You need to pull fuses and measure current draw until you find the offending circuit drain. Do a search and you will find videos on the process - pretty straight forward. Once you have the offending circuit isolated report back and it will be easier to help you trouble shoot. You could have a bad re...

On taking off the valve cover - plenty of write ups - search head gasket and then look here: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=85853 You will need to fashion the special tools to do this job or order/borrow them. You are basically doing a timing belt change and cam sea...

Your belt is old - it is not just about miles. The best thing to do is to take off the timing belt inspection cover and look at the condition of the belt. It is two tabs and two torx bolts (takes longer to find the tools and pull the hood up) - if you cannot do it bring it to a mechanic and have the...

I assume this is the AW automatic transmission. I assume your leak is from the valve body cover/pan. With these assumptions - It does not run a gasket but uses RTV. You can use a gasket on the transmission from a Nissan Maxima that uses the same transmission model under $10.00 (other cars also use t...

Post a picture. For my XC90 and old XC70s both had two possible sizes for rotors. For either of these cars one could put the wrong sized rotor on, but could NOT put the caliper assembly on if the rotor is too big. Think about it - the caliper bracket is made for a fixed diameter rotor and if that is...

It doesn't sound like you are willing to put any work into the cars or your heart is not in it. Nothing on those cars is terribly difficult to repair. Time consuming yes, difficult no. Timing the engine can be tricky, but if I recall the 2001 only has one VVT. In addition as you are doing the head g...

I bought a used one off Ebay. This may not be your problem, but here is the part number: 8691998. Searching the internet I see new ones for about $250, but you will need to have software loaded. This module is used in a number of Volvo cars of similar era - hence I assume the software may be vehicle...

You do not have to remove turbo and exhaust manifold as a unit. I just dealt with this on my 2004 XC90 T6. I learned that Volvo does not sell just the turbo cartridge which is what you want to replace and/or rebuild. They sell the entire turbo/manifold/wastegate acutator as one assembly - and for bi...

Great to hear. Live and learn - mistakes are ones greatest teacher. Glad it worked out for you - plus I learned some new things about tapping correctly.

Well my wife reported that her FOB was no longer working properly after a dealer software update. The car was brought back to the dealer and they found out that it was missing an antenna. After a few days the new antenna was installed and the FOB still did not function. She could not lock her car fo...