Now that is an interesting hypothesis, Ozark Lee! I don't remember everything from the phone conversation with the mechanic, but I do remember him saying the compression was normal (150?) in all but one cylinder, and that one was "down around 80." Those numbers could be completely made up ...

Thanks for the advice, guys! This site has given me hope where its been sorely lacking. The car was low on oil when I checked it, so the dipstick looked kind of like oil with a chunky residue on top i.e. the middle of the indicator. Thanks for the idea about disconnecting the injector, I wish I'd do...

I have a rather stark dilemma and as a brand-new Volvo owner/disillusioned shade-tree mechanic I am at an impasse. A bit of backstory: I had lusted after Volvo station wagons since I was a child. No one in my family or anyone I knew shared my fascination. When I could finally afford to buy my own (u...

I'm new to the Volvo community, but from my own experience and the recommendations of other Volvo owners I have used DC Auto on the Northshore with some measure of success. I don't know that this shop only services Volvos, but that seems to be the majority of the business (if the number of Volvos ou...