The general approach: When multiple brake calipers are fed from a common outpipe at the Master Cylinder, bleed them in order of longest fluid path to shortest. On modern Volvos, the Left wheels and Right wheels have their own dedicated circuits at the Master Cylinder -- this gives redundancy should ...

I'm writing this to have a proper maintenance log of my 99 S70 - NA m56 transmission. I've made plenty of panic threads where I've learned a lot from the community, and a couple where I've shared what I've done. It's also an exercise in sharing my own experience in sunk-cost bias, and naive obsessiv...

And the best bit is the XC90 has no pretentions. X5 drivers are trying too hard to impress, and Q7 drivers simply look like gits.

BMW X5….for those who can’t afford the X7

I know this is an old thread but it’s still being accessed, so I offer some additional info that has taken me 3 weeks to work out;  there are several different fuel control systems on P2 V70s, XC70s and XC90s dependant on year/month. the system often discussed has a PEM (or FCU) which controls fuel ...

Hello. I joined MVS in 2014, solved my problem, and then (apparently) never logged in again. So I joined in 2014, and seven years later here I am to make my first post. I have a no-start issue with my 1990 740 (B230F N.A.) and before this (heh, heh - YEARS ago) it was dying whenever I turned left fr...

GR-66462_20.png 1991 740 235,000 miles Weeks ago I set about to replace a dead water pump (Duralast). The only way to get it to fit was to remove the timing belt covers. I believe I put the timing belt on correctly as the car did run. I put the harmonic balancer (HB) back on and torqued it to ~ 100...

A while back someone wanted to know how to downshift to use engine baking feature. I'm driving a 2021 XC60 T6 service loaner and have taken it to Ft. Smith, AR. When descending a grade, lightly press the brake pedal for three seconds and the transmission will automatically downshift and use the engi...

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I just have my front riders clean it off…..posted to make June’s day start with sunshine….

abscate wrote: ↑10 Mar 2022, 02:19 If you add an LPG conversion, it’s Bi-Polar

If you add a lift kit, it's polar- rising