Okay, I have a think, I saw this a fewminutes ago, and yes, the result is you need a new 'clutch pulley' because of the reason the thing spun off.

Consider for a mo, the situation where the engine is running normally and the freewheel aspect is also fully functioning. When the need arises for the ...

Hi, thanks for write up, I took the top tube off my 2003 V70 for the xmission fluid (right hand side looking at the front of the car) and the plastic clip was broken already so had to pull on the pipe, while forcing a small screwdriver in the side, working the pipe out. Painful.

However, with 10mm ...

Hi, on Transmission oil change apparently 'causing' a fault:

I had a gearbox (auto xmission) rebuilt, and they let the office junior put too little fluid in it.

It drove fine, except at every junction, if I took off fast, there was a sudden loss of drive, then I would brake (to avoid an accident ...

Hi, do not know specifics of the car, but that helps me focus on basics:

1 - Fuel + Air

2 - Spark and compression (or compression only on diesels)

You got wet plugs so you have fuel. I am going to assume you have air where you live (!) and in any event we need not worry about turbo as it does not ...

Here's my contribution, I summarised the info from the poll of failure issues, and came up with this - forgive parochial stuff that pertains to spelling etc, I am from the UK:

V70 MkII TOP 5 FAILURES

In order:

1 UPPER ENGINE MOUNT - 42 votes, 5%

2 CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS - 39 votes, 5%

3 FRONT ...

Good idea, looking for the area to submit my own now...oughtta get Volvo to look it up? Maybe they do already.