Just checking - when you did the PCV job, did you blow through the drain hole down to the oil pan? If that is plugged with gunk, the oil has no way to drain.
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Folk, Dud, Buddi and Bro ? Folk is people in general. As in German Volkswagen .. a wagon for people in general not just the upper classes. Dude is American English slang for an individual, typically male, who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy). Buddy is a close friend. A variant o...

I would love to have that feature! Not sure why... Just seems like a great lighting mod for the sticks and back roads. You should be able to run your own wiring. Here are the diagrams and component locations: 95 850 - Beam Width Adjusters.pdf I'd probably mock it all up on a bench first, then get to...

Welcome Cora! Yes, the options are a bit dizzying in scope, and car people aren’t afraid to share their opinions on what’s best, sometimes to a fault. We use FCP in CZt fir parts for our fleet as they are one day shipping, IPD isa bit closer to you. The other upside of FCP is lifetime warranty on pa...

GLT is a trim level in the UK/Europe. In the US it refers to the low pressure turbo versions of the 850s & C/S/V70s. Pads/rotors designed for the track can indeed be used 'on the road', but they're designed to operate at ppeak efficiency at much higher temperatures than you will feasibily mainta...

My 850 brought me to become someone else, someone different, a mechanic, newbie one, for sure, but a mechanic. Very well said. This is also happened to me thanks to me 2000 V70, Matthews Volvo Site, and the UK Haynes manual. I went from being dependent on the dealership to tackling almost any job m...

Definitely do a series of drain and fills to get fresh ATF in a new to you car.

I was suprised to see these old Volvos being driven around on the Swedish snow, im fairly sure the P80 has good ABS compared to this old thing..is it an Amazon? volvo-blue.jpg Love the colors in that pic. I owned an old 145 in Ithaca for about 4 weeks. The traction was horrible, no braking. I was c...

Looks like good progress to me !!

Similar to our own Abscate, they also replace troublesome 777 engines out in the snow.....