When taking the 850 to car shows it’s always a problem trying to hide tools, cleaning products, spare bulbs etc. when the car is on display. I managed to find a genuine NOS CD cover, the type that was fitted to cars with 6 disc players in the boot and it arrived today. I cut a piece of plywood and s...

Collected the car today from Turbo Tech Glasgow. They refurbished the turbo, changed the oil with the correct Castrol 0W-30 A5/B5 and refilled the coolant with genuine Volvo concentrate. Only driven 3 or 4 miles home in heavy traffic so not tried the boost yet Few pics the mechanic who was doing the...

The cable tie clips to hold my harness to the fan cowl were all either missing or burst so I ordered some non Volvo ones from eBay and fitted them today, another job ticked off the list

abscate wrote: ↑05 Dec 2023, 02:58 Cutting zip ties annoys the cheap Brit in me...

Yorkshire by any chance?

It's the switch for the brake vacuum pump part number 31400692 and yes it's in the correct location

Last night I decided to drop the undertray to check if my leaky turbo was cured and I'm pleased to say it's all nice and dry T1.jpg View from the top T2.jpg When I reviewed the above image on the computer I thought the hose connecting the turbo to the charge pipe looked a little squint and dug out a...

Not sure my pictures will be much help This is an eBay image to show the position of the holes All red arrows are where the cooling fan harness is clipped into. All yellow arrows are for the alternator A/C harness (I presume that's where the wires go!!!) h4.jpg I'm not sure if there should be a fir ...

With SWMBO out at a Christmas party today, the weather and the telly being utter crap I decided it was time to return to the ‘fir tree clips’ for the wiring harnesses that goes over the cooling fan cowl. I should really have waited until I needed to take the fan off next time, however I just thought...

RedBrickCollector wrote: ↑19 Dec 2023, 22:10 .... I have a couple bluetooth ELM327 dongles that won't read anything with the 850 OBD-II app...

If you're in the UK this one is tried and tested and works on the 850 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125378422912

No under-bonnet diagnostic connection on 97 cars

A most uneventful Christmas trip in the V70 this year, yes the wind was blowing a hooley as we drove north of Spean Bridge without incident as the car took it all in its stride on 23rd. Then to the 24th I went for a drive to Glen Nevis and Glenfinnan to get me out the house for a break... Glen Nevis...