Looking for recommendations for long life lower control arms for 95 850 sedan. The last two sets of aftermarket lower control arms which I installed each lasted about 30000 miles. The pair of arms prior to that lasted 120000 miles, but I don't know what was installed as my father used to own the car...

The hose clamp was the generic hose clamp that Advance Auto sells. I used to have two clamps on there but when I had the rear main sela done about 20k miles ago my mechanic only put one back on.

Today my son was driving and the 850 non turbo overheated again. Had it towed home and the lower radiator hose was blown off from the radiator with the clamp nowhere in sight. No damage to the radiator nor the hose. This is the second time this has happened in 8000 miles. The car has 279k miles on i...

I will post an update once I have new tires next month.

Tires are nearing the end of life, are worn evenly and they are MIchelins. They will be replaced by the end of next month. As far as bearings go, I don't hear any low speed noise. I recently had a bad bearing on my 850 and that started making noises at low speeds then higher speeds. If necessary, I ...

I recently used my wife's 2006 S60 2.5 T with 54K miles on the same stretch of highway that I commute on 5 days a week with my 1995 Volvo 850 with 266K miles and was shocked at how much more road noise there is in the S60 at highway speeds compared to the 850. I thought one of the windows was open a...

Before tearing your pvc system apart because you have oil under the spark plug cover, replace the oil filler cap. DON'T do that if the PCV system isn't venting like it should. If you have smoke from the oil dipstick, DO NOT replace the oil seal cap. You'll start venting out/blowing out your engine ...

The current wheel bearings only have about 40k almost all highway miles on them ,where properly installed and torqued according to specs in the manual. I suspect wheel bearings also but I am floored that the after market ones would fail so fast. I can get better life out of wheel bearings on a boat ...

Before tearing your pvc system apart because you have oil under the spark plug cover, replace the oil filler cap. I found the gasket dried out and hardens like a rock forming a poor seal. The oil in the valve cover gets sucked out and pushed under the spark plug cover while driving. Since replacing ...

I have a 95 850 NA with 258k miles with lots of whining and rubbing type of speed dependent noises developing lately. I am curious to know what your experience is with life of the front and rear wheel hubs, drive axles and front lower control arms. This car has beeen in the family since new but I ha...