As a final note, I can report that I got this beast out on the road today and it ran very well. I cannot tell you how happy I am to finally get it out of my garage. The garage is now home to the other 99 S70. That one has front end issues. Lower control arms. But I know how to fix those. Thanks agai...

Well, good news. I think. I bought an oil additive...Autozone recommended SeaFoam. I poured in the allotted amount and started the car and the lifter noise was virtually gone. Now, I don't think the SeaFoam did the trick. I think that running the car yesterday and having it go through some thermal c...

Someone else also suggested that route. I will probably give that a try tomorrow.

Thanks.

Hello again after all these months. I let the car sit for the last 6 months and finally got back to working on it. I replaced the water pump and timing belt. The car starts and runs now. I have not driven it yet. Just idled it in the garage and revved it up a little bit. All of that seems fine. BUT,...

The failed pump is from NAPA. They have a lifetime guarantee. So, I can get a new pump that way and probably have a used belt I can use to test things out. I don't intend to use the Napa pump long term because this is the third Napa pump failure I've had in the last 2 years. I'm still pretty busy wi...

Ok. I will go ahead with a new pump and belt kit. It may take me several days to get parts and get the job done. I will report back here with the results.

Thanks.

Another question. Assuming that I go ahead and repair this, what brand/source should I be looking at for a new water pump and timing belt?

Thanks.

Wellll, I don't know if this is the simple stuff. I finally got back to this vehicle after fixing two others. Pulled the timing belt cover to discover the water pump frozen and the belt off the pulleys. Any and all advice is welcome at this time. What do I have to look for? How do I check for damage...

Does anyone have any comments on the slow rotation when I try to start it? I tried with two different batteries and got the same slow turnover. Junior is not here right now to answer questions, but my understanding is that car quit and then overheated. I concluded that it overheated because of a low...

If the car did get overheated and suffer damage, does that mean I'm screwed?