Yeah, that rust is common, same on the driver's side. The axles go into a dry female spline on the transmission. It's also dry where it goes through the angle gear. You might want to put some grease on the splines when it goes back in.

I scored at the Pick a Part the other day. 2 sets of VVT’s for my P2 S60 for $25. This set is the best. Axial play 1.7mm, look nice as well. I know my exhaust hub is easily more that double that. I’m getting some oil leakage. I replaced my harmonic balancer and crank seal a couple weeks ago. I’ll ge...

The car became boaty on the road, which I ignored sufficiently enough, since it runs on soft fat 29" AT tires. Decided to check the pressure and here you go: 25 PSI. Lost about 5 PSI in 2 years. Aired up to 35, problem solved.

That's the kind of Volvo problems I like dealing with!

A local Volvo owning friend of mine has contacted me on the alarm issues he has had. He replaces the alarm batteries but he says <50% of the units he pulls from the junkyard are useable rebuilds due to fried circuits from battery leaks. He has not mentioned any coding required when he swapped out th...

Well, I was doing my daily searching for Volvo parts on the local Facebook Murky Place, when I see a new ad for P80 Volvo parts for sale. Now this never happens for my cars, but included in there was a full set of inner and outer tie rods for a 98 P80. They appear to be the correct ones for the 98 V...

Silicone hose is great for long life, BUT silicone is slippery. Be sure your hose clamps are tight. If they can't be kept in place with high boost, use double clamps. We learned this with industrial turbo diesel engines. volvolugnut Aye, aye! Ben doesn't have high boost and I rarely make him drive ...