Leaky Oil Cap

[abscate]

Woah woah woah! .... '94 850 NA have a Flame trap that needs periodic cleaning or replacement. It located on the side of the intake hose, the larger hose runs to the oil trap. Check the Flame Trap and see if it clogged up. New ones are about $5.00.

I think the official Volvo position on the flame trap is to remove and discard. Should be some threads confirming this here.

[abscate]

"Take good notes on the job so you can do it again quickly in 6 months from now."

Known problems with the ÜRO PCV kit or a vote of no confidence for the ÜRO brand name?

(E) All of the above.

WE have a couple of documented threads on the URO rubber PCV hoses falling apart in 6 months The breather box is probably ok, and any hose you can get to easily to replace probably could be argued to be decent value, but anything with significant labour to get on/off should be blue box.

I've got a blue box j hose in my garage I pulled off a car in a junkyard. Looks brand new. If nothing else, I'll check on other aftermarket brands, because I definitely agree with the post after yours saying we need to keep in mind and log any aftermarket parts that are solid quality.

Cost is always a consideration for me - I make what most 24 year old professionals make (read as "not a lot"), have two kids, and I'm the only income right now. Even if it means I'm doing it multiple times, sometimes I'm stuck with the $80 option (and sometimes that's not even doable) instead of the $160 option, even if I KNOW the $80 option end up costing me the same or more in the long run (that's just kinda the problem with being broke. But that's a convo for a much different forum)

I've seen a couple other aftermarket brands that are still cheaper than the Genuine parts (seriously, $160 for an OE kit?). Any suggestions on anything solid that isn't so damn expensive?

Make some friends here, help people out when you can, and good OEM volvo parts can fall to you like manna from the heavens...when I do PM on SWMBO parts Im often discarding parts with good life left in them - I give them away.

There are a lot of hacks and tricks on these Fora - and remember, this is from the guy who started this thread..

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[ir637113]

Woah woah woah! .... '94 850 NA have a Flame trap that needs periodic cleaning or replacement. It located on the side of the intake hose, the larger hose runs to the oil trap. Check the Flame Trap and see if it clogged up. New ones are about $5.00.

I'm planning on replacing/cleaning/getting rid of this part anyway. But the more I think about it, the more I remember that there was crud in those ports I didn't get out, so I'm gonna have to get back down there. My thought is either I didn't clean them well enough, or I didn't get it out and it swept out and clogged the new trap.

[ir637113]

(E) All of the above.

WE have a couple of documented threads on the URO rubber PCV hoses falling apart in 6 months The breather box is probably ok, and any hose you can get to easily to replace probably could be argued to be decent value, but anything with significant labour to get on/off should be blue box.

I've got a blue box j hose in my garage I pulled off a car in a junkyard. Looks brand new. If nothing else, I'll check on other aftermarket brands, because I definitely agree with the post after yours saying we need to keep in mind and log any aftermarket parts that are solid quality.

Cost is always a consideration for me - I make what most 24 year old professionals make (read as "not a lot"), have two kids, and I'm the only income right now. Even if it means I'm doing it multiple times, sometimes I'm stuck with the $80 option (and sometimes that's not even doable) instead of the $160 option, even if I KNOW the $80 option end up costing me the same or more in the long run (that's just kinda the problem with being broke. But that's a convo for a much different forum)

I've seen a couple other aftermarket brands that are still cheaper than the Genuine parts (seriously, $160 for an OE kit?). Any suggestions on anything solid that isn't so damn expensive?

Make some friends here, help people out when you can, and good OEM Volvo parts can fall to you like manna from the heavens...when I do PM on SWMBO parts Im often discarding parts with good life left in them - I give them away.

There are a lot of hacks and tricks on these Fora - and remember, this is from the guy who started this thread..

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75054&hilit=cheapskate

Totally get it lol. I just don't have the hours in the day to devote to it right now. I'd absolutely love to use genuine or OEM. But right now the only way I could do that was if I just replaced the j hose with the one that's on there. Although I guess it's possible considering it's only two months old...

Either way, I priced everything out, and avoiding URO makes genuine on FCP the cheapest for the hard-to-reach parts (minus an MTC oil trap on Amazon, so I'll test my luck there. But I've heard good reviews on MTC). The rest of the parts are easy enough to get to or not as important to have genuine imo (flame trap, gaskets, etc.). Pulled me from the $150 kit on FCP to $100 even (pro-tip: if you want aftermarket parts, CarID is phenomenal). The J hose is my only actual questionable item right now. Looking at a Gates ($10 compared to $30, but mixed reviews in Gates parts)

I'm wondering... If my genuine hose is only four months old, could I just pull it and reuse it, or should I just go ahead and replace it?

[abscate]

Volvo hoses last 10-20 years - no need to replace a 4 month old one, Dont damage it removing it, of course.

[scot850]

+1 with what abscate says. Unless it has been damaged/split somehow, it should be good for years, just don't damage it!

Good luck!. I'm wish i knew where they are, but I am sure i have new flame traps and a housing somewhere from an 850. Saying that, the common thread is to dump the flame trap especially on older high mileage cars as they tend to block up.

Neil.

[ir637113]

Yeah.... This car is just so fucked tbh. I'm currently sitting on the side of the highway lol.

Driving, decided to pass a car on the highway. Started losing power. Noticed my foot was on the floor and I was losing speed. Cue pulling over, oil light coming on, then car stalling. Minus the oil (clogged pcv explains that), this is what it did last time and was the ECT sensor. But I did that less than a month ago.

BOLO for yet another "wtf, my car doesn't work" post from me.

[ir637113]

We'll see what it does once the block is cold. That'll tell me if it's the sensor. I just hope to God I didn't kill the engine. I spent $1000 on this, it's not worth a new engine to me (ntm that I can replace the whole car for $1000-$1500)

[ir637113]

Alright... Not starting at all, and every drop of oil I'm putting in it if flying out of somewhere on the passenger side when I try to crank it.

My thinking is hose popped loose (if there's a hose oil is going through?) Or I completely obliterated a seal or two)

[ir637113]

This thing is looking more and more like it's gonna go the way of an organ donor anytime now. Not too bad, though - probably pushed the engine to 350k.