My 01 XC70 started making a weird noise a few days ago while coasting. My first reaction was to look for the Suzuki motorcycle that had just got to 60mph in first and then coasted/ engine braked.* Realizing that there were no such vehicles around me, I realized that it was my car. The noise is only ...

It sounds like you replace part$ hopping that they will fix our problem. There is nothing wrong with replacing a faulty part with a operational part. The hard part is determining what part is faulty. Turbo leading to overheating, please explain.... Have you done a compression test? How about check t...

On the XC's the control arms are pretty easy to do. On the V's it seems (or at least a lot of people claim it to be so) that you have to use a lever to cajole the control arms into place. It seems that most European cars are sensitive to their suspensions. I do not know if that is because we are use...

Thanks for the how-to and welcome to the board. It always seems to be some variation on the timing. I do not know if this is indeed the case, or if it is just our perceived timing that messes things up. I have never heard the "beep" that others talk about. None the less, your method seems ...

Somewhere in the circuit you can not pass current. The 12V with no load followed by no voltage with a load is a typical high resistance problem. It could be the shunt, a broken wire, a poor ground etc. With the bulbs plugged in measure the voltage by placing the negative meter lead on a known ground...

Found at the top of the forum page:Here. Hope it helps

You could buy a socket that is close to the right size and use a die grinder to make your own. You may also get away with using a large adjustable wrench. The special tool is not necessary, but it would keep you from having to improvise.

I have never seen a timing belt fail on its own, I have however seen where the tensioner pulley shaft deflected in the metal plate that holds it (the shaft was pressed and then swagged into the plate, almost all are done this way and I do not like the design one bit, I little weld would make me a lo...

[sarcasm] Timing belt is considered a life time part, just like the transmission fluid. That is when the timing belt fails the engine has reached the end of its useful life, just like the transmission [/sacasm] BMW used to suggest every 60,000 or 2 yrs. On my XC70 every 105,000 is recommended, I int...

you have to put a jackstand while working on the car for safety. Please do not get under your car unless you have some thing other than the jack to prevent the car from crushing you. Even if you don't plan to be under the car, once you remove the wheel and go to removing parts your head will be und...