Isn't the 850 AWD system (and early XC70) very unreliable? I've only ever owned one car with an automatic transmission and it was an american car. They roll 200-300k miles if they are maintained and tires are kept aligned in even tread. Typical death is poor wheel alignment > uneven tire wear > che...

It was a Man City Day 0 wins 3 losses 1 draw Smoked the E83 and found cracked IM. Nit motivated to pull it, so reassembled and can be driven local. Draw Installed battery switch on T5. But if struggle. Hard starting. Got code for bad cam sensor and cam timing. Not motivated. 0-1-1 Went to install n...

New Year OCD! I’m trying to remember the difference between the -1998 radiator overflow nipple and the 1999,2000 nipple Argggh! I THINK the '98 uses a hose from the expansion tank to the thermostat housing, nothing to the radiator, and the '99+ used a hose from the expansion tank to the top left (f...

1999 owners have longer…..hoses.

Chased P0014 and P0343 codes on the T5. Still finishing the double valve job started during Covid , daily driving her for groceries. Also have an oil leak ftom a stripped valve cover bolt on the top that I need to either retap or helicoil. Ugh.

Radiator overflow hose routing change ftom 1998 to 1999

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Five years since we , the Collective, saved Evita the 019 1999 S70

She’s been a college car, first job 45 minute commute car, and now a solid backup car to our family on Long Island

She’s at 180k miles now and today she will run me into Manhattan, I’ll put photos into Road Trip…

Off to London to go meet some smart people. Will keep an eye out for Volvos…caught this one in Paris…..

More likely its a cam seal with that amount of oil - thats a lot. Clean it all off so you can try track the flow.

I think this is where we see the old TV screen shot saying, "Technical Difficulties".
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