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Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

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Re: What did you do to your Volvo today? (now Sticky!!)

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Today

Driver wiper arm came loose, got caught in pass side, bent wiper blade to crap.

Replaced with spare from BMW, 22 inch

Realised it was 60F out, so broke out the vacuum pump, pumped AC system down (still at 29 inches vacuum from DEC) and charged with 750g R134A. AC working well, will measure them delta later.

Celebrated with a tank of 93 Octane
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Removed the original O2 sensors on the 98 V70, 180k, and replaced them with Bosch OEM replacements.
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replaced the PS Resevoir. Went really smooth until I realized I had forgot to order the clamps and I didn’t have any around that for the high pressure hose connection.
Was 10pm by that point and I didn’t have a ton of options but I lucked out and Walmart had some in stock that were the right size.
Got some cheapo wiper blades there too. The streaking has been driving me nuts.
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jtp wrote: 12 Jan 2018, 21:59 replaced the PS Resevoir. Went really smooth until I realized I had forgot to order the clamps and I didn’t have any around that for the high pressure hose connection.
Was 10pm by that point and I didn’t have a ton of options but I lucked out and Walmart had some in stock that were the right size.
Got some cheapo wiper blades there too. The streaking has been driving me nuts.
Any clamp should work on that if you have the same pump/resv. setup I have. The 2 lines to the resv. are both low pressure. The one that connects from the rear behind the engine (from the rack) is just a return though it sure does look beefy like a high pressure line. The high pressure comes off the front of the pump and has an o-ring in it.
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wlkstout wrote: 12 Jan 2018, 19:08 Removed the original O2 sensors on the 98 V70, 180k, and replaced them with Bosch OEM replacements.
Did you have an engine code or other indication they were going bad, or was it preventative maintenance?
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At 180k that's really smart. They get tired after 100k and will respond slower to changes in O2 content. The real danger is when they run the car lean and burn valves.

I went to 140k and replaced them
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abscate wrote: 13 Jan 2018, 06:08 At 180k that's really smart. They get tired after 100k and will respond slower to changes in O2 content. The real danger is when they run the car lean and burn valves.

I went to 140k and replaced them
Good to know. Thanks Abscate!
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abscate wrote: 13 Jan 2018, 06:08 At 180k that's really smart. They get tired after 100k and will respond slower to changes in O2 content. The real danger is when they run the car lean and burn valves.

I went to 140k and replaced them
*adds another item to the list for this summer...*
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I've got three sets of OXS tools plus oxy-acetylene this summer
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