Hi all!! I was so fed up with the rattle from the tailgate trim, and this is my solution, works great!! This could be the PERMANENT solution! You need the following: 4 square nylon anchor nuts. I used Hillman .304 x .440. (image1) 4 stainless #8 screws, should be longer than 1 1/2. 3 stainless tee-n...

Hi, My 97 T-5 started doing the same thing just this morning. I believe that there was a recall on the gas leak issue, but I don't even know if Volvo would fix it under recall at the point, it's been 12 years already. I have my mechanic look at it at the end of the month, will post you the result. I...

Hi, Thanks for the replies. This is how it turned out so far...not very good by the way. I replaced the seal on the turbo return line, and cleaned everything so I could see where oil is coming from. I guess I have blown the main seal. And now I'm wondering if I screwed up something when I replaced t...

Hi all, I seem to lack a brain power to comprehend this thing that's been bugging me, and thought good people out there on this forum may be able to help me. I have oil leak on 97 850 T5. I can't locate where it's coming from, but it seems to be on the bottom of the engine, close to the trans. So it...

Hey there!! I had the exact same problem with my 97 850T5 (146K). I floor it to pass cars, and as soon as you let go of the go-go pedal, puff!! huge smoke comes off of the exhaust. Was kind of fun to scare the drivers behind me, but I was pretty concerned nonetheless. I was told it's either the Turb...

Hello, I had something similar to your symptom with my old 240. One way to find out if it's ignition related, I carefully sprayed a small amount of water on to the various points of spark plug/ignition wires to see if it makes any difference. I got zapped twice in the process. I don't even know if i...

Hello again, I just wanted to post the update since the PCV replacement. Today was the first nice day on which I could actually see whether the oil smoke comes out of the exhaust. I drove pretty aggressively to test the symptom, but there was no sign of "puff" at all. So I'm assuming that ...

Hi all, I finally got to have a closer look at the problem yesterday. I don't know the symptom I have on my 850 T5 is common at all since I haven't found related topic on the forum. But what I found was a lot of oil in the intercooler hoses, everywhere, and it was leaking oil from the lower driver's...

Hello all, Due to the circumstances, I'm forced to sell my 240. It is listed on ebay, and the following is the description. Please let me know if anybody is interested in it. I'm asking for $500. I'd rather see her go to someone who can put to a good use. This car is NOT currently drivable due to th...

thanks for the input. well, i actually did disconnect/reconnect the battery terminal just the way you described it, and the airbag wiring is put back in right, so i don't know what it is about. anyhow, i haven't quite yet decided about what to do, i have no access to the old IBM, and my local Volvo ...