Thank you ! Il do some more poking around tonight with this information, I actually just changed the timing belt, water pump, and idlers about 6 months ago so those should be fine. Il replace the gasket in the oil filler cap as I'm sure thats causing at least part of the buildup.

@ Neil It has close to 200k miles. I'm not sure what the PTC nipple is or where to find it. I'm new to working on volvos

@Eric Which part is the intercooler?


I have never had the PCV system serviced (nor done it myself) since i bought the car with 156k on it. (i wasn't aware it was a thing that ...

Here are some images to help http://imgur.com/a/lleFz

As the title states my 2000 V70 XC is leaking a considerable amount of oil. i need to re top off about once every two weeks

I found a bit of oil splatter on the roof of my hood actually and traced it down to behind the radiator and fan from ...

I Will certainly do the glove test for the PCV system and spray down the the oily parts and give a check after taking it for a spin...where would i find the instructions for that? I'm super new to the site. thank you for the part number for the Cross member much appreciated!

I would really not like ...

Recently brought my girlfriends 2000 v70 XC (189k miles) to a garage to get a list of things wrong with it as it was having a fair amount of issues all of a sudden. Plan has been to do the work myself. Mechanic listed off Valve cover gasket, a motor mount is broken, "Driveshaft crossmember" and that ...