So, I printed up this little taper tool to install those seals, with minimal stretching. https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20854T5/2024/Steering/Rack%20Rebuild/rackteardown_5.jpg When I get the extra seals, I'll give this a go. What I'll do is wrap some electrical tape ar...

The 1999 models were the first with a lot of electronic and CANBUS stuff and they hate low bus voltage to anything. I once drove one back from Rhode Island with a battery on its last legs, with a great alternator, and each time I used the high beams, the ABS faulted and chirped and gave me an ABS co...

I took the collective silence as "yes" , I was missing something. So I kept spraying the washers with throttle body cleaner and shaking the head, and eventually they all fell out. It must have been a build up of carbon around them that was preventing them from passing by the exhaust valve ...

OK the extra seals arrived, but I have been busy with things this past week and have very little time to spend on this. I prepped for installing the new seals. https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20854T5/2024/Steering/Rack%20Rebuild/sealinstall_1.jpg They all installed pret...

Running a 0 weight oil on these engines is not a good idea. I appreciate 5W-40 which I use as specified for my 2000 V70R for where I live does not burn anywhere like that. I would suggest trying Walmart or Amazon or Rock Auto for oil of the correct type and see if that helps the consumption. As long...

Open up that cap and rotor and inspect for moisture and ice - if you get stuff up in there it behaves badly. While you are fiddling with those cap and rotor screws you can self-flagellate yourself for not buying a 1999 with coil on plugs and a sexy Italian throttle body.

So I figured I'd start a new thread on this project that I stepped into a couple of months ago. It started with me rescuing a '99 V70 that was headed to the scrap yard. 161k miles. Desert Wind paint. It had apparently been sitting for 4 years after being overheated and warping the head. The owner th...

Subject has been beat to death. You can't just slap a turbo on a NA engine.

So lots of good answers here, but the very first thing I'd do is check the fat black negative cable from the battery to the body. There's a bolt there that holds the cable to the body on the inside of the fender, near the battery. Take it out, examine judiciously. Is it shiny & new, or is the bo...

Toni! Hang in there! I am also a cancer fighter. These (it's a pair) cables are discontinued, but I found a set at Pelican Parts in Harbor City, CA. They have a website, here's a link to the exact part on their online store. https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info2/9176272.htm Please let me know if y...