My question is that is my IAC valve cleanable? If not, where can I buy one? Dealership says Volvo don't make them anymore and I searched around a bit and couldn't really find one either. Thanks a great bunch! Quicken It's the same I have problems with on my car. I haven't yet fixed mine, but my tru...

The odometer is easy to fix and you'll put in four (or six) new bulbs at the same time. It shouldn't be too expensive, most likely a lot less expensive than getting another cluster. If the 850 has ODBII (from the late 95 models), you could get it to work with a '97 or '98 S/V70 cluster. Found an arc...

The '96 and on instrument clusters are different animals. The speed sensor signal is completely different since it was a sine wave signal that comes off of the transaxle on the early models, the later versions had a digital speed signal that comes off of the ABS module. If I ever get a chance I may...

Now I chuckle at people flooring their cars when the lights go green only to get stuck at the next light that hasn't yet had the time to turn green. When I was younger, I was one of them.

The C70 looks great, June, really nice find.

Sounds to me like a bad thermostat for issue #1. A quick temporary fix could be to use a piece of cardboard and cover up half of your radiator until you can change the thermostat. Not sure about issue 2 though.

You can't clean it out, but should treat the symptoms just like you did. Actually, you can. The dipstick tube is removable and can be flushed :wink: Whether it's needed or not, that's a different matter. I've cut a length of pipe foam insulation and wrapped it around the dipstick tube. It seems to ...