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What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's stylish, distinctive P2 platform cars sold as model years 2001-2007 (North American market year designations).

2001 - 2007 V70
2001 - 2004 V70 XC (Cross Country)
2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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Re: What did you do to your P2 Volvo today....now sticky!!

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Rattnalle wrote: 01 May 2018, 13:39
abscate wrote: 01 May 2018, 13:38 I once dropped that bolt and Five Rivers here posted to me here where to find it.

How awesome is that?
I dropped it and the washers a dozen times. Ended up pouring a bucket of water down the front of the engine to wash them down to the ground.. :roll:

Oh and it was raining almost the entire time to begin with.. Had to finish though.
It's much easier to drop another bolt and watch it follow the first one. (This is about the only option when a water ban in the area is enforced.) :D
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Post by Rattnalle »

regent wrote: 02 May 2018, 08:38
Rattnalle wrote: 01 May 2018, 13:39
abscate wrote: 01 May 2018, 13:38 I once dropped that bolt and Five Rivers here posted to me here where to find it.

How awesome is that?
I dropped it and the washers a dozen times. Ended up pouring a bucket of water down the front of the engine to wash them down to the ground.. :roll:

Oh and it was raining almost the entire time to begin with.. Had to finish though.
It's much easier to drop another bolt and watch it follow the first one. (This is about the only option when a water ban in the area is enforced.) :D
I dropped it enough times to know where it went roughly, I just couln't get to it :)

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Post by abscate »

My $3 Lowes magnet on a telescopic stick has saved me 100s of roll under the car for dropped things.
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Rear hatch on the 70 wouldn't open... diagnosis revealed... replace latch Assy. ... going to the scrapyard...

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Post by abscate »

I tried two junkyard latches, cheap, before I broke down and bought a new Volvo one from FCP. It worked much better
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Post by jonesg »

My rapidaire airline system arrived, I'm running my compressor in the house to the garage , this is better than regular hose, its pex hardline with lower pressure loss. Thats what I do for my Volvo. Not to my volvo.

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Have been working on replacing the ETM sensor this week. Finally put everything back today today and so far good result. Knock on wood.

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Post by mrbrian200 »

This might be considered blasphemy: Bag hooks out of an Audi.
I don't like the Volvo hooks, they don't retract. I see breaking them easily getting large items in and out of the trunk.
Whoever designed these for VW/Audi nailed it...
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Oh, and whoever put all new brakes/rotors on your '04 Silver S60, drove maybe 500 miles before totaling the vehicle and it ended up at LKQ in South Bend Indiana. That brake job didn't go to waste. I took it all. The (ceramic) pads still looked like they were right out of the box.

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Post by Georgeandkira »

p/n for those VAG bag holders?

edit: Oh, I guess you pulled 'em at the 'yard'.

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Post by chrism »

Replaced the heater core in my wife's 2005 S80. I had replaced it a year ago almost to the day but it started to leak again. Advance Auto honored their lifetime warranty and actually gave me what appears to be a higher quality unit in the process. Broke the temperature blend door linkage in the process :x

While I was swapping the core, I put my wife to work scrubbing the coolant out of the carpet :D

It's an awfully tight fit getting the core in and out due to the steering column being in the way, at least on the S80 that is.

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