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It's time for Black Friday / Cyber Monday discounts on OEM parts at usparts.volvocars.com. For Black Friday, they're offering 15% off parts. In previous years, they have increased this to 20% at the stroke of midnight into Cyber Monday. See if your local dealership, or any one which offers free ship...

Okay new cap, rotor and plugs installed, old ones were Bosch 4 electrode plugs, looked fine though. The leads however, I found cracks on 4 out of 5 of them where the grey plastic tube is that is inside the engine. As a temporary fix I wrapped them all in electric tape and then in vulcanizing rubber ...

My 257k 2007 xc70 suffered a uniquely stupid form of engine failure last week. TL;DR injector failure caused misfires, a smoking tailpipe, a flooded cylinder, and compression failure in three cylinders. Backstory Fuel economy suddenly dropping in the last month (down to sub 14mpg in city driving fro...

Glad I could help a little. At the end of the day the part is designed to fail at a certain force. The seatback literally lies flat in the triggered state. I would (wildly) guess that the part on the loose side has worked its way into this failure posture (no pun intended). I got a more reasonable ...

I am seeking any info on how to replace the part. I was afraid I would have to release the lower part of the seat back or seat cover, but in a video I found of an XC60 seat removal, it appears that possibly removal of plastic trim on the sides might reveal the part in question. I am hoping the XC70...

So I stumbled upon a '98 V70 GLT that is missing its head due to overheating. Head was removed years ago and is now MIA.. My questions are: Do the low pressure turbos and the high pressure turbos use the same head ? That is do they both have sodium filled exhaust valves. And if I'm replacing the he...

Pelican Parts has 10% Off. This special sale ends today.
I have purchased some parts from them in the past with good pricing and service so far.
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I am seeing a trend in this thread of different approaches to fuel injector and general parts replacement. The typical approach for most vehicle owners is to wait until obvious problems appear and then make repairs. The 'industrial maintenance' approach is to monitor the state of the vehicle and mak...

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