CHARM online service manuals for volvo, it looks identical to vida but its quicker than hooking up ther laptop to the car. free.
https://charm.li/Volvo/

My car has one fan -> me. but as they say "two is better than one"

br0dy519 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025, 19:34 Wood chipper !

@scot850 mention of another Windsorite ? I would happy to oblige if he ever requires assistance or referral to good local connections. Born and raised here.

Do you do body disposals?

I fixed both DIMs from my 2004 Volvos and both had problems with the smaller integrated circuits and a transistor. This video is good for the do-it-yourself'ers:

I need the vents to help cool my brain!

I decided to forgo the boots while doing the 5 minute air filter job, the job where it took 45 mins including cleaning the air box as it was full of crap internally. Probably never been cleaned in 19 years!

Neil.

Biggest problem in your list is the wheel sensor. Likely a $10 tone ring or you could replace the full CV. Problem solved today. Turns out the TRQ CV shafts are not tapped as deep as the originals. So when I torqued the bolts at the wheel hub they were bottoming out, allowing the shaft to slide bac...

You have my attention. Any threads with the info? I will have to search it up. Good info to have to get out of a jam potentially in the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzUduzjR9W4 Disassemble the lock, toss the steering column lock into trash bin, grind the tumblers off, assemble back. You ...

Krons wrote: ↑20 Jan 2026, 19:15 How do you ensure it doesn’t get stolen? Or is the strategy to put full coverage on it and hope that it does?

Steal what? A 20 years old foreign car that is not known for reliability or any remaining resale value?

I’ve worried that a coolant line heater would fool the ECT into not enough cold start fuel. It roughly 3x the fuel injected on a cold start by my observation, so that’s a lot of change. The cylinder walls would still be cold so that extra fuel is needed to get mix in the cylinders Remember , wind ch...

My wife's car has been losing coolant a while. Can't really pin it down. I'm worried it's either the heater core or the turbo line. if its the heater core there should be that faint smell. if its going through the turbo it should make white smoke, if its external it should leak onto the ground. i f...