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Volvo 960

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on all Volvo's "mid era" rear wheel drive Volvos.

1975 - 1993 240
1983 - 1992 740
1982 - 1991 760
1986 - 1991 780
1990 - 1998 940
1990 - 1998 960
1997 - 1998 V90/S90

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Football77
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Year and Model: 1996 960
Location: Atlanta

Volvo 960

Post by Football77 »

have a volvo 960 and was attempting to put engine temp sensor in located at the rear of engine. well unfortunate for me i cross thread the bolt and now it leaks from that plug. wondering if anyone else have had any problem with what im having and how did you fix it. any recomendation for a fix will be appreciated.

lummert
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Post by lummert »

Repair the threads with an insert?
1988 Volvo 760 Turbo Wagon

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Post by precopster »

Replacing the housing requires removal of the inlet manifold (or was it removal of the inlet manifold requires removal of the housing....?). In any case access is challenging. Buy a thread repair kit and try this first.
Current cars VW Transporter 2.5TDI, 2010 XC90 D5 R Design

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