Weird issue. Hard to condemn anything right away given "starts well", " runs and drive well with plenty of power"... Honorable Volvolugnut might be right with his idea of water pump being behind this issue. 2 possible ways how it might be acting up. 1- pump is worn and requires ...

Scrubbed up my son’s old E30 while on vacation. He bought a new electric car, so he doesn’t use it, covered in dust and pine needles. He doesn’t want to sell it to a stranger, and asked if I’d take it back. We built it up over several years together, swapped in a manual, and I sold it to him for a ...

Here's his phone #, BB viewtopic.php?p=610791#p610791

Thanks for that 'blast from the past' PDF above -- I had forgotten about that. Those new lines I installed back then are still working well with no leaks noted yet. I did buy a backing plate and gasket in case the hoses spring a leak again -- may use those instead of putting in new lines / rebuilt l...

Something I learned about MVS.. never threaten to scrap your vehicle and never threaten to leave the Volvo cult

MoVolvos wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025, 07:40 .
Have an 02 V70 XC with almost 88K miles that's a daily. If my memory serves me right abscate took a ride in it when we went to lunch last year during his business trip to the greater RTP area. If interested PM.
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I would leave that out of any sales pitch...

_Groucho Marx

Started with the base coat, finally. I just did the drop coat after these were taken. I've prepped a lot for this, high build primer, got blocked down, then I put another layer of epoxy as a sealer over that and I wet sanded it with P600 paper https://i.imgur.com/hiMVQe1h.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bhz...

I am now very wary buying any mission critical parts from Rock Auto on Wholesaler closeout. I have received both used and wrong parts and they didn't want to know. Living in Canada the cost of returning is often more than the part itself. The 'Famous Brand' name is a total lottery. You have no idea ...

Why do I suddenly feel like I need a new "cold refrigerator".

When I worked the tire store our bowling team was good. Not a lot of strikes, but lots of spares