I struggled to reassemble vac hoses after engine swap. One reason for my confusion was that donor engine came from '06 XC70, but mine is a 2008 S60. I even made an extra trip to the junkyard to take pictures of vac hose routing, but it was all in vain, because it turns out Volvo modified routing for...

Your engine bay looks immaculate! I have managed to get mine washed really well, but I haven't taken the time to shine out the aged black plastic covers. Good work! I am a big fan of raiding our local Pick-n-Pull junkyards for this kind of hardware because they don't charge for odd nuts and bolts. I...

Were there other codes in addition to cylinder misfires? I made the mistake of ignoring "IAT sensor circuit" code on my BMW when it started misfiring, thinking it was complaining about the sensor that tells me how hot it is outside. I got busy swapping coils around, then noticed a loose co...

I had to deal with oil on top of the valve cover when I swapped in an engine from a junkyard donor. I actually noticed the same oil pooling when the engine was still in the boneyard, but chalked it off to PO topping off without a funnel. I washed the engine off really good before dropping into Astri...