Volvo oil
The man told me , to be sure, put the Volvo oil in, as off factory they put this oil in
Moreover the oil doesn't need a change, just fill it up.
Unless you won the lottery. It's €13/ltr and you need 3.4 ltr
for an empty gearbox

yes its supposed to be sealed for life.i remember 4 litres a while ago £40-£50.if you can afford it good idea to do it once.i did 167k and gearbox was still slick.i changed at about 100k and it looked ok but had some silvery silt in it.

ELF TransELF gearbox oil has a suitable variant and is supplier for Renault.

Hi

I was able to get a Galp oil that is GL4 and API MIL-L-2105 compliant @ arround 6€ / liter

Here ELF TransELF is more expensive than the Volvo oil.

Changed it, and the gearbox is a looot better. Sometimes it was very difficult to put some gears, especially 1st, 2nd and 3rd and it was very difficult to put Reverse without a lot of noise. Sometimes I simply can not put 3rd at all.

Now it is as new, smooth changes in all gears, perfect

nice to know i wasnt imagining it then.mine was a lot better.kept on going strong.

I just got 4 litres of Dexron III for my 92 Auto and it was £24. From Volvo.