I did my '03 XC about two years ago after listening to it squeal for about 5 years, still silent today! These motors are too expensive to not do this.

Valve train, they all sound like this.

Yeah, work trip. We get to spend 8 days in this beautiful country! Driving a rental Skoda.

Here’s a nice P3 XC 70 in an attractive colour, note the D4 badge on the tailgate!

Everyone here speaks really good English although the primary language is Croatian which seems to be a Slavic/ Baltic dialect. Only the older people don’t always speak English fluently.

Check the shifter lock cable on the left side of the console, you'll need to take the drivers side trim off the console side. there's a yellow connector block on the end of the cable that attaches it to the shifter that may be broken. Excluding that, the column lock may have something broken where t...

BlackBart wrote: ↑23 Sep 2024, 14:35

I went to install a gas cap tether and found this issue - I think they maybe sent me the wrong one......

Volvo tank2.jpg
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The stock gas cap and tether should look like this for reference:

It looks like the correct one to me. The aftermarket ones will often not have the same exterior shape casing as the GKN originals. Check length when you have your old one out.

Feel free to use my picture MoVolvos, cmayo1, we’re going to need a picture of both the block and the oil pan, this doesn’t make any sense unless there’s a chunk of iron broken off or something as BlackBart suggested.

I see what you mean now, mine has the same thing. I don't know what that "flange" is for on the block but it is obviously not used. Probably there to provide casting commonality between engines. In any event, it is not a bolthole and doesn't affect sealing of the pan. It might just be a co...