Volvo 120 Saildrive Manual
The new Volvo Penta D1 and D2 series are designed with priority for highest comfort onboard. Low cruising rpm gives. Rebuilt Original Volvo Penta Saildrives and Parts (Earlier Models). There are no. 120S (2.5:1 Ratio) 130S-A (2.47:1. I have a Volvo 120S saildrive. The users manual notes that you need to use engine oil in the tranny (I have a Volvo 2002 engine).
I have a Volvo 120S saildrive. The users manual notes that you need to use engine oil in the tranny (I have a Volvo 2002 engine). However, I discovered last week that the engine company that serviced the engine used a tranny oil that is green in color. Obviously, they didn't use normal oil as required. Does anyone know if there is any transmission fluid or gear lube that is green?
I'll probably siphon out the fluid and refill with engine oil (per the manual) but I need to know whether mixing oil and whatever is in there (I suspect that there will be some trapped fluids even after I siphon out what's in there now) will damage the tranny. /url' post=' I have a Volvo 120S saildrive. The users manual notes that you need to use engine oil in the tranny (I have a Volvo 2002 engine). However, I discovered last week that the engine company that serviced the engine used a tranny oil that is green in color.
Obviously, they didn't use normal oil as required. Does anyone know if there is any transmission fluid or gear lube that is green?
Volvo Penta 120 Saildrive Workshop Manual
I'll probably siphon out the fluid and refill with engine oil (per the manual) but I need to know whether mixing oil and whatever is in there (I suspect that there will be some trapped fluids even after I siphon out what's in there now) will damage the tranny. Does the oil have any kind of smell to it? Different grades of oil will smell different. And sometimes if the oil is a non detergent oil the factory will put a dye in it so you can read the dip stick or the sight glass better. Also when you pull out the dip stick when room temp does the oil stay on it or drips off or runs off.
The thinner he oil the faster it will fall off the stick. Then feel the oil between your fingers.is it tacky, slick or what.what we are trying to find out is if it is synthetic, or petroleum oil, what grade. Then check your engine oil and see if it smells, and feels the same.if it sort of has a real bad smell on new oil.it might be 80-90. 50 weight normally goes in manual transmissions, and 15-40 normally goes in diesel engines.
If that doesn't help contact the one that changed the oil, or take a sample and get it tested. I do hope it's not 80-90. That is strictly for gears, like your cars rear end. Best of luck.hopes this helps.
For you to drain all of the oil, drain it, put in something like ATF fluid, run for just a couple of minutes or less, drain out.that should clean out the tranny.then fill with the required oil that is asked for.then you will know for sure what is in it. I have a Volvo 120S saildrive.
The users manual notes that you need to use engine oil in the tranny (I have a Volvo 2002 engine). However, I discovered last week that the engine company that serviced the engine used a tranny oil that is green in color. Obviously, they didn't use normal oil as required.
Does anyone know if there is any transmission fluid or gear lube that is green? I'll probably siphon out the fluid and refill with engine oil (per the manual) but I need to know whether mixing oil and whatever is in there (I suspect that there will be some trapped fluids even after I siphon out what's in there now) will damage the tranny. Does the oil have any kind of smell to it? Different grades of oil will smell different. And sometimes if the oil is a non detergent oil the factory will put a dye in it so you can read the dip stick or the sight glass better.
Also when you pull out the dip stick when room temp does the oil stay on it or drips off or runs off. The thinner he oil the faster it will fall off the stick.
Then feel the oil between your fingers.is it tacky, slick or what.what we are trying to find out is if it is synthetic, or petroleum oil, what grade. Then check your engine oil and see if it smells, and feels the same.if it sort of has a real bad smell on new oil.it might be 80-90. 50 weight normally goes in manual transmissions, and 15-40 normally goes in diesel engines. If that doesn't help contact the one that changed the oil, or take a sample and get it tested. I do hope it's not 80-90. That is strictly for gears, like your cars rear end.
Best of luck.hopes this helps. For you to drain all of the oil, drain it, put in something like ATF fluid, run for just a couple of minutes or less, drain out.that should clean out the tranny.then fill with the required oil that is asked for.then you will know for sure what is in it.
The engine uses 15W - 40. The 120S saildrive (the model that I have) should use the same viscosity, according to the manual. However, a newer model of the 120S, the 120S-E (which I don't have) calls for synthetic gear oil, API GL-5 75W-90. I'm wondering whether the engine service guys used the latter? For a various reasons, I cannot contact the folks that serviced the engine and the tranny early last year.
Just for reference, the 130S saildrive uses VP 1161995 ATF Dexron II or III. Whatever lube they used is green, almost fluorescent. It does not smell and it does seem a little thinner than 15W - 40 engine oil. I have a Volvo 120S saildrive. The users manual notes that you need to use engine oil in the tranny (I have a Volvo 2002 engine). However, I discovered last week that the engine company that serviced the engine used a tranny oil that is green in color. Obviously, they didn't use normal oil as required.
Does anyone know if there is any transmission fluid or gear lube that is green? I'll probably siphon out the fluid and refill with engine oil (per the manual) but I need to know whether mixing oil and whatever is in there (I suspect that there will be some trapped fluids even after I siphon out what's in there now) will damage the tranny.
Does the oil have any kind of smell to it? Different grades of oil will smell different. And sometimes if the oil is a non detergent oil the factory will put a dye in it so you can read the dip stick or the sight glass better.
Also when you pull out the dip stick when room temp does the oil stay on it or drips off or runs off. The thinner he oil the faster it will fall off the stick.
Then feel the oil between your fingers.is it tacky, slick or what.what we are trying to find out is if it is synthetic, or petroleum oil, what grade. Then check your engine oil and see if it smells, and feels the same.if it sort of has a real bad smell on new oil.it might be 80-90. 50 weight normally goes in manual transmissions, and 15-40 normally goes in diesel engines. If that doesn't help contact the one that changed the oil, or take a sample and get it tested.
I do hope it's not 80-90. That is strictly for gears, like your cars rear end. Best of luck.hopes this helps. For you to drain all of the oil, drain it, put in something like ATF fluid, run for just a couple of minutes or less, drain out.that should clean out the tranny.then fill with the required oil that is asked for.then you will know for sure what is in it.
Volvo Penta 120 Saildrive Manual
The engine uses 15W - 40. The 120S saildrive (the model that I have) should use the same viscosity, according to the manual. However, a newer model of the 120S, the 120S-E (which I don't have) calls for synthetic gear oil, API GL-5 75W-90.
I'm wondering whether the engine service guys used the latter? For a various reasons, I cannot contact the folks that serviced the engine and the tranny early last year. Just for reference, the 130S saildrive uses VP 1161995 ATF Dexron II or III. Whatever lube they used is green, almost fluorescent. It does not smell and it does seem a little thinner than 15W - 40 engine oil.
If you can't find out what is in there, I would suck it out and replace it. Cheap insurance. I have the same tranny and it should be regular 15W-40 engine oil. Have never seen that in green. I have a Volvo 120S saildrive. The users manual notes that you need to use engine oil in the tranny (I have a Volvo 2002 engine).
However, I discovered last week that the engine company that serviced the engine used a tranny oil that is green in color. Obviously, they didn't use normal oil as required. Does anyone know if there is any transmission fluid or gear lube that is green?
I'll probably siphon out the fluid and refill with engine oil (per the manual) but I need to know whether mixing oil and whatever is in there (I suspect that there will be some trapped fluids even after I siphon out what's in there now) will damage the tranny. Does the oil have any kind of smell to it?
Different grades of oil will smell different. And sometimes if the oil is a non detergent oil the factory will put a dye in it so you can read the dip stick or the sight glass better. Also when you pull out the dip stick when room temp does the oil stay on it or drips off or runs off.
The thinner he oil the faster it will fall off the stick. Then feel the oil between your fingers.is it tacky, slick or what.what we are trying to find out is if it is synthetic, or petroleum oil, what grade. Then check your engine oil and see if it smells, and feels the same.if it sort of has a real bad smell on new oil.it might be 80-90. 50 weight normally goes in manual transmissions, and 15-40 normally goes in diesel engines. If that doesn't help contact the one that changed the oil, or take a sample and get it tested. I do hope it's not 80-90.
That is strictly for gears, like your cars rear end. Best of luck.hopes this helps. For you to drain all of the oil, drain it, put in something like ATF fluid, run for just a couple of minutes or less, drain out.that should clean out the tranny.then fill with the required oil that is asked for.then you will know for sure what is in it. The engine uses 15W - 40.
The 120S saildrive (the model that I have) should use the same viscosity, according to the manual. However, a newer model of the 120S, the 120S-E (which I don't have) calls for synthetic gear oil, API GL-5 75W-90. I'm wondering whether the engine service guys used the latter? For a various reasons, I cannot contact the folks that serviced the engine and the tranny early last year. Just for reference, the 130S saildrive uses VP 1161995 ATF Dexron II or III. Whatever lube they used is green, almost fluorescent. It does not smell and it does seem a little thinner than 15W - 40 engine oil.
If you can't find out what is in there, I would suck it out and replace it. Cheap insurance. I have the same tranny and it should be regular 15W-40 engine oil. Have never seen that in green, I think you're right - need to suck it out and replace it with motor oil. Just worried about the trapped fluid I can't suck out and whether it will do bad things mixed with 15W-40.