I honestly not a big fan of volvo springs at all. Just replaced rear springs on 2015xc60 since one broke at 67k. Volvo parts department STOCK them and told me "yes we sell them often". With my 01v70xc I could possibly see the argument that it is regular wagon that was lifted and thus all p...

I think you can swap PEM without issues. ECM will not work from one car to another. If you suspect that your problem is related to the lack of fuel- buy a bottle of "easy start" or "brake cleaner" and give a couple sprays into intake manifold prior to maf sensor or spray while cr...

Great work. I would suggest to find scanner and see what the fuel pressure sensor, engine coolant sensor and map are showing. Looking at fuel trims also can provide you with helpful info on what your car is doing (are trims lean? Or rich?). If such is not an option, you can always remove injectors a...

I think the question that you are trying to ask is " I am not sure what to do with this car. Can ot be as easy as Prius headgasket and good for another 100k or I am in deeper waters?". Answer to your question: it is not common to see such issue with T5 engines. Somewhere something went wro...

Looks like you are in Boston area(rust). Please consider that bearing can be rusted to the knuckle to the point that it needs lots of force to get it out. On my old 98v70xc it was so bad that slidding hammer, lots of banging with the mallet did nothing. Can only compare to subaru bearing nightmare. ...

Can I ask a question. How old is your radiator? When the last time you removed your radiator and washed all the bugs and dirt away? I think it will give you better improvement in airflow rather than adding more switches. Another question: you are in Colorado. Should it make a better sense to add axi...

In terms of added cooler- it all depends on your budget. I remember IPD was making something fancy for around $400 which was plug and play into the existing lines. Some people were cutting in extra cooler in line(but for the life if me I could not think about good location with airflow outside the r...

I think the TSB also calls for software update at the same time. Dealer should probably charge 100-150 for that.

I would hope abscate will weight in this one. He was recently suggesting ability to perform crank/cam correlation test through the vida. I think there is auto adaptation procedure for throttle body as well. Would be nice to see what %0 it starts on. Possibly can check fuel pressure for the sake of e...

1. Find correct wiring diagram(figure out how the system works. What turns the element. Is it negatively controlled(ecm supplies "-") or posititively controlled(ecm turns on "+"). 2. Identify wires responsible for 02 heater element. 3. Disconnect connector for 02 sensor 4. Verify...