Thanks and holy smokes. After reading these my enthusiam has been dampened a bit. If I end up tackling may need some of the details offered or will try and find the book as you suggest. My intention is to document and photograph and post to the site - more to follow.

Thanks for replying. Unfortunately the salvage yard does not install parts so either I buck up and have the dealer do it, or attempt myself. As much as I would rather have the dealer handle, $2500 not in the budget. With that said, any special tools or starting points would be extremely helpful:)

I purchased a 2002 volvo t6 about 9 months ago and for 6 months loved the car. Over last three months, it has leaked oil, blown sporadic smoke and squealed when I turned left. Took it in to the dealer and was told need to replace oil trap ($1000), front turbo ($2500) and some misc other things ($200...