Volvo Forum + help for owners

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Bought but didn’t end up using the 16t CHRA from turbo rebuild uk. This one: https://www.turborebuild.co.uk/webshop/prod_3512798-Mitsubishi-TD04HL16T-Turbocharger-CHRA-Cartridge-4918908535-Turbo-Core.html Also have a used cold side housing with stock cbv and wastegate actuator, and snap ring retaine...

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Replaced control arms and tie rod ends, was nice having something go back together easier than it was getting apart. Replaced the two ground straps to firewall, fixed (it seems) the flickering dash/headlights at idle. Not commuting to work at the moment, so I might have to just take it for a spin th...

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Tried disconnecting starter to battery cable and replacing with a new, no change. Replaced the two block to firewall ground straps, and the flickering seems to have stopped. Sadly not commuting to work at the moment, so I can’t give it a proper test drive. Maybe I’ll take it for a spin tonight or ea...

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Had just enough of the yellow ones to get it all installed, but was shy 4 to get it completely clipped in. I could use 6, probably, I’ll be removing it all again at some point to freshen up the finish on the rails and drip molding. Let me know how many of the yellows you’ve got. Thanks, brah Check ...

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Not sure, 6? Was losing daylight last night, and needed to start dinner, I can get a better count later today Gotcha, just let me know! Had just enough of the yellow ones to get it all installed, but was shy 4 to get it completely clipped in. I could use 6, probably, I’ll be removing it all again a...

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bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 9:43 pm
Peevarino wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:07 pm Drip molding clip retainers? A few broke on my 850 while in the process of swapping to roof rails
I believe I have a couple... I'll check in the morning. How many do you need?

Not sure, 6? Was losing daylight last night, and needed to start dinner, I can get a better count later today

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Drip molding clip retainers? A few broke on my 850 while in the process of swapping to roof rails

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Still stage 0ing my 97 855R, so not much modified, RIP and Snaab intake pipe, poly upper torque mounts (don’t really mind the extra vibrations at idle). Favorite mod? $8 cassette adapter from Amazon, blasting black flag and minor threat on my commute is just plain fun.

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Finally time and weather aligned to swap out my junkyard belt tensioner and new serpentine belt, finished before work this morning. Previous owner had put in the wrong size belt, too big by 12mm, the tensioner removed wasn’t stamped with any manufacturer, just a part number, and was easily moved tig...

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Nothing to mine today per se, but scored a nearly new Volvo/Bosch branded alternator, drive belt tensioner, and roof rails, load bars, and drip molding in pretty decent shape, all for about $80 from the junkyard. If it’s not raining on my lunch break tomorrow, I’ll be swapping out the tensioner to ...

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Nothing to mine today per se, but scored a nearly new Volvo/Bosch branded alternator, drive belt tensioner, and roof rails, load bars, and drip molding in pretty decent shape, all for about $80 from the junkyard. If it’s not raining on my lunch break tomorrow, I’ll be swapping out the tensioner to s...

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Found a properly working tensioner and pulley at the junkyard, along with a nearly new Volvo stickered Bosch alternator. The PO put in a O’Reilly reman alt at some point, so I figured get it when I can. No time left to put tensioner in today, family time and grocery run take priority now. I’ll repor...

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That’s the plan, tensioner needs replacing anyway. If the alternators’ brushes look good at the junkyard, I’m going to get them, cheap backups just in case.

I really wish I had gone to the junkyard yesterday, though, it’s almost 30 degrees colder today.

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I’ll be pulling a couple voltage regulators out tomorrow, as well, I seem to recall a couple newer looking alternators in the few P80 cars at the yard.

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UPDATE! It’s been doing the flickering a bit more often, but still only at idle, looked over a few other things, the battery to starter wire isn’t as bad as I thought once I removed a bit of the heat shrink. Wondering if the PO had routed the serp belt the old way (less contact on alt pulley), I had...

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14.1 at starter after driving to work this morning. With that drop between the starter and battery, I’ll definitely replace or add another cable. It’ll be a week or two before I have the time to do that, so I’ll be back to this thread to report on the early flickering after swapping/adding cable. I ...

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For that much and mileage (kilometerage?), it shouldn’t need much. If I really really wanted it, I don’t think I’d go higher than $2000, but Rs are rare in South Louisiana, of any kind.

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Not room like that truck... Was replacing upper torque mounts today, gave the pos cable off the battery a little wiggle, it is probably not properly crimped or soldered to the terminal, I think it’s mostly held on by heat shrink. Will still compare alt to starter and starter to battery voltages tomo...

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Definitely.

I’ve rebuilt battery cables before, but there was a lot more room to work in my 95 F150.

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I’ll check voltage at the starter tomorrow after I drive to work. For replacing the alt to starter and starter to battery cables, should that be required, do you just cut back the old and run the new along the stock wiring harnesses? Or is there an easier path to run the new cables? I’d imagine runn...

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I’ll definitely check the b+ under fuse box, rain this weekend might keep me from working on it, however. Voltage drop is also on my list, I also still want to try a few different things when starting the car to see if anything changes with headlights off, radio, etc.

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Fair amount of p2s at my local pullapart, they got the first 850 I’ve seen in a while a week ago, but no time to see it till this weekend.

P80s are few and far between down here

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Dash illumination and headlights flickering only after startup at idle. Giving it gas while idling cures it temporarily, but the issue never arises once I’ve been driving for a bit. Car is a little slow to turn over, but never fails to start. Battery is less than a year old, and battery cables and t...

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I have those compression fittings at work! Good to know!

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That’s a wonderful write up, don’t know how I didn’t see this when I was researching doing mine.

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Rattnalle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:06 am Volvo put it there for a reason. Don't mess with it other than making sure it works by cleaning it.

My two cents.

PS that goes for things like cats and other stuff as well.

I thought cats cleaned themselves? Hence all the hairballs. It’s definitely good to just leave them where they are.

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I don’t know about 72, but I could use some Propus on my 850. Or Tethys. Or...

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Emailed

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Have one of these? The gear segment circled in blue?

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What, if any, elbow did you use connecting to manifold and PTC?

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After breaking, and putting what equates to a band aid on, the plastic line from the box to the PTC, I figured replacement of the PCV setup is in order. The car has 195k on it, and I’m planning on having it for quite some time, I am going to avoid the plastic pipe and go for the 5/8 hose modificatio...

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That face when you’re swapping out aged vacuum lines from your turbo and you break the plastic PCV to PTC pipe. That was technically yesterday, so today I cut off a small piece of spare oil cooler hose and black permatexed it back together. I guess in a few weeks (2 probably) I’ll be posting some ed...

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If my 850 wasn’t my daily, I’d straight up trade!

Those are nice, glws

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Mine was toast, making noises besides the typical CV creaking.

FCP has them for a little over $20. Which is about how long in minutes it took me to change it out, including putting the car on ramps and getting tools out of the back.

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I really need to get on this and get a couple remotes for my 97

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Was having a fair amount of CV axle noise when accelerating from a stop, not every time, but most, but only for a second or three. PO had indicated they were replaced and look like it, so I ruled those out, at least temporarily. The upper torque mounts looked fine, and expected those to be relativel...

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jmcguire wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:21 pm Pick a part yard near me finally got an 850 in so I went pickin’ over the weekend!

Lucky!

Been waiting for months for a local junkyard to get anything useful

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FINALLY did the rear springs and shocks on my 855R. No more shot nivo. Mostly got everything apart easily, getting the ipd HD springs in was a pain ETA: pretty sure I put one of the coil springs in wrong. On a drive to the grocery had a particularly loud noise going over a bump. One spring looks lik...

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Roof rails/drip molding? If, of course, they’ll fit my 850 and you’re willing to ship them. I only ask because I’m having a helluva time finding anything around New Orleans.

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Swapped out some nasty end links yesterday

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On my list of things to do, too, not looking forward to it at all. It’s developed quite the obnoxious creak going over my city’s terrible roads. Short term I’m going to try and tighten the bolts holding the dash to see if that helps, but not hopeful that will do anything but waste time. Now that it’...

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Joined.

I think I spend as much time on fb as I do here.

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That lil thing is awesome, is it a piece of angle aluminum?

Used along with drilling, that would work great!

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Mind posting a couple more pictures of the “anvil” you made to hammer those out?

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That anvil clamp for those rear control arm links is clever!

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Does XRay Volvo still exist in Seattle? I used to work by his shop, real nice guy, he might be able to point you in the right direction

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Curious, the oil thermostat is located in the same spot as on an 850 and the lines from this cooler would go to it?

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I’ll give it a go when I get to work today

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That sounds interesting, but where’s the solar sensor?

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Would help if I had an Android device...

I’ll be sticking with the blinky thing for now. Well, once I get it blinking

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I’m going with the resistor is the issue, double and triple checked I had the right pins.

Time to order some resistors.

Once that’s sorted out, I’m assuming this set up would work fine for abs codes, too? I realized last night my abs/tracs lights don’t light up on the dash.

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I figured it was 4.3. Wouldn’t have been upset if I was wrong.

I’ll give it another go, I wanted to work on it this weekend, ended up rebuilding a leaky oil cooler line instead. Probably less contorting than climate control work, though.

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It’s 9 261 203 628

ETA it’s probably a 0 not a 9

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I will tomorrow, only number I remember from it is 628

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Really? I had read multiple places that the R was still 4.3 in 97. It made no sense considering other 97s were 4.4

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Sorry to hear you're having trouble getting the codes to read. What is the resistance value of resistor you're using? Which pins are you plugging the code reader into? I got good results with the circuit shown below, plugging the switch between pins 5 (GND) and 6 (ECC) and the positive side of the ...

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Built a little code reader for sorting out my no heat issue, but the LED just stays on, no blinks when switched on. It’s a 12v, and there’s a resistor, when my switch is turned off it’s off when plugged into the correct spots on the OBD output. Ideas? Needs a different resistor? I don’t need the hea...

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Replaced oil filler cap gasket, replaced throttle adjustment screw (was lost to the ether by previous owner). Tomorrow is rebuild oil cooler return line and replace gasket for turbo oil return line, and clean all the oil underneath. Ugh. Also, soon fix this mess:

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I’ve seen several on fleabay and elsewhere, but wrong part number for an 850. Most look like they’ve at least 100k miles on them. I haven’t had any time to see the few (and far between) Volvos at my local pull a part. Maybe I’ll get lucky? Strongly leaning towards the ipd overloads and Sachs at leas...

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Ha, I just finished reading that thread this morning

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Drip molding for a 850 wagon without rails? Window/hatch seals/weather stripping? Window scraper?

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I know I need to swap out springs if I don’t get nivos, pretty sure I would also need different upper shock mounts, but would anything have to change for the springs? I don’t really see a need for the leveling aspect of nivomats, so unless I can find a good used set I’ll add springs to the list of w...

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The new dad wagon needs some rear shocks, the nivomats are shot. I’m on the fence about swapping out springs and getting Bilstein or the like, or finding low mileage nivomats. I’m cheap, and the car needs a few other things before I spring for $200 plus each for new nivos. Not looking to lower, stoc...

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Everywhere is closed today apparently...

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Broke the bracket chasing some no start gremlins yesterday. The typical plastic one, but this one had no aluminum sleeve through the hole for the sensor cylinder, and I can't find one online that doesn't, anyone out there know the part number for the correct bracket? Did mine fall off and get eaten ...

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For anyone with a similar problem: swapped in a new battery, as I was sure it was nearly time for a new one anyway. Started like a champ, revs great, and is idling great. We'll see if it's the cure all I hope it is.

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New member, long time listener... Having some no start/rough running/no acceleration issues with a 09 xc70 3.2. After a quick trip, it wouldn't start (this was after my 20 minute commute home, so car was hot). Finally got it to start, but with a really rough idle, wouldn't go past 15mph, thankfully ...

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