Hey guys. I've had a 03 XC70 for a year now, primarily as a winter vehicle and I promptly fell in love with it when I got it. However, it's a high mileage car, currently just under 166k. It has AWD issues right now that I'm working through, one rear spring is broken, front end has some clunks that I...

Is that a "you can run them for sure" or is that a stab in the dark?

I'm aware of the speedo being off and I'm run with rub at full lock, I'm more concerned about suspension articulation rub as that, I can't control.

I tried searching for tire fitment, but it says the terms are too generic so it won't let me. Anyhow, I have the opportunity to pickup some Hakkapeliitta's from a special order that was canceled for dirt cheap. They are 215/75's. Tread width is the same, which is fine since I prefer a narrow tire in...

I finally got a chance to tear into this tonight. I !#$*!$)!@#'ed Volvo every which way possible tonight. It took the better part of 2.5 hours to get out the socket head screws that couple the drive shaft to the differential due to rust, thread locker and simple deterioration. And of course I'm doin...

vtl wrote: ↑21 Dec 2017, 05:09If the BG broke inside, you'd hear it for sure. If you can't rotate the driveshaft by hand that means the collar sleeve is not stripped. So the only thing left is AOC: either pump of pressure sensor. Both known to fail within 10ish years.

This is exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

I got to thinking tonight, just out of curiosity what is the failure mode of the bevel gear? I used some logic to determine that the bevel gear isn't bad (that is, the rear driveshaft stays locked up when the tranny is in park and the driveshaft spins when it's in drive, which leads me to believe no...

Update; Thank you all for pointing me in the right direction. After the responses I did some reading up on the DEM module as well as failure conditions. I also found the flowchart on Xemodeex's site. I went out tonight and got under the car thanks to our unseasonably warm weather. I'm unable to pull...

Hey guys. Compared to many of you I'm a newer Volvo guy. I bought a 2003 XC70 (built 11-2002) last winter as a work / winter vehicle and quickly fell in love with it. I put 40k miles on it between December 2016 and April this year with little issue, before I parked it mostly for the summer. I did so...

Hey guys. I picked up a new-to-me XC70 for work and winter purposes. Super clean car, 150k, always dealer maintained, came with a stack of receipts upwards of $15k over the last 10 years. It has some minor issues that seem to be common on the P2 platform. The front spring isolators are shot, even th...