IIRC-
Running, the doors will lock with the key in,
using the interior switches, but not the fob.

Engine stopped, door opened, then closed,
the car won’t let you lock the car at all if the
key is in the ignition.

IIRC...

A new INA alt pulley is $35.
A new Bosch alt is $200.

At 185K, the brushes and bearings are near the end of their life. Personally, I would get a brand-new alternator, but this depends on how long you want to keep the car.

abscate wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 05:06 Which one of these, is not like the others? Which one of these , doesn’t belong?

Eugenia the x3
Evita the s70
Catherine the P2 V70
Elizabeth the 99 T5

Obviously the S70, being the only non estate (-ish, in the BMWs case).

I was mistaken it is the service light, not check engine. my bad guys

Thanks, Abscate.

Nice crew to have around. I know I appreciate the help.

You did the impossible getting the magnet off the valve. your back must hurt bending over the engine that long. Just run it as-is while you keep an eye out for another engine. If you ever take the head off report what damage if any you observe from the electrode loss cylinders. another thing to not ...

Where is the "problem solved" button?

Did you consider this yet, from up above? Does it crank over faster than normal (like the spark plugs are not installed)? If so, keep reading. The tappets can expand while out of engine and hold valves open a bit. The compression will be low and it will not run and ends up wetting plugs. With plugs ...

tardcart: My late father pressed perseverance, many times reminding me life's tasks are often neither easy nor fun, but must be done. He'd show me "once", how to do something, never twice. Thanks for recognizing and acknowledging the difficulty with the magnet on valve. I was on the verge ...

I struggled to reassemble vac hoses after engine swap. One reason for my confusion was that donor engine came from '06 XC70, but mine is a 2008 S60. I even made an extra trip to the junkyard to take pictures of vac hose routing, but it was all in vain, because it turns out Volvo modified routing for...