Thanks for the input. It was the fuel pump & I found one at PullaPart. It helps a lot to get one there because you can see how to remove it properly, or learn how not to remove it. It definitely is harder to get to, in a wagon, than it is to remove/install the pump. From what I read, most people...

Hi, I can't find a used fuel pump for this car, nor a rebuild kit locally, so I wondered if there was a way to breathe a little more life into the one on here. To get us through the weekend. I saw the video with the hammer approach but I doubt that will help. I am 85% sure that it's my pump. I notic...

I am getting a P0171 code for the first time on my '97 855 GLT after having the tranny replaced. I have checked all obvious elbows/hoses and it has had the SAS delete and new PCV system replaced and never this code so other than getting it smoked, what should I check/replace?

Thanks Lee for your exhaustive and most definitive account of Volvo's weakest link. I have made multiple trips to PullaPart in hopes of finding a dash but they are ALWAYS the wrong color but after looking at your post I am thinking I may get the next dash that I can find with healthy mounts and just...

After over a month of tranny trouble, I just got it back from a shop that installed the 2nd of 2 used transmissions from LKQ. (Labor $600/part with warranty $485 )Let me stress if you take this route, BUY THE WARRANTY! I did & needed every penny before the car was ever repaired because the first...

Thanks but I have personally fixed or replaced every thing on this 850. The transmission would have been sooner or later. Next is timing belt/water pump. I am always on the lookout for a good deal on a Toyota for her, but until then we are all in on this 850. It's part of the family. I just want to ...

I will spare you the details of trying to get someone to repair this car. But it's been 2 weeks now and there it sets in a transmission shop with a $2600 quote for a rebuild and I told them that I prefer buying a used trans from LKQ for $325 and them install it for $600-$800 labor but all the shops ...

Oh, & one more important note to me is that there has never been the slightest bit of transmission noise, chug, code, or otherwise until this started within the first week after I did the PCV replacement & replaced the turbo oil return. It seems to me that should be a red flag, but probably ...

And Erikv11, you have picked on me before so it's expected. But the only change I would make is the switch was VOLVO and the guy who put it on didn't know that it was supposed to be aligned & he only drove it out of the garage and into the driveway. I had someone help me align it last night with...

Thanks for the help. At this point, I am no longer looking for the cheapest way out. I can't repair this myself and I am at the mercy of whatever shop I decide on. Do I go with a tranny shop with no Volvo experience or an import shop? I want to just replace it instead of another shop wasting my time...