Thanks a lot! Yeah, I can see the old bushings being torn and cracked, I guess it'll make a huge difference to replace them. Will be doing the tie rod ends too, and I'm thinking about some new shocks. Suspect the old ones are the original ones after 190k miles. The car drives ok, but feels a little ...

I'm not sure if it was offered here in Europe at all, but if it was, it was the B5244S-engine with 170 hp, that's the new NA engine from 2000 onwards with ETM etc., not the old wire-throttled engines.

I need to replace the subframe bushings on my '99 V70. I don't have access to the special Volvo tool to pull out and drive in the new bushings, but I do have access to a nice place to work with a lift, most "regular" tools etc. Do I have to drop the whole thing to replace the bushings, or ...

Car is a '99 V70 with 4-speed automatic. When I got my car, the transmission fluid was dark red. I flushed it according to the factory manual and everything was fine. Today I was cleaning the engine bay and decided to take a look at the transmission dipstick too. Wiped off onto a white paper, the fl...

We've had some pretty low temperatures here the last days (about -25 to -30 degrees Celsius), and yesterday while driving, I noticed something happening. The car surged and missed, and then became normal again. After opening the hood, I could see the dipstick being blown out and some oil spill in th...

I have a small, but irritating problem with my '99 V70. The left side hood latch will not "pop up" the hood when I pull the handle inside the car - I need two persons to open the hood, one to lift the hood while the other one pulls the handle. Any known reasons or easy fixes? Everything lo...