Gasket / piston, accumulator, replacing: Removal: Preparations

Fig 1: Identifying Oil Pan

Courtesy of VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA.

Suck the oil from the transmission. See Collecting transmission fluid .

Take out a container for the oil.

Raise the car.

Remove: 

• the splash guard under the engine. Blow and wipe clean around the transmission oil trough
• the transmission oil trough. See Remove the oil pan and the seal .