ok then here we go........ going back to the begining i bought the xc diesel needing i was told just a cyl head £800 it was very clean with leather etc "result" got it back and engine was scrap. no problem bought an engine off motorhog with all ancilarys £1200 as it was the later one. it t...

2004 2.5T XC70 - 279,000 miles. I typed this up a couple weeks ago. Please let me know if there are any corrections I need to make. I had a decent oil leak, & this is what happened after some investigation. This is a pretty well documented topic so sorry for repeat information, but there's a goo...

Somewhere I’ve got a picture of me standing under the wrench used to tighten the prop shaft on the Queen Mary...

It did not ratchet

Hi everyone. I just wanted to share my most recent experience with these extremely low lifespan units. I bought a small pile of the Lemforder's a while back. Incidentally, this was around the time Lemforder changed manufacturing of these from Germany to PR of China. As stated by several smart people...

Video shows NOT quality repair process actually. After same procedure, some DIMs worked only couple days or weeks sometimes, in rare cases it helped for long time. Trust me, I have more than 10 years of experience with it. It is not secret long time already, but for get good quality of repair need t...

Update for any righties: this is the size of the plastic removal panel needed to cleanly remove the heater matrix. Also part of the glovebox dashboard frame needs to be cut or bent out of the way. I tried to cut the panel around securing points as the fan and glovebox may rattle if the structure is ...

On 2001 V70 T5 (FWD only), I was able to change the hose without lowering the subframe. It is difficult but possible. Your situation may be different for the 2004 XC90.

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The reason is simple: on the the 99-2001, the exhaust VVT has a spring. If you turn it CW to the marks then when you remove belt the exhaust gear moves and you have to fight it back to the correct place while fitting the new belt and getting everything in place. If you go past and then CCW back to m...

As long as the cam didn’t move, yes

The cam tolerance for position is only about one tooth. More than that, the VVT will give a cam flank angle error code.

I went deep into this in the p80 forum on my 1999 in April

whenever a line is open on brake system and you don't want fluid to drain you stop this by depressing the brake pedal 1 inch or more. The piston seals are in front of the fill hole if the piston is pushed a short distance in bore and that stops the flow.