480 Turbo with leaking gear box

[mattd]

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Hey guys!

My quest for a 480 turbo continues ....I found this one about 70miles away...what do you guys think?

"Volvo 480 turbo, M reg, excellent condition, turquoise, garaged, FSH (mostly dealer), fully documented history, 100k, recent tyres/ exhaust/ battery, genuine reason for sale"

It's up for £1050, this seems a bit high to me...what do you guys think?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Matt

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Hi all!

Just phoned the potential 480 seller, he said that there's a bit of rust near the sunroof, a hole in one of the rear light clusters and a small leak from the gearbox....

The other two don't bother me much as I can sort those...but the leaky 'box worries me...is this a common problem? He mentioned that it's a 50p seal, but would cost a huge amount in labour!

I'm still in the process of selling my bike to get some cash, so I'm not in any rush....

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Matt

[chris1roll]

huge amount in labour, IF you pay someone else. If you do it yourself, its just time.
is it a gearbox oil seal, or the crankshaft oil seal?

the 740 still leaks engine oil from _somewhere_ we just keep topping it up, after a while we have vhanged the oil!! that however, is a £150 car, so kind of expected, for a grand i would require a more professional solution

Oil seals generally cost more than 50p too! the camshaft one on an ES is £11 and the crankshaft one on the 740 was about 18