Just a quick September 2017 note for anyone contemplating replacing the heater core in this series Volvo. Read the How-To's available here at this forum. Watch the RobertDIY YouTube video (Robert's a contributor here.) After doing this research, my experience today was that there were no surprises, ...

My recently acquired 1998 V70 did not come with a retractable cargo cover. I have seen cargo covers for 2001 and later V70s, but none for mine. These things also seem to be priced awfully high for what is essentially a window shade. Well, anyway, I don't have a garage and have been working on the ca...

I bought a 1998 V70 in which the left side of the dash was maddeningly squeaky. Just a touch would stop the racket, but it's tough driving with your left arm while your right arm is poking through the steering wheel. The right side of the dash is rock solid. I read several posts about repairing the ...

Found the sad answer to that question. TWO pumps and must drop entire rear sub-frame. What a terrible design.

When it comes to my old Volvos, I am increasingly becoming convinced that parts from eastern Europe are generally of pretty decent quality. I notice that many Volvo parts and other "brand name" supplier parts are made in places like Slovenia and Poland. When I buy parts these days, I gener...

If you haven't replaced your headlight housings, you probably should. You may have followed my musings about headlights and my unwillingness to go outside and actually deal with them in the cold weather and my reluctance to spend any money. Thanks for putting up with that. Bottom line is that the re...

Oh my I live for comparisons, but if you have to wait til it’s dark and cold, I get it. At least can you do a daylight photo looking at the front of the car with the lights on? Fixed it, Matthew. Couldn't resist a test myself. This headlight loss of reflectivity is a major hidden safety issue that ...

Well, the owner's manual that shipped with my 1995 S70 T5 states that 87 is the minimum octane requirement and that to obtain "optimum performance" use 91 octane or higher. I have always taken that to mean that Volvo is stating that you can use 87 octane without causing problems to your en...

tardcart wrote: ↑01 Jun 2019, 18:59 Its pretty hard to measure mA with a less than 200 dollar meter.

All other completely rational statements aside...let's not make statements like this.

Combining Volvo Factory Dual Antennas to Single Antenna for Aftermarket Stereo Head Units To use BOTH factory Volvo diversity antennas with an aftermarket stereo head unit with only one standard Motorola-type antenna input, you can buy these two items from Amazon (or equivalent pieces from elsewhere...