And when you consider that on a P80 the "alignment pin" is basically useless even when there *is* one, this is a great tip. With a large fleet and all of their tire rotations and snow tire changes, I remove and remount a lot of wheels. Feels like sometimes I have work too hard to align the...

If nothing else, the can sitting on your workbench is a conversation piece. June

Spray on Chrome Concentrate Solution
Colorpaint13 $19.00.

Aikka Nano Chrome Spray.

Jimmy - I think the cure for this is to get the car up to 4000 rpm for at least 10 minutes or so once a month? On edit - this is from The Queen of Volvos, June. We should listen to her for her longevity record includes the most Volvos rolled over..... I was instructed by my Volvo dealer service to r...

Thanks jimmy, Ill put a thread on this together for reference. Im sure you are right and AC OFF was for drive cycle reasons. Since you quoted me on this subject I thought I would add I have always run my S80 at 5000 rpm for five minutes a couple times a year. (Right after a oil change always) At 19...

Mom shut down a group of whiners about how choices were limited at the supermarket today.

In her best Queens english....

“Just like in 1941, except each night bombers came and dropped bombs on us and we put the incendiaries out with sand, like we were taught in school”

Pins were dropped.

You need to patch that so that if you get an exhaust leak, it doesn’t end up in the car.

To follow up on this: Volvo USA was able to get me the code. Although the tool on the website did not work and gave an error, probably due to the VIN being from a Euro car, after I contacted customer care with the above images they got back to me with the code in under 6 hours on a Sunday. Amazing! ...

Xcel off 890/Broadway in Schenectady

$100

100 meters from Hunts Machine shop, doing my cylinder head!

All the local dealers charging $300 for rebuilds use these guys, but won’t tell you that.

Several grams of precious metals are used to make those suckers. Just be glad you don't have a bad def sensor, then you're derated and screwed until you get to the shop. The 5mph speed limit is a bit of a pain in the butt. Keeps me busy at work. Especially in the winter when this stuff really cause...