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- 06 Feb 2013, 09:13
- Forum: Car Talk & MVS Itself
- Topic: really love the Volvo's....BUT
- Replies: 7
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Re: really love the Volvo's....BUTT.
When you did the pcv system did you thoroughly clean out that lowest hole in the block(i believe the "oil sump") where the oil trap attaches to? My car was blowing oil out the dipstick tube as well, and the only seriously clogged passage or tube i found was the one i just described. Yes, ...
- 04 Feb 2013, 12:51
- Forum: Car Talk & MVS Itself
- Topic: really love the Volvo's....BUT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1402
Re: really love the Volvo's....BUTT.
For those of you that want to know the out come, it was the 5/8 hose mod so I ran it up through the intake manifold like the top hose and over to the PTC NO more smoking dipstick and no more oil blowing out!
- 04 Feb 2013, 09:06
- Forum: Car Talk & MVS Itself
- Topic: really love the Volvo's....BUT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1402
Re: really love the Volvo's....BUTT.
So I was impatient on a reply and took the day off from work and tore the intake back off.. 30 minutes top this time (3rd time doing it) and found the 5/8 hose mod on the PCV is kinked as it comes out of the oil trap. thinking I may have found my pressure issue
- 03 Feb 2013, 12:02
- Forum: 850, S70, V70, C70, V70-XC 1992-2000
- Topic: Broken vacuum tree but can I run seafoam anyway?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 571
Re: Broken vacuum tree but can I run seafoam anyway?
First for you I do not know about the seafoam but if I had this problem which I did I would run to the hardware store and buy a small screw in brass barb fitting and use a shop vac or a house vac and drill that hole bigger to fit your new barb fitting in, put some sealant around the barb fitting and...
- 03 Feb 2013, 11:49
- Forum: 850, S70, V70, C70, V70-XC 1992-2000
- Topic: Can an OBDII ruin your ECU?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 701
Re: Can an OBDII ruin your ECU?
just a side note..A battery may have 12 + volts but it takes amps to start it...
- 03 Feb 2013, 11:46
- Forum: 850, S70, V70, C70, V70-XC 1992-2000
- Topic: Replacing radiator '99XC
- Replies: 1
- Views: 344
Re: Replacing radiator '99XC
getting a used one you maybe asking for more problems then you would like. you can drain the fluid down past the crack and use JB weld to Temp fix it, but I would order a new one from FCP as they come with new O rings for the oil cooler lines and trans lines which is a BIG recommendation to change. ...
- 03 Feb 2013, 11:32
- Forum: 850, S70, V70, C70, V70-XC 1992-2000
- Topic: Can an OBDII ruin your ECU?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 701
Re: Can an OBDII ruin your ECU?
I had this happen to me the other day it has been cold here, really cold here and I went to work and came out from work and the car would not start, humm got it jump started and brought it home only to find it not start the next morning so I charged it and then load tested it and found the battery w...
- 03 Feb 2013, 05:56
- Forum: Car Talk & MVS Itself
- Topic: really love the Volvo's....BUT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1402
really love the Volvo's....BUT
hey all, first I would like to thank each and everyone one of you who make this site so wonderful. THANK YOU! back in Nov 11 I bought a 95 850 GLT and drove the crap out of it without many problems at all then in Dec of 12 things started going bad, nothing that can not be fixed, its just all the fro...
- 14 Jan 2013, 07:33
- Forum: Volvo Car Audio
- Topic: Add an Ipod Input to tape player of SC-815/816
- Replies: 46
- Views: 41202
Re: Add an Ipod Input to tape player of SC-815/816
i am no expert here, but looking at the write up and pictures and then looking at yours you are missing a ground which maybe some if not all your problems
- 04 Dec 2011, 07:03
- Forum: Car Talk & MVS Itself
- Topic: New to the forum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 586
New to the forum
Like to start off by saying that this site rocks ! Thank you Mathew and all the others that bring this forum the information it has stored! Great Job! I started searching for a "new"/"different" vehicle in Wisconsin for the long commute to work (150 miles round trip) i was determ...






