We may have had the same mechanic.. For a moment I thought that was a picture of our engine! My quick fix till I got the pcv system squared was to spray the exhaust side of the cam cover with permatex copper. I did three coats on a taped off cam cover to lower head seam. Not the prettiest fix mind ...

Ok so here we go, I sent the car to it's home. As I had some other things to do til the weekend. So tomorrow I am going to hit all the cars for a bit of maintenance. Including a compression test.I agree with the leak down, just bought the otc compression tester as the old tester I had only had one ...

Ok buttoned it all up today, 4 out of 5 caps on the fuel injectors were cracked badly, one missing entirely. One pin on a fuel injector I cracked off.. Oh well 26$ a piece for remanufactured with all seals and caps.
While I was removing the hoses. The trap to ptc I heard a snap. I could figure out ...

Thanks for the quick reply, I'll have to run out and pick up a metric compression tester tonight. I'll post tomorrow what I find.
Bob

Hello all,
Well I used a short term fix to keep the leak from the cam cover sealed, it worked well. In fact so well the car is now spitting oil from the oil filler. Tried a new gasket but that did not work.
Ordered a full PCV set up (hoses trap etc..), I found the job pretty easy so far, which was ...

Okie doke thanks. I am going to order the $179 kit Cam clamp and rods to squeeze the head back on off of eBay. When you say don't lift the cam cover with the cams attached from the rear do you mean I should lift it from the front rotating the whole cover and cams towards the rear (firewall) ? I ...

Hello all,
Tho I am a 700-900 guy and have been through those cars entirely, my future son in law (22) wanted a volvo. Picked up a nice 1996 Volvo 850R. It is leaking from the firewall side of the cam cover. I had planned on doing the full preventive maintenance thing so was going to change the t ...

Hello, up for sale is every big or little piece on the car that has been in the family for 11 years. Has a rust issue that sent water through the passenger side floor board which wreaked havoc with the electrical "computer/ground". Space and Time is money and the powers that be want the car gone and ...

Hmm what time Sunday Jan 16th did the special end ?
I was just about to order somethings and the discount didn't come up.
oops.. nevermind wasn't past the $50 point at that time.. sorry
But Thanks!!

Bob

Update

I can honestly say for the first time in a long time I feel beaten. Went out of the norm and replaced the O2 sensor, changed oil, plugs and f.i. temperature sensor. The only things I haven't changed are the injectors and coil. Pulled the brand new plugs after 15min and they were black. with ...