What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Post by **erikv11** » 30 Jun 2019, 00:04

Replaced a CV boot on the 98 V70 - sure is great using an air hammer to pop off the CV! Also new cap and rotor, the car is at 279k miles.

Also pulled the pot metal slide pins from the car's rebuilt front calipers, and replaced them with 205k-mile factory stainless pins, which were basically spotless.

Post by **abscate** » 30 Jun 2019, 04:56

bmdubya1198 wrote: 29 Jun 2019, 23:47
abscate wrote: 29 Jun 2019, 16:54 I remember why the worst day fixing Volvo’s beats the best day working on the roof in summer
Oof... that sounds miserable. It was ridiculously hot today too, took the time to replace the valve cover on the Miata after repainting. Still doesn’t look as good as I was hoping, but I guess I can’t achieve near perfect results without power coating.

Finally got around to charging the AC in the R today too. That went well... until I was smelling refrigerant through the vents! It was hissing through the vents for at least 2-3 hours after this. I hope it aired out enough, fortunately it doesn’t seem to be lingering.
Looks like I need to order an evaporator! I had a strong feeling that was going to be the problem. Oh well, I need to fix the dash mounts anyway!

Yeah, youwant to pump it down to vacuum to test system integrity first. That way when the vacuum escapes it rushes up into space with its friends, although the relationship can be empty, and non-Torrid.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 30 Jun 2019, 08:22

abscate wrote: 30 Jun 2019, 04:56 Yeah, youwant to pump it down to vacuum to test system integrity first. That way when the vacuum escapes it rushes up into space with its friends, although the relationship can be empty, and non-Torrid.

That's what I had done probably a month ago. It didn't hold vacuum for very long, which is what alerted me to a leak.

Post by **abscate** » 30 Jun 2019, 10:24

Unless I know the system to be good, I ensure it holds vacuum overnight.

Post by **ZionXIX** » 30 Jun 2019, 11:43

Good Sunday all,

Since were on the subject of AC systems. I'm in the middle of replacing my blower motor and resistor. While doing that I decided to shop vac around the evaporator a bit. This is actually the first time I have ever physically looked at the evap and I this vehicle has gone 23 years without a cabin filter. Why didn't volvo make this standard? A shop vac is only able to do so much. The crud I'm pulling off is well adhered to the evap fins. I'm impressed any air was getting through. Pics below to completely disgust your Sunday out.

Post by **matthew1** » 30 Jun 2019, 12:29

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This is funny to me. One post here, three posts there... and this thread has... 2136

Post by **matthew1** » 30 Jun 2019, 12:36

ZionXIX wrote: 30 Jun 2019, 11:43 Good Sunday all,

Since were on the subject of AC systems. I'm in the middle of replacing my blower motor and resistor. While doing that I decided to shop vac around the evaporator a bit. This is actually the first time I have ever physically looked at the evap and I this vehicle has gone 23 years without a cabin filter. Why didn't volvo make this standard? A shop vac is only able to do so much. The crud I'm pulling off is well adhered to the evap fins. I'm impressed any air was getting through. Pics below to completely disgust your Sunday out.

Holy smokes Zion! That's crazy. How was it working in this condition (no pun intended)?

Post by **Goupil** » 30 Jun 2019, 13:09

ZionXIX wrote: 30 Jun 2019, 11:43 Good Sunday all,

Since were on the subject of AC systems. I'm in the middle of replacing my blower motor and resistor. While doing that I decided to shop vac around the evaporator a bit. This is actually the first time I have ever physically looked at the evap and I this vehicle has gone 23 years without a cabin filter. Why didn't volvo make this standard? A shop vac is only able to do so much. The crud I'm pulling off is well adhered to the evap fins. I'm impressed any air was getting through. Pics below to completely disgust your Sunday out.

I can smell this picture, and it does not smell good

Post by **ZionXIX** » 30 Jun 2019, 16:30

matthew1 wrote: 30 Jun 2019, 12:36
ZionXIX wrote: 30 Jun 2019, 11:43 Good Sunday all
Holy smokes Zion! That's crazy. How was it working in this condition (no pun intended)?

I have no idea how long its been like this. I took ownership in 2006 and never bothered checking. I was having some fan motor issue where I would get no fan and sometimes I would hit a bump and then full fan power. I didnt know if it was a Fan motor problem or a resistor so I bought a new resistor and the bosch replacement motor at FCP. My fan blades and such were in good condition and changing' the motor was not all that difficult. (Idiot me put it on backwards the first time). I'm estimating about twice the airflow now. I have never had airflow this good and there's no telling how much crud is buried deeper in the evaporator. At some point my compressor or a line will break, I will probably just do a complete system replacement at that time. Until then this was my compromise. Some scrubbing with a stiff nylon brush and forceps to pull as much crusty crap as I could reach. I could not smell an odor before or after. Maybe I acclimated to it long ago.

Shiny upside down resistor pic that I can't seem to fix. And my new Bosch motor.

Post by **matthew1** » 30 Jun 2019, 18:09

Fixed the resistor pic at the cost of being able to click on it to get a larger version. Sorry about that.