I found out, going back through photos, there was previously an expansion plug in this threaded port.

After rebuilding the top end I drove the car several hundred miles before storing it for over a year to R&R the dash. I just drained the water because the heater hoses were disconnected to also replace the heater core. Specifically I’m wondering if there was residual water in the turbo that froze ...

Brought the car out if winter storage, filled with distilled water (to check for leaks) and found water coming from the 2nd water inlet! Is my turbo physically broken? I don’t remember there being a plug here before.
Photo Kinugawa Turbo

Sounds like an ETM problem. They don’t always throw codes when they start to fail.

abscate wrote: 21 Dec 2024, 17:45

Twarr12000 wrote: 18 Oct 2024, 01:49 1998 S70 NA up for auction by Austin PD.
Might be a good parts car for someone nearby.

https://www.txauction.com/auctions/3034 ... 8785-lot-2

SOLD! $412.50

What a junk heap!

It’s a little rough.

1998 S70 NA up for auction by Austin PD.
Might be a good parts car for someone nearby.

https://www.txauction.com/auctions/3034 ... 8785-lot-2

SOLD! $412.50

I have a few hundred miles on the 99 S70 GLT auction car

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=104303&start=10

After doing a complete valve job and replacing the ETM several times the car runs great.

Now, the oil pressure idiot light flickers at random. Since it is completely ...

Some of them will. My experience has been hit/miss. The 2014 so-called offline version of VIDA doesn’t check to see if the DICE unit is genuine.

You can download VDASH from D5T5 free -

https://d5t5.com/

They also sell cables that work with VDASH. But be aware - it’s a “pay as you go” model

You can buy or download VIDA 2014D (the older ‘offline’ version from various places.

The official VIDA is free to download from Volvo but it has ...

The sequence of events isn’t really clear. If the belt is still on, and you moved the crank clockwise, the VVT hub will not be in the correct place. Turn the crank and line up again using the “90 degrees past then back to the marks” procedure”.

Do you have access to a crankshaft hooding tool?