Volvo 480 Club Europe

I am changing (or attempting) to change the pipes on the power steering, once I wrangle the fittings off, wish I'd tried last week rather than this week as the fittings are 'difficult to access' with a normal spanner or even a shortened ring with a slot cut into it to go over the steel pipe

The hand book says 'Type F or Type G'

I have an old (very) bottle of Duckhams Q-Matic which is ESW-M2C-33F and G

given the oil was for a car I had 30years ago I'm surprised in some ways that it would still appear to be the 'correct spec' !!

or am I not reading the spec correctly??

Yep i'm with you Alan, nothing fancy Dexron-III.

Unlike transmissions where they may be sensitive to types, I think any old red ATF will do for PAS.

Grade "F" dates back to the 90's, so 30+ years entirely possible if its been stored OK.

Good luck, its a messy old job.

Jay-Kay-Em wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:00 pm

Yep i'm with you Alan, nothing fancy Dexron-III.

Unlike transmissions where they may be sensitive to types, I think any old red ATF will do for PAS.

Grade "F" dates back to the 90's, so 30+ years entirely possible if its been stored OK.

Good luck, its a messy old job.

Many thanks, confirmed my thoughts.

I've managed to wiggle the cooler pipe down below edge of bumper and pulled off the hose there, after I emptied the reservoir at the top so minimal leakage (so far) .

how on earth does the supply pipe come out, much wiggling & swearing?

the car is fitted for 'Air-Con' so the pipe is a banjo fitting with a 6 inch horizintal section almost designed to prevent lowering down past the alternator/pump etc

ruddy difficult access so had to 'splash the cash' for these 1/2" drive 17mm hex, not sure why I'd need a bi-hex as the hex was solid with a 10" extension to make sure held straight onto fitting, and to be honest not too tight

for information 16mm thread into the rack with olives onto the pipe. (might be 10mm or 3/8" as that is the pipe onto banjo at the top next to pump )

Note that this is a 'late model' with the olive seated DIRECTLY into the rack, the earlier cars had a fitting with a flat copper washer PLUS a cone setting, i guess this saved Volvo 'ten bob' per car?

Alan 480 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:05 pm

I've managed to wiggle the cooler pipe down below edge of bumper and pulled off the hose there, after I emptied the reservoir at the top so minimal leakage (so far) .

how on earth does the supply pipe come out, much wiggling & swearing?

the car is fitted for 'Air-Con' so the pipe is a banjo fitting with a 6 inch horizintal section almost designed to prevent lowering down past the alternator/pump etc

AC cars are bloody awful to work on, fullstop!

I've done power steering swaps much like I do auto fluid flushes. Remove the return hose, stick into a suitable receptacle, run briefly, top up!