It can also be any of the intercooler hoses that have separated/gapped or ripped, specialy if the throtle body rubber hose came off will cause smoke.

I am not sure if the car smoking after being idle for a while is that bad. All three of my volvo turbo 850 did the same after idling for a while and disapated after driving for a min. I think its just xs oil in the turbo lube lines being burned off. if car drives fine just let it be and add oil as n...

I caused some kind of tranny issue last year by forward/reversing too many times in the snow. The car drove fine after that for ten mins and then gear just disingaged. I turned the car off for a while. Started it and drove fine for another ten mins? (RPM/Speed sensor, PNP Switch, S1,S2 Solenoid or c...

Hey thanks for the reply Master Ozark Lee. Would you repair/replace the head/head gasket or would it be better to drop a new engine in, for I am just concerned that other parts could have been damaged due to the overheating? When replacing head gasket does the shop usualy remill the head. Thank you ...

Hi Volvo brothers I had a issue with battery losing contact with main power wire due to corrosion, which causes car to stall for a sec and gag. A stall happened while i had did a kickdown (turboboost) which might have caused one heater core hose coming out the firewall to burst. I did not notice tha...

My wagon 850 T5 wagon gets those little dilky droplets on the dip stick (does it every winter). I drive a while and it disapears, 3 years i still turbo boost and drive, If the car sits and idles for a while and then drive i get that white smoke out the exhaust then it disappears?

Hi to all volvo owners I have a volvo 850 turbo wagon (with pegasus rims and 2004 S60 T5 seats) i like my car. I was stuck in the snow in OC NY. I had tried to get out the driveway. After forward reversing multiple times (while tracs option was on and off) i gave up and looked for a truck to pull m...