When I bought my S40 several years ago the fan for the climate control was not working so I replaced the fan resistor module (under the glove box) with one from a salvage car and everything began working again. Fast forward to today and now the fan speed and possibly the temperature side of the clim...

Okay that sounds logical. I had to do this same operation on my S70 and V70 and it was not that difficult. For some reason on the S40 it just does not compress that circlip. I'll try again this weekend with your method. Appreciate the advice.

After replacing the transmission on my car I'm having a problem reinstalling the driver side axle shaft back into the transmission on my 2003 S40. I know it takes some force to compress the circlip but for some reason I'm not able to press the shaft back into the transmission. Wondering if anyone ha...

I finally bought the fuel injector pressure gauge tester from Harbor Freight and hooked it up to the fuel rail in the wagon. Turning the key and attempting to start the car sends the pressure gauge to about 15psi so I hooked it to my S70 and the pressure hit about 50psi while the car was cranking. I...

Update on my findings. Well it finally is warm again so I can work on the Volvo again. Car has been sitting since October in my garage (extra vehicle). Yesterday I swapped all the ignition coils from my S70, replaced the camshaft positioner sensor with one from a junk yard car (might use the S70 to ...

I just did this recently myself. I used a dremel to cut a notch in the head of those bolts. I then used a ratchet and a slotted screw driver head to turn the bolt. This worked well on the right side but not so well on the left. I had to use the dremel and cut the bolt off on the left side. Took mayb...

Finally purchased the Autel EU702 scanner with SRS feature. I also have used SRS sensor for the B-piller if that is what is really bad. I'll check on this car once I put the battery back in her. Right now I can't get the car started for some reason (bad fuel pump?).

No CEL and it has been broken for about a week now. It is really blowing some air out of that hose. It sounds like a bad clarinet. I got the elbow at the dealer today along with my new ignition lock ($353 - ouch). I'm going to see if the other end of that hose (flame trap) from the intake manifold i...

My '99 S70 had the strangest noise coming from the front of the engine that started last week. It sounded like an airplane getting ready to take off. Initially I thought it was a bad bearing on the alternator so I replaced the alternator with one from a salvage car ($20). Still had the noise so I re...

Is it okay to replace the fuel pump by just replacing the pump motor? It's much cheaper than the whole pump. Bosch part number 69693 (costs ~ $87.00).