I saved so much money doing my own repairs I don't need to work for the rest of the year.

Update on photo from the web...

Sometimes, it is difficult to understand this crowded space and contortionist position necessary to perform
repair, I downloaded a random photo fron eBay and labeled it so you can see the layout...

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Keep up the maintenance on your current vehicles and make them last.
volvolugnut

Brodie is just back from his first big trip in the car. We have our grandchildren from London staying for the summer so we all ventured up to the highlands for a family gathering at my daughter's house. Brodie hadn't really done any car travelling except for a couple of short journeys locally and th...

Yes, if you pull the connection at the turbo end of the intake pipe from the air filter box. It is tricky to access, but once off, you can stick a finger into the intake side of the turbo and touch the end of the turbo impeller shaft. Try wiggling it side to side as per jonesg's advice above. Any no...

failed seals in the turbo was the cause for mine. feel for side to side play in the turbo shaft. Thank you! Do I disconnect the metered air intake hose connected to the turbo to feel the play in shaft? yes, its a reach, I could only reach with a finger. On cold start I got white smoke first, as the...

Thank you! The Amazon order arrived - Two-Way Articulating Borescope with Light. The car is sitting on curbside since the original post date -- 10 days or so -- can it be started and moved into our garage for diagnostic and... . I would move it before tearing into anything, don't wait for it to war...

BlackBart wrote: ↑26 Oct 2025, 17:23 Some nice ones!

What is the little yellow-green Fiat 128-ish thing? That’s a Volvo?

It’s a 1975 model 66 I think. I grabbed a history plate shot,,,,it came along with the acquisition of DAF , a Dutch auto maker

Possibly the only thing I hold more dear than Volvos... Tintin.

Coolant is poisonous to breathe for prolonged periods. Bad heater core leaks. Heat core may become clogged in cars with poor maintenance discipline (no coolant replacement in decade - limestone circulates in the system and clogs small passages in heater core) or stop leak was used. Nissens has worse...