Merry Christmas, everyone. Thanks for being here and sharing so much about your Volvos, and in many cases, your lives.

... and also realize how much more of a cruiser it is compared to the S70... Oh it's night and day. My dad (1999 S80 TT) and I (850 T-5) owned our Volvos concurrently for about a decade. I drove his about 30 miles on freeways one day about ten years ago after he got Lasik eye surgery when I took hi...

I thought this did a good job of explaining it: https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/difference-between-cross-plane-and-flat-plane-cranks/ What Is A Cross-Plane Crank? The most common crank we see in our hot rod engine builds is a cross-plane (also referred to as a cruciform) crank. This crank gets its...

Not bad. Thanks for posting this. Can you show photos of its menus/apps?

Sounds like a vacuum leak. What part of Denver are you in?

The best route, in your situation JayPea, is to replace the vacuum lines (and then a Stage 0 ). The reason this step is different than other broken-car scenarios is that you have to replace this vacuum stuff every 10 years anyway. Sometimes less, sometimes more. But yes, DO throw parts at it... vacu...

Be sure your coolant temp sensor is plugged in. It's right at the t-stat.

Ok, I have an email in to my rep at the new agency.

Sorry about the trouble. I'm hoping it's just teething issues with the new ad system.

matthew1 wrote: ↑02 Feb 2023, 13:24 Bear with me, I'm switching ad networks, so you may see ads for a couple of days. Apologies!

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I backed out the changes... unswitched ad networks.