Is it just me, or do you hate this " What did you do to your P2 Volvo today" thread as a sticky? Don't get me wrong I love the forum but now 90% of the forum postings go into this thread so it becomes a random mish-mash of topics rather than having a thread for each topic. This to me dimin...

Just to close this out. I ended up flushing multiple times (maybe 6) with distilled water, letting teh water cycle thru the engine with thermostat open each time. Then on the final flush let as much distilled water drain as possible from the radiator petcock (about 4.5L) and added 148 fl oz (1.16 ga...

I did this job a couple of weeks ago also because the water pump was leaking (despite belt, pulleys etc being pretty new). It seemed like it was the gasket. The discussion thread is here: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=99749 I didn't take the crank pully off (I couldn't get...

Since its a 2001 I assume its a tensioner than needs to be turned anticlclockwise to tigthen (not sure if T5 is different)? As you tighten the tensioner with the 6mm you need to go past the desired setting position (based on the 'needle') and come back. If you overshoot the desired position (needle ...

I've had the same problem for a while. AM and other inputs work (e.g. homemade aux in hack thru the 10 cd changer input). Only FM has the problem. I tried changing the antenae amp with no change. I did discover that if I pressed hard on the face of the headunit that FM worked spasmodically while pre...

Just wanted to close this thread out. I successfully changed the timing belt, water pump, idler and tensioner with the help of the suggestions and information from this forum. I did it with my son so it was also a good bonding/learning experience for him. I did use the rear cam lock tool as suggeste...