It's good timing that this topic got a post after nine months because the powder coating on my calipers was just completed! They sat for six months at a powder coating shop which couldn't do them so I picked them up. Then I got too busy to find a new shop. I finally found a great shop an hour away, ...

CORRECTION TO SOLUTION!!! The coolant cap was bad, BUT the real problem was that the coolant temperature sensor next to the thermostat was bad and reading low. NOTE #1: If you notice that your engine temp gauge usually reads exactly halfway up and suddenly stabilizes and indicates somewhat below hal...

Best kept secret for turbos: https://www.turborebuild.co.uk/

I ordered a CHRA from them a couple years ago for my V70R, was under $200 shipped. Can't beat it!

We fought and slayed the dragon of transfer of PS rack parts… Aluminum heat plate Center mount Left plate mount Installed , mounted, then tightened the ps lines with engine out. I needed crows feet to do this , even with the engine out. Also managed to coat a headlight reflector with rustoleum silve...

We fought and slayed the dragon of transfer of PS rack parts… Aluminum heat plate Center mount Left plate mount Installed , mounted, then tightened the ps lines with engine out. I needed crows feet to do this , even with the engine out. Also managed to coat a headlight reflector with rustoleum silv...

Looking at the photo, the old plug gap appears twice the size of new gap. That could cause the misfires.
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That’s a turbo , Bruno, so they need to be down at 0,7mm. That’s 028 “ for Yemen and other Fourth World Nations

Replaced a burnt out tail light on Kat the S70 , top right

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I cut a 1998 Volvo s70 ignition lock apart. In the small groove running around the lock body there is a steel ring and holding the ring in place is a tab that runs across the entire body of the lock, so once you get the end of the tab out of the way you can pull the steel ring out a little bit and ...

BlackBart, it's a Autoline Pro. I didn't buy the accessories, so far I've been able to use it without them. But, I think I would like to get the gas cap adapter so I can check for leaks there. https://www.autolinepro.com/ I've never used a smoke machine before, was too afraid to spray chemicals or u...

I also had some trouble with this. Even when trying to remove the fan only, separate from its shroud, the turbo pipe was too much in the way. But I found that with the fan detached from the shroud, the shroud could easily be lifted out of the car leaving plenty of space to remove the fan afterwards ...