Also, avoid chasing your tail here - the only description of the oil leak comes from post 1 where the shop "said the front of the engine was covered in oil and that my cam seals were to blame." That statement has been thoroughly debunked so step 1 is something like "where is the leak ...

I'm not sure the controversy over what constitutes a "full synthetic" motor oil matters. Seems like a semantic distinction. The "group 3" synthetics are synthesized from crude oil; that the base from which they're made happens to be what comprises conventional oil seems pretty ir...

I think this could be publishable, to find something which will grow in that environment.

It looks like the hose attached to the device in the second photo is near to failure. The hose diameter change at the end of the hose nipple is showing failure cracks. It would be good to replace now before it fails. Soap Box Rant Alert! Everyone attempting to service a modern vehicle should periodi...

Ive dunked my Nissan 4HP four times into salt water - once had to retrieve it in 10 feet by diving, attaching and winching it up.

It still runs great.

Not too many have done the cable type regulators. The first generation C70 is the only one that has the cable type. The one you have is correct.

You want the rubber motor mounts. The motor has enough torque to bend the sheet metal.

Most likely the cable dragging across the pinned guide wheel stripped the plastic spindle

There's a lot of very rigid opinions going on here, without much sources in sight. Seafoam might be kind of aggressive, as rspi says, but it shouldn't really be aggressive against anything but carbon, especially when it comes to things already inside an engine, already made to deal with oil, gas, he...

850 does not have a ETM like my car and OP's car. If the Old TB cars like the 850 are completely different. The ETM is expensive to replace, so why risk damming a working one with Seafoam? The ETM has a cleaning procedure specified by Volvo that will safely clean it and it does not include Seafoam....