2011 Volvo S80 3.2l 153k mi This morning on my way into work (11mi trip), at mile 4 I suddenly I felt the motor begin to stumble, lose power and there was a pronounced vibration at acceleration. My first thought was that I dropped a cylinder (bad coil or plug) or bad gas (but I was at 1/2 tank and h...

The resistance harnesses came in and I was able to install them in less than 15min. Using these harnesses in conjunction with the led bulbs, I no longer get the bulb failure indicator message. Additionally, I have added links to the bulbs and harnesses I purchased for this job for those who are inte...

On lots of vehicles running around with LED or HID bulbs replacing halogen there are resistors or a simple fix of bulbs spliced into the headlight bulb wires. In your case a two wire bulb socket, sold at auto parts stores, with a 15 watt bulb in each and wired to the head light wires. The left low ...

2011 Volvo S80 3.2L I had a standard H11 halogen bulb burn out the other day and instead of just replacing the bulb with another H11 halogen I bought some H11 LED bulbs. The new LED bulbs are 6000k and put off a very nice white light that provide much better night vision compared to the former halog...

I am currently planning to replace the rear brakes on my 2011 S80 3.2 that has an EPB. In order to try and make the job a bit easier, I have been researching diagnostic tools and am considering the purchase of an Autel EBS301 to release and reset the EPB. The literature and user manual for the tool ...

Would that valve sticking cause the car not to start? It was the only thing that I touched and the car started afterwards.

1998 S70 t5 So my car wouldn't start this morning and I ended up taking my truck to work. When I got home tried to diagnose the problem and the first thing I noticed was an actuator buzzing which appears to be part of the vacuum system. It is positioned directly in front the throttle cable wheel. Th...

Jimmy,

Thanks for the help. Do you know by chance know the bolt torque spec and is there a torqueing sequence?

Thanks again,
Tom G

Vehicle Info - 2011 S80 3.2l So the other night my wife jumped a curb which rips off the splash shield and busted up her oil pan. I have pulled the pan down and cleaned all the mating surfaces. Fortunately, from what I am able to conclude there appears to be no other damage besides the pan and shiel...

jimmy57 wrote:The actual hue of the red coloring in ATF holds an importance similar to marking EXACTLY within the lines on an optically read test score form.

Are you saying "Redder is Better"?