Thanks schweg2. Knowing another owner has experienced this breakdown makes me feel a bit better!
I had the timing chain done at a Volvo dealer last autumn. That was the last serious mechanical work done under the hood. More recently, oil and filter when snows were installed.
The used head is ...

I've placed a post in another section of the XC90 board explaining why I'm disgusted with my 2006 2.5T (bent sparkplug electrode...) so this is a balancing post to state what I like about the car. I bought mine from a colleague who drove it and serviced it like the proverbial grandfather. First to ...

Yeah, the porcelain insulator is intact.
I don't need another mechanical opinion on the health of the mill, the diagnosis for the engine isn't in doubt: it's punched, and I need a new one. By the way, a used engine with about 100,000 miles from a local Volvo dealer is CDN$5600 and a quote from a ...

cn90: the plugs that came out were OEM Volvo, not sure what went back in.

draser: not sure I buy the turbo vane theory BUT...as you say, it's all speculation. Supposing a turbo vane did break off...would that help explain a moaning whine that comes out from under the hood when I drive...it seems to ...

Hi folks, first time poster, bear with me.
I have a 2006 XC90 2.5T, currently has 226,000 km (135,000 miles or thereabouts). Last week on a frigid morning, the car developed a misfire. My mechanic pulled all 5 plugs and one negative electrode was bent over, contacting the positive. He replaced the ...