. Either paint or leave black on both sides to match. Those rarely are removable or salvageable at that age. Cost more to protect, package and ship from a member than to get a new matching set. 2Pcs Front Headlight Washer Cover Black Left+Right Side For 2005-2009 Volvo S60 $13.29/ea https://www.ebay...

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The timing tension isn’t critical onthe mechanical tensioner. Put the gauge in the middle of the range on a cold engine and tighten. Read the procedure carefully, you tension it past the set point, then return to the set point. It’s aldo important to do the full two revs of the belt before tensioning

I think for 2.0 4 cyl engines Volvo originally recommended 5w/30. Then they run into some problems and issued TSB reccomending 0w-20. If unavailable they were recommending 0w-30 or 5w-30. I think Castrol was the preferred brand. . It's back to 0W20? Probably their legal working with engineering to ...

Hello! This first post is a reintroduction of sorts. I hope everyone is doing well. 1. In 2020-21, I was working on making my former black XC into a trailer here https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=560998&hilit=trailer#p560998 , similar to the blue 850r/v70r. 2. In 2024, I h...

In the spirit of "while I am here" I decided to pull the turbo for rebuild. It seemed fine but with the seals sitting dry for so long I didn't want it to come back and bite me in the rear at a later date. All the rubber needed changed anyway so why not? https://i.imgur.com/5nOlLBd.jpg http...

You’re seeing a few different fasteners get conflated. On the 850 timing setup there are three distinct things: Hydraulic tensioner body bolts (2x): these fasten the hydraulic unit to the block. They’re M8×1.25 and the torque is 25 N·m (18 ft-lb), then +30° per Volvo. The later/wide-belt lever/stack...

I'm reviving my memory of fixing this issue. The only reason we parked this car was because it was spraying oil all over the front of the block. Screenshot 850 oil cooler lines.png I dug up the parts diagram to understand the routing... GR-68412.jpg Read and watched Robert's DIY's. Read through this...

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There is an engine number break in 1998 when they went to the mechanical TB tensioner which has a 105k mile replacement interval. The engine number break is Drum rolll... . Engine break is at 1266196 The engine number is on a sticker on the cover, or under some grime stenciled into the block, near t...