Blacklab467,
Thanks for the detailed pictorial. I know how much effort it takes to produce this type post.
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Remember when most oil pans were stamped sheet metal and had about a dozen bolts? And almost always leaked?

that bolt got slightly adrift and friction tightened against the flywheel.
I've seen before.

Weird part. When you look that part up (Part # 30713395) it says it has been superseded by part # 31439471 However, when you look that up and check what it fits it does not list P1 XC70's but it fits all turbo FWD P2's?? Maybe worth talking to Volvo about getting clarity on this?? https://www.volvoc...

I'm replacing these turbo cooling hoses so I have recently looked them up. I came up with 9471700 hose 9 31439471 house 10 (upper position in diagram above - lower is not used in most cars) In the US both are available from many suppliers; you'll probably have no trouble armed with the part numbers....

Dog gate that’s a grate pickup! On the S60R: lifted the cowl, thoroughly cleaned up under there, removed the heater blower intake snorkel and washed it clean with warm soapy water, including completely cleaned the weatherstrip on the bottom. Overall removed a lot of accumulated grime and buildup. In...

That saggy center support will be your issue on the old shaft. Great score on that shaft!

Neil.

Does anyone have a comprehensive list or sizes for various Oetiker clamps used on P2's? Im looking for specifically: Power Steering return line and reservoir to pump Radiator overflow hose to tank Intake manifold centre nipple (centre of manifold) Turbo cooling hose Radiator hoses I'm assuming that...

You have to measure oetiker for the hose at the widest part of the attach point , the flared part.

If you just measure the OD of the resting hose it will be too tight to get on the installed hose

Spoilers do more to tastefully transform the look of P80 and P2 wagons than anything else.

Blacklab467 wrote: ↑15 Oct 2023, 18:58 Found a nice spoiler in black and installed it today. I've been looking for one of these for a while and they were discontinued recently from Volvo.
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I wrote a detail DIY removing the bottom plate in forum.