hi all - as a devoted Volvo owner i am always eager to connect with other people to share knowledge and learn - i currently own two older Volvos a 90 740T wagon and a 94 850 T5 wagon and am proud to say that neither has seen the inside of a garage since coming to our family (except of course for the mandatory etests) - i come from a long line of tinkerers, my dad is a certified mechanic, one brother is an electrician and the other a service technician and i enjoy finding the root of a problem, fixing it and reaping the spoils (especially merging onto the 401 in the 850!)
i'm good for tackling anything short of a major repair (replacing heads, tranny's or rebuilding an engine) and have taught myself pretty much everything that i know about these cars - heck i've even taught the old man a thing or two (with the help of various forums of course) - so if you're looking for some help/advice/tools or just a second guy to goose the throttle or pump the brakes while you fiddle, let me know
Helper in Port Hope, Ontario
My 1998 Volvo V70 wagon has trouble staying idle, or driving while the engine is cold. Once it is warmed up, it drives like a champ. But until it's warm it stalls out, won't accelerate, and seems like pressing the gas pedal gives it less gas, and helps it stall out. I brought it in to a mechanic and his best guess was the choke was stuck open, but he didn't know how to fix it. I could bring the car to you fairly easily, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi shegarty
I have two volvo 2000 XC70 and 2004 XC90.
XC70 had replaced rear and front pads with ceramic ones and had new rotors at that time. Everthing two years ago. Today i did check if pads require replacement, but found still looking good (approx. 5-6 mm thick) but breaks aren't even as good as they should, considering minimum thikness should be 2 to 3 mm when they must be replaced. But even with this wearout breaks should work well enough to allow emergency stop. In this case trough passing years my breaks were getting weaker and weaker to the point the beeding them (today) didn't help or wery little. Internet search resuletd with conclusion taht the best move would be to replace vacuum lines. They were cleaned and PVC was replaced also two years ago. Question is, did you ever did this kind of job and where to buy vacuum lines here in Ontario? I would opt for DIY instead go to a dealer. I have done lots of repairs on my previous volvos (1988 740 vagon standard 578000km; 1989 760vagon and one still in front of my house - 1984 white sedan which has most of its features working).
I have two volvo 2000 XC70 and 2004 XC90.
XC70 had replaced rear and front pads with ceramic ones and had new rotors at that time. Everthing two years ago. Today i did check if pads require replacement, but found still looking good (approx. 5-6 mm thick) but breaks aren't even as good as they should, considering minimum thikness should be 2 to 3 mm when they must be replaced. But even with this wearout breaks should work well enough to allow emergency stop. In this case trough passing years my breaks were getting weaker and weaker to the point the beeding them (today) didn't help or wery little. Internet search resuletd with conclusion taht the best move would be to replace vacuum lines. They were cleaned and PVC was replaced also two years ago. Question is, did you ever did this kind of job and where to buy vacuum lines here in Ontario? I would opt for DIY instead go to a dealer. I have done lots of repairs on my previous volvos (1988 740 vagon standard 578000km; 1989 760vagon and one still in front of my house - 1984 white sedan which has most of its features working).