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Originally Posted by Othen
... but I'm not going to be able to strip the mains with the engine still in the car and the gearbox attached I don't think (unless I've jumped to a wrong conclusion about the construction of Volvo motors?). That then would imply only the first method: taking the engine out and doing the work on the bench (so I might as well change the crank seals as well) was possible - wouldn't it?
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If by "strip the mains" you just mean replace the shells then yes, it's easy to do it with the engine in situ.
The only difficult bit is removing the sump, but I think that is easier on an older model because the sump is shallower and the gear pump shorter?
I have once removed and replaced a later sump, but I had to lower the cross member as far as the pipes etc would allow, and then do some nimble work dropping the oil pump with the sump in place and cutting the baffle plate once the sump was out in order to be able to replace the oil pump again.