The placement of that banjo bolt is beyond stupid, it's just plain evil.

Generally with these types of codes I like to take a shotgun approach and replace a lot of items as you'll likely just be replacing pumps, valves, and tubing again after replacing what was broken. The items that usually create these codes are as follows: 1) Faulty air pump due to water intrusion thr...

What are the hydraulic and air tube? Where did you obtain your replacement SAS valve?

Happy new year everyone, I have an issue with my Volvo where upon accelerating there is a fairly loud grinding/vibrating noise that appears to be coming from the front passenger side of the engine area. The car is also chattery (small klunking noises) when going over even very small bumps. I was so ...

There is a video by Robert DIY on how to do this

Hi, It does sound like your symptoms could be that of a timing jump. I would check to see if your timing is on by manually cranking over the engine. To do this you would need to remove the plastic covers over the timing belt, and then remove the passenger side wheel. You can then take a 30mm socket ...

Hello, Yes, I had this problem. The mirror is about to come off the actual assembly. The glue isn't holding it well anymore. My advice would be to try to carefully pry it off the assembly and then re-glue it. The reason it only happens at higher speeds is because the wind is moving it around. -Eric

Hello, I have recently done the task of removing the angle gear to replace leaking transmission seals on a 2007 Volvo V50, AWD, M66 and wanted to share the procedure and some solutions to hangups I experienced. To the best of my knowledge, there is no step by step procedure for this process on P1 ca...

Hi J-dawg. Glad you did this. As these vehicles get older, the likelihood of needing to pull the intake manifold for maintenance increases. Some people may be able to replace that banjo bolt without issues; good for them. But I see three benefits of doing a bypass: 1) Go from 4 connections to 2, de...

Let me see what I can do for you this afternoon.