I had a fuel pump issue which only happened when the tank was 1/4 or 3/8 full. It turned out that it was the fuel pickup assembly that was faulty. Replacing the whole fuel pump and fuel pickup assembly resolved the problem. Like OP my 2004 has no sensor on the fuel rack and not module on/near the f...

vtl wrote: ↑15 Feb 2024, 16:43 You still want to polish the head. It inevitably has depressions (low areas) between combustion chambers and water channels.

Ah... I love the smell of dykem blue in the morning. Always makes me day dream of freshly scraped ways floating past eachother on a thin pillow of way lube 68..

if it was anything like my 01, it will be rusted together on both ends, use the hole in the rear of the connecting collar to whack it out, I had to cut down 2 or three bolts to different lengths and starting with the shortest to longest, slip them in and whack them with something, a lift will make t...

erikv11 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2024, 12:22 Thanks for showing pics, I should have thought of that.

From 98 v70, I cut at the fuse box under the cowl ~6 foot of wire, confirmed continuity from connector to the cut end with multimeter

as well as starting the car, valet key is usable for everything but unlocking trunk and glove compartment is my understanding. turn it twice left like scot850 suggested

Resurrecting old thread with new info, sachs struts have a date code pin stamped on them in ddmmyy format See photo date is 6 day of September 2018 IMG_20240818_130000.jpg Source: I worked in a German owned steering gear manufacturing plant (RH SHEPPARD, HANOVER PA) this is SOP for German manufactur...

could also check alldatadiy, it's faster to access than vida and will work even on a chromebook, it's ripped right out of vida. i've found the sub worth it over the last year for my p2.

you've probably already figured this out by now, but I have a monster audio FM transmitter one that worked very well in my 01 p2 that I'm not longer using after doing an aftermarket install if ya'll want it. No issues with blowing fuses or anything like that.

in my 01 to SET memory you hold MEM and press the number to set it to. then the number itself to load those settings, in case holding doesnt work and you have a mem button

Somewhat related, is there an exploded parts diagram for volvos on the web? I've been using the manual at https://charm.li/Volvo/2004/XC70%20L5-2.5L%20Turbo%20VIN%2059%20B5254T2/ for this repair, but I miss the exploded diagrams that you can get for eg John Deere tractors like this https://partscat...