No, never got to the bottom of it. I sold the car about 4 year ago.

The P1238 code is used for different things on different makes of cars. On Volvos, it's related to the Turbo Control Valve rather than the fuel-pump. I think it's triggered by the manifold air-pressure not matching up with the RPM and air-flow. I had this recently, check all the intake system hoses,...

Last night, my S60 started OK, but stalled when I changed gear from reverse to 1st. Started it again and the engine was hunting trying to settle down at idle-speed. As I drove home it stalled as I stopped at lights. Some time later I got the "REDUCED PERFORMANCE" message. When I got home I...

No, you won't break the cable. If you tighten it too much, the brake shoes will rub all the time. Try two or three turns at a time and take the wrench with you for the first couple of trips afterwards. When I last over tightened the rear brakes started vibrating at about 70-ish. I was able to pull o...

Is it power steering fluid? I recently had this spontaneously decide to leak from the resovoir. It ran down the inside of the wing and onto the subframe. It's much thinner than oil.

This video for an XC70 looks useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0mwOMjbUs I've replaced the gear lever boot on a manual. I bought the replacement from eBay. The leather was glued to a frame that clipped into the plastic at the base of the lever and to a ring that clipped into the bottom of th...

Could you tap into the trailer light circuit? (Ideally by just buying the correct cable/connector rather than splicing in.) If that's fused for a 21W incandescent bulb, that should support a fairly hefty LED array.

I managed to reset the service light OK, that's not an issue. In the process, I was fumbling around and seemed to trigger some sort of undocumented information display. I was holding down the trip reset button until there was a beep, then turning the ignition into the accessory position. The number ...

I did the zip-tie fix in 2012, still working (though the UK isn't really the most punishing environment for an air-con system.) I did find that I got the same symptoms as a worn air-con compressor clutch (air-con cutting out and not re-engaging without a "rest") when the alternator was fai...

Took me two tries, about 4-hours each time. On the first attempt, I pinched an o-ring and it leaked oil, a lot. Stuff the manual doesn't tell you: It's very hard to get the oil pan out-of and into position. Removing the engine-mount helps. Then it is just hard. (The engine mount doesn't carry any of...