I am thinking about purchasing a 2005 Volvo XC90 with a 2.9 turbo charged v-6 engine. It has 140 thousand miles on it, both rear wheel bearings have been replaced in the last 5 thousand miles. It has had the left front cv axle replaced at that time as well. Transmission was re-built at 90 thousand miles. So the re-built transmission has 50 thousand miles on it.
I have some concerns about this vehicle because I have read some horror stories about the transmission that's in it. Which is sometimes referred to as aisen-33 or 4t65ev/gt, I don't know what the issue is with these trannys but from what I have read they are extremely weak and almost always fail.
If I were to buy this car, what atf should I run to have the best success? I read that heat is the biggest enemy to this transmission which isn't a big surprise to me because heat is the biggest killer of any automatic transmission. If I bought this car I would most defenitley look into getting a deeper pan to hold more fluid to aid in cooling and run a top quality synthetic and get a bigger cooler for it.
Does anyone here have any experience with this transmission? I'm looking for fluid recomendations and other recomendations that will keep this transmission going good.
I have some concerns about this vehicle because I have read some horror stories about the transmission that's in it. Which is sometimes referred to as aisen-33 or 4t65ev/gt, I don't know what the issue is with these trannys but from what I have read they are extremely weak and almost always fail.
If I were to buy this car, what atf should I run to have the best success? I read that heat is the biggest enemy to this transmission which isn't a big surprise to me because heat is the biggest killer of any automatic transmission. If I bought this car I would most defenitley look into getting a deeper pan to hold more fluid to aid in cooling and run a top quality synthetic and get a bigger cooler for it.
Does anyone here have any experience with this transmission? I'm looking for fluid recomendations and other recomendations that will keep this transmission going good.