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by Sommerfeldt
11 Feb 2019, 01:16
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Re: Power Steering Foam

Okay... Did none of you actually read the whole post? :roll:

Sorry, OP, I don't know how to prevent that extension from falling off, but if someone would actually read the whole post who has had this problem and have an idea, that would probably help others.

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by dalel
10 Apr 2019, 09:35
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Re: P80 esoterica thread

Every DIY Volvo owner has at some point, during repair, had their head on the floorboard and feet over the back of the seat.
by Clemens
16 Jul 2019, 07:06
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Re: Smoking dipstick, could it be bad rings?

Be sure to make the large diameter hose mod (you replace the palstic line with a regular oil proof rubber fuel line (I know rubber isn´t oil proof, but you get the idea) and run it to the ptc valve. After doing that, I finally got good vacuum. I´d go so far not even to touch anything else but replac...
by 850T5Ritalia
19 Oct 2019, 06:25
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Re: 850 turbo: massive stuttering/hesitation

Got it solved. Cleaning all the electrical connectors and refitting the IC piping together with replacing a couple vacuum hoses did the job. Replaced the bulb from the CEL which was indeed next to the service Light on the far right of the cluster. It’s a lambda symbol on my car. It works😎 Gonna go a...
by scot850
16 Mar 2020, 12:27
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Re: Any tips to get lower oil line off the radiator?

You do not have to remove the AC radiator/intercooler. You do have to separate them and support the cooler so as to not break any lines. To separate than you will need to access the bolts from the front of the car and they are fiddly to access, but you will need to remove the radiator mounts and til...
by amblerman
07 Apr 2020, 09:00
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Re: Oil pressure problems

About oil... 10w30 instead of 0w30 only means that it will be thicker on lower temperatures, at operating temp they would both be 30weight. I think it would only make sense if you recommend 10w40 or 10w50 or similar. I was going to reply with same thing about xw-30s all being approximately the same...
by Jaumme
16 Jul 2020, 13:00
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Re: Poor brake performance

so i went ahead and removed the flexi hoses, the first thing i did was to blow through them to see if they were collapsed well they were not, i asked a friend to push the pedal and even doing the maximum force no fluid was comming out the metal line without the hose atached, i disconected the line t...
by Cookeh
21 Jul 2020, 08:45
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Hidden rust - rear seat mounts under arch liners

There is a hidden rust spot on these P80s that I've only just recently been made aware of, thanks to this post on a UK forum - link . It seems this affects a significant number of P80s, but is largerly un-noticed due to its location. Eventually it will result in an MOT failure in the UK as the rust ...
by matthew1
05 Feb 2021, 07:07
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Re: VS M4.4 tuning dead? Start again here?

I'm digging into this today. Here's a M4.3 description PDF . I can't find any binaries also. I'll put out a call. Motronic 4.3 NEW Here is a zip of 18 .bin binaries I believe are 4.3 I Googled the file name of one of them to try to get some sort of cross-reference description I could add to each, bu...