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My dpg drive has approx 900 hours on it and on my most recent trip I started to hear my drive droning. I got home and pulled the drain plug to see excessive shavings on what had only 15-20 hours on the oil change. I’ve personally put approx 150 hours on the drive since owning it and have changed the oil three times in 2 years. Once it had a bit of water in the drive and that was my fault as I didn’t install a new o ring for the dip stick. I’ve been using redline NS 75/140 as the Volvo stuff is hard to find.
At any rate, I pulled the shift shoe and assembly off to take a look at the upper gears. There is some wear and wanted to get some opinions- should I flush it well, run genuine oil with Lucas additive/stabilizer to help the oil climb and see how the oil looks after one trip? Or should I tear it apart and examine? Or are these gears destined for the trash? Thanks for your help.
My dpg drive has approx 900 hours on it and on my most recent trip I started to hear my drive droning. I got home and pulled the drain plug to see excessive shavings on what had only 15-20 hours on the oil change. I’ve personally put approx 150 hours on the drive since owning it and have changed the oil three times in 2 years. Once it had a bit of water in the drive and that was my fault as I didn’t install a new o ring for the dip stick. I’ve been using redline NS 75/140 as the Volvo stuff is hard to find.
At any rate, I pulled the shift shoe and assembly off to take a look at the upper gears. There is some wear and wanted to get some opinions- should I flush it well, run genuine oil with Lucas additive/stabilizer to help the oil climb and see how the oil looks after one trip? Or should I tear it apart and examine? Or are these gears destined for the trash? Thanks for your help.
