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I wanted to make that point because I think the case for the catch can is less obvious if you don't think the PCV system is unreliable. You could save $40 on parts, but you'd have to find a place to mount the catch can, empty it regularly, and subject yourself to the quality of your own engineering....

The PCV isn't too problematic if you change your oil regularly. If you can verify that [the passage between the baffle box and sump] and [the tube and nipple between the baffle box and intake] are both clear, a well-maintained car will not give you PCV issues. If it's been neglected, you may need to...

Pretty sure the C30/S40/V50 engines are not interchangeable with 850 engines. Swapping in the engine from a newer S60/V70 is pretty straightforward.

Snagged C70 headlights from a junkyard for $75. I'm surprised they were still there - the interior was gone and a few of the headlight mounting bolts had been loosened. So now I need the corner lights. More money. But this was an upgrade I'd had in mind for some time, so I'm happy to have found the ...

stuff Freakin cool, those uprights and the bracing look legit. You don't see a lot of home fabrication for these cars. Let us know how the bracing works out, might be something I'd like to try someday. I can't wait to put a new 19t in my car, it's been sitting on jack stands for the past week. This...

Badass. Big ups. I'll admit I didn't think this was gonna happen. Should have had faith.

The "EXTRA" was: - COP conversion - P2R Big brake conversion, front and rear. - Built a couple chassis stiffening braces (that are currently off for coating) Super interested in these! - How does the COP conversion work? Presumably you have to teach the ECU how to use the coils. - I love the look o...

Congrats! Feels good, doesn't it. As others have mentioned, oil in the intake piping is no big deal. It's coming through the PCV system. Some of the oil vapor condenses after getting sucked into the intake, upstream of the turbo. Most makes it to the cylinders and is burned off, as is the system's i...

The "Swedish Auto Parts" unit from eBay has a decent reputation. It's like $40. Supposedly addresses the weak end caps in the design. When my heater core popped under exactly the same circumstances - high revs, steam from the dashboard, bypassed it to get home - I used the Swedish Auto Parts unit fo...

I have attached a graph for the US average growth rate for the period of March 3 to August 22, 2020. After very high growth rates early in March, rates declined gradually to a low rate. Then, from late June, growth rates doubled by the middle of July. In recent weeks the US average growth rate has ...

#1 is closest to the timing belt.

Quaife diff. The most expensive bolt-on, and the hardest to install. But the best.

Everything in special relativity is tied together by all parties observing light traveling at precisely c, no matter the source and target. All the weird space travel effects you read about in sci-fi - such as the time dilation effect that plays such an important role in the Ender's Game books - fol...

i got your response here around same time i got same response from bmdubya, so both of yoal answered my question. Thank you. yes the 18t housing is nowhere to be found. what if i use the 19t housing with 18t chra? The housing has to match the compressor wheel. The CHRA is that cast iron middle bit,...

You can keep the turbine wheel and lil rusty middle nugget from the 16T. But you'll have to source a compressor wheel and cover for the 18T and those are not easy to find on their own. If you can find an 18T at all, it'll probably be a complete unit. By the time you buy a rebuild kit and get the thi...

I believe Hilton Tuning offers a tune-it-yourself package for the 99-00 cars.

Fuel out here only goes up to 91, could be part of it.

I did a bunch of Googling about this part but didn't find any real details, so here's some info on a thermostat I bought. I installed a Motorad "high-flow" 160F thermostat from Rock Auto in my car today and took it for a drive. Findings: - 80 mph down the interstate, engine temp settles around 180F ...

Looking closer at the eBay item I linked, that auction isn't actually called out as OEM, so i stand corrected on that. But I saw lots of similar listings that were. I looked up one of those videos and the author pointed out that the knockoffs usually have two grooves for the fuel rail clip up top, w...

Bought the $130 or so eBay cheapies sold as "OEM" by a million sellers (https://www.ebay.com/itm/142057081390). They're not OEM. Car ran like trash on em, had to crank for ages to start, sometimes could smell fuel, sometimes engine heated up from burning lean. Eventually this killed an O2 sensor. I ...

I agree. Our response to the virus, this week's protests, we're reaping what we've sown. We have spent decades - centuries, in the case of the protests - setting ourselves up for this.

We haven't been vigilant. A lesson I hope we'll learn.

I took my wagon to the canyons last weekend! I think I need a new O2 sensor, and the motor started to heat up on the climb up my favorite road, so it still needs some work. I had to take it easy on the climb and catch up to my friends on the downhill sections. But the handling was great, even on gar...

It’s painful watching states reopen with case loads growing. Absolute;y Moronic Completely baffling. I've been trying to figure out if there's some new infrastructure I'm not aware of or if I'm the only sane one. I also recognize that I've been getting more lax about social distancing - my personal...

volvolugnut wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 7:46 am It may seem I am the only one posting here. However, I know from the number of views on the screen shots, there are others checking the daily posts. As long as others check these posts, I will keep putting them up.

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I appreciate these posts.

All the little damage to the sheet metal vanes looks ugly but aren't relevant. Pro tip for other circumstances - grab a pick and you can open those vanes back up. The damage won't go more than 1/8" into the radiator. Reopening the air passages is tedious, but not hard. It's probably not that benefi...

Super unusual. I did a rocker replacement on my old Toyota. If you know how to weld it's not terrible, but if the rust goes deep there's a lot of fabrication involved. Once it's through the surface it always goes farther than you expect. Obviously up to you to decide if it's worth repairing but I'd ...

I went to Jo-Ann Fabric and bought a couple yards of their generic light gray headliner fabric, which looks perfect in the car. About five years later - including three summers in hot, humid Central Texas - it's holding up fine. I used Permatex's headliner adhesive.

Any apolitical takes on the 2 trillion dollar emergency relief bill? Probably at least in part necessary, probably something that would have had less of an impact if we'd spent the last 5-6 years buying down our deficit instead of cutting taxes for people who didn't need it. Most voters aren't capa...

An underdamped rear will bounce around, but the rear shocks are easy enough to swap out that I'd stick with what you have and see how it feels before committing to a change. Unlike the struts up front, there's minimal labor savings in changing the spring and shock at the same time out back, so there...

I'm a good guesser!

The turbo does not boost all the time. Most of the time the pressure in the intake manifold is less then atmospheric pressure. In short most of the time a turbo charged engine is naturally aspirated. Yes. My guess for that line's purpose is that when the turbo is not making boost the gases can be p...

That's a good point... just how much could that really be doing, anyway? It makes sense to bypass it, especially if you drive your car harder at least occasionally. I think the PCV is more likely to get clogged up due to constant passive driving and low revs than the lack of being warmed by coolant...

We all hate that banjo bolt. It's the worst party of working on any piece of this car. Regularly costs me an hour to remove and another to replace. I bypassed the coolant loop. The common theory seems to be that the warm coolant keeps the PCV system clear; to me that ain't worth the suffering. I'd r...

Lseats sells skins at $299 for set. Reviews are mixed, I’m going to try them in Spring I am considering the same if these are better than the Elwood ones. Those don't impress me. I bought and returned Lseat covers for my old 95 E320 coupe. Thin, hard material compared to the thick, plush stuff from...

j-dawg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:05 pm I'd had a crush on them ever since seeing a video as a teenager of a turbo 850 shredding hard, and years later I finally went and bought one.

By the way, this is that video:

Has anybody seen a rusted out P80? ..... This was the main thing for me, coming from a rusty Toyota. I hated the rust and living in the Midwest these cars stood out to me as apparently rust proof. I'd had a crush on them ever since seeing a video as a teenager of a turbo 850 shredding hard, and yea...

P80's have some of the smallest turning circles around. 10.2m kerb to kerb is better than most hatchbacks manage, and similar class cars like A4s is 11.6m and A6s are around 12.1m. This has been the opposite of my experience. My W123 and 2x W124s have been much, much more maneuverable than my V70. ...

Finally, one of the worst days of my long hobby mechanicing history was putting the two 10 mm bolts in the water pipe behind the number 1 cylinder up against the fire wall. Any tricks on this? - Make sure the gasket is captured when you're installing screws, and make sure it's not in the way of the...

Much less painful getting everything back together once I'd seen how it came apart. I hit the pipe with 1000 grit to get any crusty junk off, greased up the seal and pipe, and it all went together smoothly. And no leaks!

The dealer had just one o-ring, so I should be back in business today. They consistently surprise me with how much weird stuff they have out back. If you have it off, I would be interested in how easily the brass cooling system drain cock releases , too. As much as I'd love to help answer that quest...

All right, desperate Google users finding this page years in the future. I knew I wasn't pulling this damn motor again so I set my jaw, cursed at the car more densely than I have in seven years of owning it, and got the pipe slid far enough over to get the o-ring out. It was actually cut into two pi...

Just got my engine almost fully hooked up, started pouring coolant in.....and it leaks at the pipe behind the water pump (ie at #16 in the image attached). It's a fast leak. Can't really drive the car like this. I think I replaced the o-ring, but it came in a kit and it did feel a little loose so it...

For what it's worth, I find almost no useful parts on any P80 cars in junkyards anyway. The interior plastics are too brittle to salvage and what engine and electronic parts do wear out should probably be purchased new. There's a Volvo specialty junkyard/mechanic ~30 miles away from me, and that's t...

http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/download/file.php?id=24577&t=1 Quick update - as part of what ended up being a year-long engine-out project, I replaced the heater core with a new Behr unit, since I got it cheap. Not a single drop of coolant leaked anywhere, the heater hoses are still supple...

There's a lot of Volvo owners in the UK using them and they seem happy with how they perform. I was originally going for Koni struts and Eibach springs but replacing every single parts (spring seats, strut bearings, bumpstops...) made it more expensive than BC coilovers, even with Koni orange strut...

Goupil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:26 pm Just placed my order for BC coilovers, can't wait to replace the whole suspension (Monroe strut with 200k miles stock spring and crappy spring seats on the front, short ebay spring + Meyle strut on the rear )

I do agree that the T8s will probably be less durable in the very long term than our well-cared-for 850s, just as they themselves are less durable than were the 240s. But most 850s have been scrapped by now, due to busted timing belts, popped heater cores, neglected PCVs, etc. The median 850 probabl...

Can't comment on the 850 chassis in particular, but generally, adding more anti-roll to one end of a car (independently of the other end) will tend to reduce grip, transferring load to the other end. Adding rear stiffness while leaving the front alone will increase the car's tendency to oversteer. T...

Hope we buy the awful Pilot Sport series which are crap... ! I have to step in here and defend the Pilots. I had Pilot Super Sports on my old Fiesta and they were great tires...for sporting applications. Lots of grip, good wet performance, decent treadwear for soft tires, quiet enough on the highwa...

I had no intention of running the actuator at anything besides factory spec.

I'm not sure the controversy over what constitutes a "full synthetic" motor oil matters. Seems like a semantic distinction. The "group 3" synthetics are synthesized from crude oil; that the base from which they're made happens to be what comprises conventional oil seems pretty irrelevant to me. Ever...

The steering rack you used is the only variable. A cursory glance at a couple pics show that they *might* be able to mix them up, but they are not listed as interchangeable. The 93-00 P80 cars all use the same rack. The 01-04 cars use a different one. Yeah, this is what I'm worried about. I ordered...

Still stumped. Anyone have any experience with this? I'm probably like $200 into replacing engine mounts and the engine is still crooked. I've now replaced every mount except the one under the transmission and it still isn't sitting right. I did replace the steering rack, which the rear mount bolts ...

What size hoses do you need for the 302mm upgrade? Looking to do it on my 850 soon - especially since my insurer doesn't classify it as a modification. People get away with the standard hoses. The 302mm hoses are a smidge longer to account for the caliper now being a little farther away from the br...

The factory shifter is garbage. The Snabb short shifter is, like, required. If I had an 850 with three wheels and four pistons, I'd probably order the short shifter first.

I actually have both parts, lol. The discrepancy between them is in the front/rear axis: one of them has the mounting holes farther forward on the subframe, but in the same position laterally. Not sure what the intended applications of the two separate mounts are, or why I ordered a replacement for ...

Per the page linked below it seems like all you'd need to do in that corner of the motor (see item 1E on his list) to swap an RN motor to an 850 is install the old-style bracket. This suggests that the mounting points on the block are in the same spot, and since I was able to swap the mount from my ...

I'm looking for what those subtle differences might be. All the mounting brackets from my old motor bolted straight onto the new one so I'm not sure where there would be a mismatch. Unfortunately the old motor is gone so I can't compare them in person.

Hi all, this has been baffling me for a few weeks and no amount of muscling parts around seems to be resolving it. I'm in the midst of dropping a 2002 motor into my 1999 V70 T5 and the engine refuses to sit correctly in the bay. It sits cocked at a slight angle (clockwise as viewed from above), and ...

the N54 isn't known as the German 2JZ for no reason! I've never owned either, but I'd really love a 135i with the N54. They are tough as nails and can hold crazy amount of power. This is what gets me about 'em. The 335 is the modern Supra - plain wrapper, easy power, except there's way more 335s ou...

The flip side of all this is when people come to hustle you. I went to sell my dad's old broken 380SL years ago, listed for 700 firm. Lots of calls, lots of interest. The first guy who came to see it said he wanted it but berated me for like twenty minutes for not lowering the price or including a s...

While we're here, how much sealant should one use and of what type? I put a sensible drop of blue Permatex thread locker on the bolts and torqued per spec. I didn't realize those holes were a potential leak point or I'd have used an unreasonable amount. Has anyone else used just a drop of Loctite on...

In LA, but that colleague was in Chicago.

abscate wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 4:19 am I still that upgrade just new caliper brackets and rotors (. 280mm To 305mm)?

I think the factory big bois are 302mm. Brackets, rotors, and hoses. Super easy upgrade when it's brake time, unless your hoses are seized in place like mine were.

How are the calipers holding up?

Worth noting: the factory big brakes use the same calipers and pads as the standard items. Makes for an easy upgrade.

Wheel locks won't stop someone who really wants *your* wheels, but nobody's cruising the streets looking for wheels off a 20 year old Volvo. Theft of non-flashy wheels is theft of opportunity. You know what they say - you don't have to be able to outrun the bear, you just have to be able to outrun y...

There are a few online services that will 3D print or CNC parts at relatively reasonable prices based only on a CAD file and maybe a print if you have special requirements. Their machines are much more capable than the typical <$1000 desktop printer. A friend just bought a brand new reproduction mir...

I love Regular Car Reviews. I think the point is more to entertain the audience than to convey useful information; nobody is tuning into Regular Cars so that they can make an informed decision.

A small spot will take a few minutes. Forgot to mention - wash and clay bar the area first so you're not grinding grit into the paint. When you're claying and sanding at the coarsest grit you should feel whatever you're rubbing on the surface become smooth once all the high spots are knocked down. T...

This is very interesting. Would you basically suggest wet sanding the whole top of the car? I will look more into this, maybe I'll try a little area on the roof first. Are you sure about the 800 grit to begin with, that is still very course. The most conservative way is to start with the finest you...

Getchu some sandpaper. A bit of high-grit paper (start at like 800 and work your way up to 2000) will chomp through those scratches, the buffer alone won't do it. Take it slow and be willing to repeat the cycle, and you won't eat through the clear coat.

I've been buying small parts - gaskets, fittings, bolts, etc - at a Volvo dealer that opened a mile or two from my house. Prices are the same as online stores and I usually get what I need right away. Definitely unexpected, but volvopartswebstore and other dealer-affiliated sites show similarly comp...

And it comes with leads that'll solder nicely, and it'll be easier to mount to the hidden side of the dash pocket. Ordered one, that'll be a good rainy-day upgrade. Thanks for the tip!

I always plug my homemade jawn when this question comes up. Some fabrication required, but it's been working great for four years and does everything I want.

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Car forums are generally in decline with the recent rise of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media feeds that bring relevant #content right into things we click through anyway. Too, advertisers can now splash their ads on literally any website we visit - I see ads from FCP and eEuroParts for th...

A few thousand miles? According to the study I've cited you need to drive 150K miles to break even (co2 vise) buying a new car which consumes 30% less fuel than my 850. Citing myself; According to this article the manufacturing of a Ford Mondeo generates 17 000 kg co2. https://www.theguardian.com/e...

Tailpipe wise Are cars are almost as good as anything else getting 25 mpg, but I agree we should be honest and say we drive them because we like them , first. From a CO2 emissions-per-mile standpoint I agree, but other tailpipe emissions are pretty strictly regulated in the USA and they've gotten p...

as lob pointed out; mining, paint dry ing and plastics being formed and transport from Asia negate all emissions benefits. I'm pretty particular about refuting this when I hear it: there are environmental costs to building, transporting, and scrapping a car, but the vast majority of a car's environ...

You may be able to have it repaired by an upholsterer. I bought good used driver's seat leather on ebay, but it cost something like $300 for the seat back and bottom.

You can also get a new compressor wheel and housing from ARD, Kinugawa, or a number of other companies to convert your 13G to a "bigger" TD04HL turbo. They all share the same turbine and center assembly. You'll want a rebuild kit while you're in there. It's not a hard job, but getting the turbo out ...

Why not just take everything and change 100% of everything that wears? New hoses, new fuel pump, new squishy bits for the suspension, etc. Probably cheaper, definitely easier, you'll have all new parts in there, and you won't have to think about it for the next 150k miles. You'll take it out of your...

Cardone rebuilds the original calipers, which were made by Ate. The caliper you've received is what your Cardone once looked like, before it wore out, was poorly rebuilt by Cardone, and wore out again.

My Fiesta's brakes used to get so hot after a session on track that it was almost painful to hold your hand at the face of the wheel. None of my friends' brakes got this hot, but the Fiesta would use the brakes to arrest wheelspin coming out of corners, so the brakes got considerably more heat. I ca...

I did not have the pigtails and my headlight connector crumbled. Soldered in a new high-temp ceramic harness and all is well. I think you get to decide between good lighting and harness crumblage, a long-life OEM headlight harness with dimmer lighting, or good lighting with chintzy ebay parts. I wen...

I throw the tire I'm removing under the car next to the jack stand. Mostly cause it keeps the tire out of the way - I'm not really worried about abrupt catastrophic jack stand failure - but it would probably serve as enough of a support.

Definitely get the shorty. I accidentally bought the regular size one and it's too tall.

I'm very happy with my single ESCO jack stand. I'd have a full set if they weren't so pricey, but it sounds like that doesn't trouble you much. Big steel pin securing the post, nice wide platform so you don't ding up your floor pans, very stable tripod base with thick, flat steel feet.

I also need to diagnose a low boost issue. No reason my Hilton tune should only be pushing 10 PSI! I'm betting the IC hose isn't seated fully on the ETM. Although even 10 PSI feels pretty fast! How did you like working with Hilton? I'm thinking of getting a tune from him at some point, probably wil...

Pulled the steering rack yesterday. This has been by far the worst job in this current adventure, superseding rebuilding the CVs, and that's *including* pulling the engine. I'd rather pull the engine again than pull the steering rack, and that's with the engine and transmission *removed*. I'm not sa...

Oh - you're talking about axle seals. I think, regarding the 41mm vs 44mm question, that you may be looking at input shaft seals.

I found no resolution to this besides measuring the seal that comes off your car. The input shaft seal on my 99 T5 was 41mm. Not sure if the input shaft changed at some point or what. You do have to pull the gearbox off the engine and remove the slave cylinder to measure the old seal, so if you want...

Check Ebay. I smashed up a Perfo wheel on a pothole and it was about $100 for a replacement shipped.

https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/d/austin-1999-volvo-s70-t5/6841810057.html for price comparison. In your area, working gearbox, a third the miles, clean interior. Unfortunately these cars are worthless to most buyers, a curiosity but not something to buy except if it's throwaway money cheap. You m...

I think Volkswagen proved that visual inspections, OBDII emissions, and sniffer tests don't really work. I think they proved that, when the team that designs the car for compliance with regulations chooses to cheat, the rules can be defeated. I don't think they proved that the tests "don't really w...

I get what they're trying to do, but the restrictions on modifications are just ridiculous. I mean, it's not like everyone is going to be modifying their cars. I get that "every little bit counts" for reducing emissions, but I don't think Joe Shmo who just drives his car to work and the store and w...

We do safety every year for $21 which includes all OBDII emissions equipment working, but no sniffing like CA CA doesn't require a sniffer after a certain year, I think 2000. They just check for codes. But many smog places actually do the visual inspection to verify that everything from the intake ...

I doubt you need that much. The 465cc injectors that came on later R models plug right in and can probably handle 17psi. I have the 390-ish cc blue injectors that came stock with the T5 and it doesn't throw codes on about 15psi.

What's your bulb situation? On older cars the signal flash rate is tied to current through the circuit. The current heats up a spring-steel reed in the flasher, which "snaps" into a position that closes the circuit, sending lights to the bulb. The current through the bulb is lower and the Reed cools...

I did these a couple years ago and IPD was the only vendor that had them. They still have them on their website, though they're listed as 3-day lead rather than in stock. https://www.ipdusa.com/products/6652/114469-engine-oil-cooler-hose https://www.ipdusa.com/products/6649/114470-engine-oil-cooler-...

I just ordered a rebuild kit for my 16T. About $55 plus expedited shipping from gpopshop. Worth a go. Mark the shaft and compressor wheel before you disassemble it and you can probably get away without rebalancing it.

LS4 swap

They're cheap and easy. I got some from eBay for a few bucks - o-rings are highly standardized parts made of very standard materials - and they've held up fine for five years so far. If you have any question about their condition, just do them.

Do you especially notice this after coasting in gear?

Get yourself a set of Pilot 4S, you won't regret it. I made the step up from good AS tires to Pilot Super Sports and it was a massive improvement.

What have you got going on for dampers?

Started working towards my LSD install yesterday. I have the diff out, just need to pull the bearings and measure the diff to see if I need to shim the new bearings on the Quaife. If you're an engineer, or work with mechanical stuff, or even just like machines, take apart a transmission. I'm blown a...

A quick note on Click-Type Torque Wrench , I used to like it, it is fine but requires calibration etc. This type is good for tight space when you just want to hear a "click" but again it can be mis-calibrated. I now use Dial-Type Torque Wrench , it is low-tech but reliable. For sensitive applicatio...

Not only did my heater core arrive in just two days, it came with a chocolate bar!

abscate wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:07 am You do have to be a bit careful they stay in place by keeping pressure on the bíscuit forward until you have a torx in

I used a few little blobs of moly grease around the rings to hold them in the grooves while I assembled the cooler to the sump. They stayed.

Impulse bought. I have all the coolant out of the car right now and, while my eBay core is working fine after four years, the Behr core will definitely work fine for fifteen. Thanks for the tip!

I just bought these. https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pcs-Universal-Adjustable-Axle-CV-Joint-Boot-Crimp-Clamps-Large-Small-Kits-/123067644968 These are the same style as comes with the inboard EMPI clamps. I couldn't get the supplied Oetiker-branded clamps over the OEM boots on the outer CV. These are ch...

To expand on abscate's point: "M14" refers to a bolt that has a 14mm thread; the designation is independent of the head size. Volvo used lots of nonstandard fastener heads in these cars, so if you find one that'll fit the hole at a hardware store or similar, you may end up with a bolt that needs a d...

For what it's worth, I bought a set of seat covers from Lseat for my old E320 coupe and was displeased enough with the quality to return them. The Mercedes seat covers incorporate foam padding and have smooth, soft leather. The Lseat covers were stiff, flat, and coarse by comparison. OEM Volvo seat ...

Per the Haynes manuals I have, the inner CV being a ball/cage vs a tripod is dependent on manual vs auto transmission on the S60 as well as the S70. The text is exactly the same in both manuals, though, so it may have just been copied over without any verification.

There are other axle changes with 99 cars too, so it's not surprising that that's the year the CVs change to the newer style.

Update: yeah, just hammer it. Here's the circlip holding that CV joint together. It's entirely contained within the inner race of the outer CV joint, and there no access hole for it. Nothing to do but whack the race until the ring squishes in and let's the CV slide. It didn't take a ton of force. I ...

You need 16" wheels for this, and I'm also not sure all 16" wheels will fit. My Perfo wheels ('98+ T5 16" wheel) are so close to the caliper on the 302mm bracket that the ~1/16" thick stick-on wheel weight barely clears. I believe I've read that the big brakes don't fit under the older 16" wheels fr...

Dead thread revival - I'm baffled about this on my V70's axles. 99 T5 manual, which seems relevant because there are some changes between years, engines, and transmissions, though I seem to share most in common with erikv11's 850, which, if it's one of the ones in his signature, is an older NA car. ...

How specifically does it "not start"? Does it crank and not fire, or does it not even crank?

The only car that i would consider safer than 20 year old Volvo is a brand NEW Volvo. Crash results on a paper for other new cars don't bothers me...since real life situations are totally different things. I would always feel safer behind of wheel of an 20 year old Volvo than behind the wheel of a ...

Maybe a better summary here. According to the IIHS, all else being equal, a bigger, heavier car is safer. I agree with that. The video's point is that "all else" is not at all equal between older and newer cars. A smaller, newer car is often safer than a larger, older car because of that "all else"....

An even longer rant ahead. I am passionate about this subject because of how wrong the conventional wisdom about this stuff is. (1) This video was not sponsored by Renault. The presenters say they purchased the Renault for the 4500 GBP on the used market. There's no evidence that it was sponsored be...

It's there. You can see it. I also agree that driver aids are not a substitute for paying attention, and that bad visibility is worse than good visibility. But there is no way you can demonstrate that older cars are safer. It's not true. We cannot operate by feelings and anecdote when the facts are ...

And despite the massively increased distractions and steady population increase, deaths on the road are flat or down. Whatever we think about plastics and mass and rollovers, if they really made us less safe, we'd see more deaths on the road. We don't. I agree about the distractions, but they don't ...

I do cringe at all the peopletravellingin tissue paper thin hybrids at 80 mph. design is important but mass is your friend in physics of collisions, too. All else being equal more mass is better, but an S70 (3100-3200lb, depending on trim) weighs only 2-300 lb more than the aforementioned Corolla. ...

Modern cars are dramatically safer than older cars. Much, much more so. Fatalities per mile in an 850, far and away the best in their time alongside only the Lexus ES300, are considerably better than its contemporaries, and would rank only around average today. For all the reasons stated above it's ...

Congrats! How long did it take? About three days of work up to this point. Now that all the plastic clips are broken and most of the screws are lost, it'll probably go faster next time. Jdawg....if that engine is headed for scrap , could you give that brass stopcock othe back cooling pipe a twist t...

thanks! it kept blowing out seals and dipsticks, and it burned a ton of oil, even after a PCV overhaul. I figure the rings are toast. not sure how that happened as I don't recall letting it run low on oil; plausibly the several months to a year of dirt road driving around work with a giant hole in t...

Oh snap, good call. I'll get those on order too.

Last night. I've never pulled an engine, so this is a milestone for me.

Yep, I heard the "clang" of metal breaking - or at least of lots of stress being released - right before the axle started moving. After that I was able to drive the axle out with my little battery powered impact wrench. Slightly better picture from today attached. I've got two new hubs and bearings ...

Very plausible that it was rust sticking the parts together. Both sets of splines were rusty, and this car has lived most of its life in the Northeast. I don't know why the driver side axle wasn't greased up, though. The grease on the passenger side was doing its job after probably 100k miles, since...

You know how they sometimes get stuck? No, you don't. Not like this. I actually sheared splines from the hub getting the driver's side out of my 99. I'm a very lucky boy to have not sheared them off the driveshaft, given how rare OEM axles have become. I've heard they Loctited the splines on the dri...

When you torque the bolts to the subframe, do you jack the spindle up first? You need the control arm in its rest position before torquing those, so you should. Have you already torqued the ball joint pinch bolt by then?

I don't have one, but it's hard for me to imagine the RIP kit is anywhere near worth the money it costs. I'd skip it and get some handling upgrades instead - good tires, dampers, anti-roll, etc.

I suspect it's more to do with factors driving maintenance schedules - regulations, marketing, etc - and, at some point, engineering agrees to stretch the maintenance schedule by 20,000 miles and go from 99.99999% reliable to 99.9999%.

Mine made it about 16 years - Stabilus only for replacements. For what it's worth, I'm 3.5 happy years into my Uro units. I usually avoid Uro, but on parts of minimal consequence I give them a chance. I'm sure they won't last sixteen years, but which us knows he'll have his car for even four? That ...

https://www.dps.texas.gov/rsd/vi/Misc/faq/faq_obdii.htm

For vehicles year model 1996 – 2000, we allow two (2) non-continuous monitors to be Not Ready and still pass the test, but three (3) or more Not Ready's will cause the vehicle to fail.

Many states allow one or two "NOT READY" monitors to pass. I believe Texas allows one.

Can you drive a car like one of these photos? I have ridden in a factory equipped 426 hemi Plymouth Road Runner in yellow back in the 80's. He wouldn't let me drive it though... the slam you in the seat feeling was a real rush! Too many years seeing Nascar on the tv. I suspect those cars are hard t...

My 02 motor has the grates, my 99 motor does not. Get out there on a track! SCCA has a traveling event called Track Night in America, which is a relatively cheap and easy way to get some track time. Local Porsche Club of America chapters have Driver's Ed events which are a better way to get good - b...

I've done 3-5k mile oil changes over the last 40k miles with non-synthetic oils off the Walmart shelf, and I've got no crud built up anywhere. There was nothing gunked up over the lifters when I pulled the cams maybe 10k ago. The previous owner (30k or so, I believe) was not using synthetic oil eith...

I've had 5/8" brass 90 degree hose barbs connecting two heater hoses through each hole in the firewall for about four years now. No clips, no o-rings, no leaks. I'd guess the original design is an artifact of the vehicle assembly process, or maybe to accommodate different hose routing for turbo and ...

I'm torn on whether the turbo is a good thing to have, on balance. The insurance and gas costs are marginally higher if at all, and they're worth it for the turbo noises alone. I don't get into boost often, but it's fun times when I do. What a difference a few years makes. Now I'm deep in boost all...

Theory: maybe, via the PCV, you blew your intake full of the excess oil down to the appropriate level and have just been burning off residual oil since then. The reduced volume of smoke is an indication that you've nearly finished burning it off. If no seals are leaking and there's no oil / coolant ...

Ah, I see. The [round port that couples to bottom of the plastic baffle box] connects to [the square port in the sealing surface of the oil pan] as part of [a tube that terminates in that round port after the bend in the sump]. It's a straw from the bottom of the baffle box to the liquid volume of t...

You mean this port? It's an open hole into the bulk volume of the sump.

To phrase it using the language of the original question: in the power cycle, the first and second rotations of the crankshaft to which you refer are geometrically identical.

And a question - what's the bottom of the PCV channel in the oil pan supposed to look like? It's clogged on mine, so I've got it soaking in acetone. Where is it supposed to drain into the pan? At the bottom?

Or else you get this nightmare. Allegedly 121k on this '02 T5 motor. I have to wonder if the previous owner *ever* changed their oil. The bearings all feel fine but you bet I'm going to check compression as soon as I can.

99 V70 T5 manual, 273k and counting, bought at around 229k. I'm currently prepping an 02 motor for it, during which time I'll also add an LSD, IPD sway bars, and do all the maintenance and repair work I can forward of the wing mirrors. It's turning out to be very pricey, but it should get me ready f...

Missed a few Black Friday sales on those. I saw AA/Carplay units for $250 or so.

Can you not fit a worm drive hose clamp in there? That's what I use for pretty much every boot I install, never had a problem with them.

Buy a Haynes manual. I got mine for $6 or so used and it's got detailed instructions for each procedure.

Anybody know if there's an equivalent kit for 6mm valve stem seals? I got an '02 engine and would like to do this while it's out of the car. For that matter, do I even have to do this for an '02 motor? Or did they ever switch to a more durable seal?

We picked this up the other day for my brother. It's automatic right now, but it's also a 1.6 so that will all change soon. It's a clean chassis with only 142k miles, so that was the appeal to me! Just ignore the red beast in the background... :D And to top that off, I'm picking up a '99 Miata 5 sp...

I find that information useful for my wiring projects.

So you're saying if I were to post links to the '00-04 wiring diagram (also likely similar if not identical to the '99 cars), or to the 98 cars' wiring diagram, or to the 850 wiring diagram, that'd be okay?

With any type automatic the gear selection can be controlled when driving at lower load to allow the throttle and cam timing (and valve lift if that system is also fitted) so that emissions go down and fuel economy goes up. Most persons driving manuals will not "lug" the engine and use more throttl...

I actually looked this up and found a way more promising set of results than I remember seeing before I moved here. https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermktcat/aftermktcatdbase.htm lists all the cats that are allowed, but not in a super-helpful way. These are all universal fits, but there are a few I ...

Unless I am a victim of a scandalous obfuscation scheme from dynblyn, the source material is from the California Bureau of Auto Repair. California's emissions control rules are themselves a scandalous obfuscation scheme. Cars older than 2000 must pass a tailpipe sniffer test, but the state also req...

Those ST Recaros are amazing. I did not get them on my old Fiesta, which was a mistake. They were $2000 but I bet I could have gotten every dollar back when I sold it.

3M also sells a liquid adhesive specifically for installing emblems and trim on car exteriors.

Hydraulic clutch.

Check all your fuses and connectors too.

Yep, a teaspoon or a half cap. Just enough to wet the perimeter of the piston rings. If you're pouring from the bottle directly into the cylinder, definitely too much.

How much oil did you put in? What were you doing when the smoke was coming out? From what you're saying, I'd guess that 300+ psi was the result of hydrolocking the gauge (petrolocking??), or at least dramatically reducing the volume of gas being compressed. If your other cylinders were reading diffe...

never had a set of factory fogs I thought were useful for anything, except on my W123 and W124 Benzes. those had "fog lights" integrated into the headlamp unit, and they were just really bright low beams that didn't point at other driver's faces. actually useful for driving through the dark. actuall...

Seems to me if you're already going in there you might as well replace the gasket. It'll be minimal extra work, and you'll know the gasket in there is good, whereas if you just retorque you have no idea what that thing's been through.

nah, they're yours. I was on the fence. enjoy!

do you know if these are for 280mm or 302mm front rotors?

https://www.lseat.com/categories/genuine-leather/volvo.html I don't see the s70 listed but I will call them. Thanks don't do it. I bought a set of covers from them for my old 95 E320. I'd rather have cracked and torn leather, the quality of material and fit was that bad. their refund policy is roug...

Boosted40 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:46 pm The fluid looks dirty. I don't think the issue is volume, but fluid quality.

Agree that the fluid itself is the first solution to pursue.

Check the bolt holding the CV axle into each hub. You can get to it by removing the dust cap from the center of the wheel. These can work their way loose. A revised bolt from Volvo uses a squishy washer to keep everything tensioned up...i guess. Google "axle ping" for more info. It's a noted problem...

Add 400mL and see if it helps! I had a Mercedes with an automatic that shifted entirely wrong when filled "correctly" on the dipstick and entirely right when I added a little extra. (More precisely, I'd added the correct amount per the service manual and it read a quart and a half too high on the di...

Could just be a leak. A leak will (a) put coolant on the ground if it's big enough, and (b) prevent pressure buildup in your coolant system, allowing it to boil.

I noticed recently that mine handles moderate grades at about 65mph very poorly. It seems incapable of generating a moderate amount of boost on hills - it goes straight from 0 to 4 psi or so. Then I tried it with my own foot and realized that I myself could barely moderate the throttle to keep the c...

What's the deal on 99-00 axle quality from the aftermarket? Mine are fine but it's a recurring nightmare on mine that I break one and end up swapping aftermarket axles every six months for the rest of my life. Will Raxles rebuild a 99 manual axle if I mail it to them?

Rings. That's the same stuff my cars does, and it passes the glove test flying colors. Does your car also blow clouds of blue smoke after coasting down a hill on a hot day? If yes, likely your piston rings are toast and you're blowing combustion gases past on hard acceleration. My first signs were a...

BTW, not all 100% Al rads will crack. I know there are some much more expensive ones that may have thicker gauge tanks and some shaping for more strength. Possible. I've heard good things about the Do88, I guess, though I don't know how long it's been available. But I think the factory radiator is ...

Never heard of an aluminum Volvo radiator that didn't crack at the tanks. At least the plastic tanks do it in ten years rather than five.

There may have been workmanship issues, but the material in the o-ring has been called out as a flight risk when launching in cold weather.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Boisjoly

That said, for static sealing applications o-rings are my first choice. Easy, cheap, effective.

It was the o-rings. Launching in cold weather, they could not seal between the sections in the SRBs. Some plumes escaped through the leak and started breaking stuff. It's visible in ground camera videos.

Autozone, Advance Auto Parts, etc will read your codes for free.

I've never driven one of these with any suspension mods, but the P80 chassis feels like it can handle really well. Even my stock GLT on the 195 tires (which I just changed out for 205s on Columbas) feels really good on the local twisty back roads. That's what I really want to do with my R now. I'm ...

That sounds like so much fun! Out of curiosity, how fast we're you able to go before noticing the issues you mentioned? I wasn't watching the speedometer, but parade lap speeds weren't higher than 60-70 at the end of the longest straight. The alignment issues and awful tires really hampered turn-in...

took it out for the parade laps at Harris Hill Raceway yesterday! having sold my Fiesta, I pulled out of the actual event, but the parade laps are open to all. WOW my car is not ready for track use. worn all-season tires, alignment issues, open diff. I could barely keep up even in a no-helmet sessio...

Made the Volvo my one-and-only again. In the last three days I sold my Mercedes and my Ford. Now the Volvo has to last at least 1600 miles to my new home, and likely 2500 by the time I buy a less-broken daily. But I think it'll make it. Something is loose in my steering rack, causing ~1/8" of play i...

I've gotten a wrong part from FCP in recent months. But I didn't notice for a few months after ordering it and they were super accommodating about the replacement, which I appreciated. My experience buying Mercedes parts from them has been less good than buying Volvo parts. They've got a great selec...

i had this happen two days before i had to drive to an interview. pittsburgh to detroit in october with no heat. don't forget to pull all your carpets and squeeze the coolant out of the padding underneath. it won't just dry out. i pulled the rear carpet a year after the core popped and it was soggy ...

Jd...check your motor mounts to make sure nothing is loose. I wrapped My oil cooler hoses with exhaust bandage to protect them. That divot isn’t bad yet, those hoses are thick. I might have my old ones as spares..let me know if you want them as backups. I would take a P80 seat on a trip over anythi...

I had that same split on mine, a little smaller and with surprisingly little impact on performance. Didn't even notice it until I was digging around in there for something else. Speaking of issues discovered while looking for something else, I discovered this freaky thing just now. Oil cooler hose r...

It sounds like we more or less do agree.

if you're going to run it as an FWD automatic, start with a working T5, and spend the time and money on making it faster instead of making it a working car. Yeah, I've come to the same conclusion with the help of you guys. What you suggested is definitely the better approach. Well, to backtrack a b...

Unfortunately I only have records from 2008, so I don't know exactly when the harness was replaced. But the date code on the harness suggests that it has been replaced, and the parts used do not have the biodegradable insulation. So it's good to go. Beautiful car to drive, and the interior plastics ...

For your consideration, my other European boondoggle: https://waco.craigslist.org/cto/d/1995-mercedes-benz-e320-coupe/6560710932.html This car will never win the Amelia Island Concours, but nor will it embarrass you, stain your driveway, or leave you stranded. Best daily or weekender W124 you will f...

not worth it. if you're going to run it as an FWD automatic, start with a working T5, and spend the time and money on making it faster instead of making it a working car. I've always thought the Rs are a little overrated. given how many of them are FWD by now, there's not much advantage over the T5 ...

269k, pulls hard and no grinding on shifts but needs a new motor.

If AvE says it's bad, well, he's got much higher standards than I think most "home gamers" really would benefit from. But if he says it's good, I trust it's legit good.

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