Get the PCV done, when you have the catch tank off the front of the engine connect a 5/8" hose to the lower port in the engine block where the PCV tank connects, secure it with a Jubilee clamp and try and blow through it, if you can't blow through it the oil return path is blocked and you need ...

I appreciate this is an old thread I have dug up but thought this info I wrote a while ago would be of use to someone in the future: If you keep getting the Drivers Information Module (DIM) on the Phase One V/S 70 giving out the word DISC it means "Disconnected" in that the selector switch...

Just one point to add to what Mike has written, disconnect the battery negative wire before you disconnect/ remove the aircon control panel otherwise if you pop the key in without the panel connected the car will throw an airbag fault which requires a main dealer reset unless you have or know someon...

Are you checking fluid levels with the engine still running, if not it will over read as the oil contained in the torque converter runs out back in to the sump when the engine is off giving a false high reading - Mike

Tig, If you get a PCV kit from Volvo it will contain everything you need including hoses and those clips that you tension with special pliers (Oetiker clamps - speeling probably wrong) I prefer to use Stainless Steel worm drive/ Jubilee clamps depending upon which side of the "pond" you li...

Quite often the copper strands break inside the insulation so give each individual wire a good tug where the wire bends at the tailgate hinge point. One other issue I have seen is where multiple wires short out at the tailgate hinge point due to insulation break down, left unrepaired such a short ci...

Go to this page http://www.volvowiringdiagrams.com/?dir=volvo/V70%20Wiring%20Diagrams and download the diagram for your car, sadly Volvo did indeed use some same coloured wires in the tailgate harness which can make it "fun" sorting it out if they have all snapped. This pin out of the tail...