I suspect we are talking about more than one standard for octane, here. If you want to buy something called "98 octane" in the USA, you're buying aviation or racing fuel. Where I live on the east coast of the USA, the highest octane I have ever seen sold is "94 octane" Sunoco. I ...

Is there no fuel replacement plate in the XCs for this job in the 2000 MY? If you can get to the top of the tank you might be able to see the leak from there All of the following is about pump location and access. Not so much about where your leak may be. Just to clarify (and everyone correct me if...

[/quote] Eddy, the server was getting hit from somewhere, so I set security to High. It seems to have stopped, so I changed it just now to Medium. Do you still get a challenge? [/quote] Matt, I only encountered that signing in one day. Has been normal since. Thanks for watching out for us and the fo...

In general, the installation looks fine to me, based on the photos. The fraying on the edge of the belt in the last two photos wouldn't worry me. I will let others speak up about this because I may be confusing this situation with some research I did of the larger 960 engine which was one of these m...

Don't rule out a bad rotor. That spot on the rotor looks very much to me like what I got on a car with very cheap Chinese rotors some years ago. The problem was with the steel that the rotor were made of not being "pure" and uniform all the way through. The results were hard spots that did...

Let's make a small effort that may help Matthew's Volvo Site a LOT! I go to Amazon several times a day and spend WAY too much money there. I just changed my Amazon BOOKMARK to this: https://www.amazon.com/?tag=matthewsvolvo3-20 From now on, MVS will get some money when I go to Amazon! Check out othe...

Let's make a small effort that may help Matthew's Volvo Site a LOT! I go to Amazon several times a day and spend WAY too much money there. I just changed my Amazon BOOKMARK to this: https://www.amazon.com/?tag=matthewsvolvo3-20 From now on, MVS will get some money when I go to Amazon! Check out othe...

Let's make a small effort that may help Matthew's Volvo Site a LOT! I go to Amazon several times a day and spend WAY too much money there. I just changed my Amazon BOOKMARK to this: https://www.amazon.com/?tag=matthewsvolvo3-20 From now on, MVS will get some money when I go to Amazon! Check out othe...

Anytime you do a comparison or evaluation of headlight effectiveness, you always need to specify the condition of the reflectors BEHIND the light source. Even with standard stock Halogen bulbs, the difference between headlight assemblies that are brand new with a mirror reflective surface and old he...

Or...What did you screw up on your Volvo recently? So, this week I solved the Evaporative Emissions code I've been half-heartedly messing around with for a year. Replaced hose from purge valve to canister in front fender a long time back with cheap vinyl hose I had on hand. Bad decision. Hose held u...