Im guessing it was an end cap failure that did this? If you can , please post pictures of the old core so we can see the gory details

Remember Ni-Copp is incredibly cheap and easy to fit and flare. Bend it around a radius item to fit like a beer can (remove beer first for safety), a hockey puck, a socket, a large sombrero. Do your DIN bubble flare practice, then cut it off, put the flare nut on, repeat. Now cut it off again, and p...

I replace those with M6 hardware in cheap stainless which makes removal a lot less painful.

Zip tie two opposite corners to hold the sand which together, install bolts into other corners, then cut ties and do the first corners.

Getting older I limit my garage stints to 4 hours. That’s enough wrenching and calisthenics for me to put my tools down and relax, and go at it another day. When I did my clutch on my P2 I planned it over 2 weekends , 4 hours per day and I learned it was much nicer on me. That was 10 years ago, and ...

Thanks for closing loop on this enotslim. That v70 you donated is still tooling around upstate nY doing social good.

Appreciate it, and the work you do in these troubled times

I used these on my multiple cylinder head jobs over the past five years…..naturally with the MVS Amazon link…

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Check with son if he had recently filled tank and just spilled some or had the slight overflow. The drain boot drains it under the car bit it will stink a bit

I think it’s universal on Volvo check valves that white is high pressure and black side is lower or vacuum pressure So blackside should be plumbed closer to the brake booster or to the vacuum source For a turbo, the snorkel is alway a vacuum source but the manifold is either a vacuum source or a pre...

I got so used to doing all my own work during Covid retirement that I have been botching the time money equation badly. Staring at my beautiful T5 that needs a timesert on my cylinder head, I called Robert and found out he is in the area in two weeks.

Elizabeth will roll again soon!

You check resistance of stuff with everything disconnected. In ohm mode, your meter is in a short condition do any voltage you apply will pop a meter fuse (Fluke) or blow it up ( harbor fright). Of the course, your Fluke fuse costs more than the HF meter…. Once disconnected ,touch the probes to the ...