Hi everyone. I don’t do detailing very often, but I do a deep clean to my cars once in a while. Only recently bought a DA machine and some products which I hope to use soon. Now that most mechanical work is done on the S80, it‘s time to do the cosmetic side of things. A couple of weeks ago cleaned t...

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This is my latest video about the 720k miles Volvo S80 project - it’s update and decision time…
700k miles Volvo S80 - update and decision time…

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The 720k mile Volvo 2.5D has quit the smoke addiction on cold mornings. No more white smoke on cold mornings!
Here’s what I’ve done:

Diesel white smoke? Glow plugs could be the culprit!

This weekend I replaced front, rear and right engine mounts on my 720k mile S80 MK1 2.5 TDI.
The rear one was a nightmare to reach the bolt, but got there in the end.

Video is now live:
700k+ miles Volvo S80 Ep. 4 - Engine mounts replacement

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Here’s how I did a quick fix on a split hose on my 700k+ miles Volvo S80 2.5TDi

700k+ miles Volvo S80 split heater hose quick fix

New video! The 700k+ miles Volvo S80 gets a “new” steering wheel, but first it needs a good clean!

Hello everyone,

Here is the second video of this high mileage S80 that I’ve bought a few weeks ago.
This time, I look under the bonnet and go through the jobs done and what else needs to be sorted:

BlackBart wrote: ↑23 Jan 2022, 17:03

Gentil79 wrote: ↑22 Jan 2022, 13:05 I just bought this one with 718k miles.

Wow, that's hard to believe, the way it looks. Were they driving all day every day?

There will be a video with a brief story, but it was used as a taxi most of its life.

I just bought this one with 718k miles. 36DCFD78-7E30-4B9E-BC77-D0A84BD27874.png 5396574A-6A8E-480B-93E3-997354607A86.jpeg Are the regulations much higher as the cars seems to be much better maintained and cheaper? Perhaps it's the consumerism in the U.S. * Not sure. We do have MOT (Ministry of Tra...

I just bought this one with 718k miles.