Apologies folks, hide =hose (slip of the thumb on the train)

OK I see what you mean. Indeed I think that's likely the midst common way of plumbing a catch can in on these engines. Yeah lots of folks who've found themselves one way or another with an engine where this hole is open and no fitting bolted up to it, seen to have just plugged it... Just seemed to m...

Is that to say you spliced a T piece into the thick rubber hose from the valve cover that goes down between the manifold / injectors and into the plastic trap? Is water supposed to be anywhere near there? I've more or less made up my mind to give this idea a go so might take some pics to post too. c...

Hi folks I wonder has anyone fitted an oil catch can to their 5 cylinder petrol engines with an input (to the catch can) pipe from that strangely 'open' hole in the head located on top of the valve cover between spark plugs 3 and 4? I've tried to search well beyond Matt's site for wisdom on whether ...

Hello folks I want able to find this info on any searches so just making a quick record. Surely no harm done if this is doubling or redoubling up. While the lovely people at Colorado drive shaft are a reliable source of awd drive shaft components, the uni joint in cars that have the removable type i...

Thanks rmmagow, however the terrifying thing is that I've just heard one Volvo dealer agree with you, suggesting the space saver should only be fitted to rear wheels, however a DIFFERENT dealer advised the complete opposite!!!!!!!!!!!! I suspect this topic would have been done to death a decade or s...

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Thanks Ozark Lee Indeed I'm certainly not looking to outsmart myself here, and as there wasn't exactly a flood of replies to this query / suggestion I'd kind of figured this was not going to be a fairytale story of bolt on performance improvement with no strings attached. I imagine that over the com...

That's terrific folks. Thanks VERY much indeed. Ah yes.... 'timing belts' it'll be from now on.

cheers!

Hi folks There's such a mish mash of info re which models have mechanical or hydraulic timing belt tensioners so I just grubbed in and pulled my cover to check what my wagon has..... and indeed I do have a hydraulic tensioner on my Australian delivered V70 AWD (build date of 7/97). Funnily enough my...