CharlieD wrote:Thanks jimmy57. Think I will avoid it altogether.

Our 2.5T has been rock solid (knock on wood) and has plenty of power. When we were looking at XC90's I avoided the T6 like the plague. Do they have the diesel version in your neck of the woods?

Very nice clean install. Are you an A/V guy by trade or just a hobby?

The dealer said that XC90's eat tires and we are lucky to have gotten about 30k out of them. And yes the OEM tires are crapola :) I think these will be their replacement... Good work on the PCV fix. Thanks for detailing what you did. Shameless plug: when you buy tires, please use the " Tires f...

Thanks for the pics and info Shadow. Very enlightening. I love your XC90 FYI. We have had our xc90 and babied it with regular synthetic oil changes and I hope it looks like your 98 V70. How did you clean all the gunk out of the block holes? I didn't see any on my valve cover but there was a tiny bit...

Just wanted to update everyone: I got quotes from around the area for complete PCV service with hose replacement. Local indy Volvo places wanted about 800 dollars. I said F-that. I went to the Volvo dealership and spoke with a few of their mechanics. They recommended only replacing the broken hose (...

So I checked the PCV system and indeed there are little puffs of smoke coming out of where the oil dipstick lives. I did the "balloon" test which actually was negative-it did not fill. I think this means that our XC90 needs the PCV service. On another note I noticed that there was a low dr...

Just had the 90k mile service completed on our 2006 XC90 2.5T. Our volvo drives amazing and we love our car. The dealer did have a few suggestions: 1) PCV hose to cylinder head broken (330) 2) PCV vacuum port clogged (458) 3) Remove throttle body and clean (208.50) We maintain our XC really well sin...