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

[volvolugnut]

Texas sun must be brutal on a paint finish. On the plus side, probably not a lot of road salt to worry about.

Not in Texas, but near there. After 10-12 years the clear coat starts to deteriorate. Red colors fade quickly. Do the clear coats go bad in northern states?
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[jonslave]

I heard these cars didn't have a clear on them. Is that true? There isn't any peeling which you would expect.

[E Showell]

Volvo clearcoats generally don't see the failure rates of some domestic and older Japanese models. Clearcoat's durability can have some color-based issues. Clearcoat's problems I've experienced in NJ on Volvos were due to failing crash repairs, not bad factory clearcoats.

[bmdubya1198]

I heard these cars didn't have a clear on them. Is that true? There isn't any peeling which you would expect.

Correct, 601 red is single stage. A compound job with M105 or similar will clear that paint right up.

[jonslave]

Yes looking forward to getting some as seen on tv wow moments after a cut job on it. This 855R is a Houston car and lived around the gulf coast its whole life. According to the CarFax it had 72,500 miles after 3 years ownership, poor thing was stuck going straight for so long.

[Goupil]

Bought a non leaky and working sunroof assembly to replace mine, also got a clean headliner from the donor car

I might be able to fit it this week end, but I have to change the pcv on a friends 850 first

[ZionXIX]

Got my freon evacuated in preparation for ac compressor replacement. While the freon machine was working, mechanic buddy sid he noticed the radiator leaking due to residue around the top. I glanced at it and decided to replace the radiator too since it was 15yrs old and the brand is unknown. After closer inspection what he was seeing was the top plastic cap of the intercooler. The top cap is soaked in oily dirt residue and Im at a loss to explain how or why. Thoughts? I havent experienced any boost issues. I suppose there could be a leak but I dont know how it could get on the front side too?

[smacknab]

Pulled my runner cover with an autobody friend to find this. He says it's manageable and I was hoping to get 5 years out of the car so I guess I'm tackling this next.

I'm going to check out a s70 that just arrived at junk lot to see about cutting off a donor piece. I have a thread going if anyone has any tips

[RickHaleParker]

Addressed the misfiring on the 2003 S40. Cleaning the electrical connector to the MAF is all it took.

[bmdubya1198]

Pulled my runner cover with an autobody friend to find this. He says it's manageable and I was hoping to get 5 years out of the car so I guess I'm tackling this next.

I'm going to check out a s70 that just arrived at junk lot to see about cutting off a donor piece. I have a thread going if anyone has any tips

I imagine this is what my cousin's old wagon would have looked like if we removed the rocker covers before crushing it.

Got my freon evacuated in preparation for ac compressor replacement. While the freon machine was working, mechanic buddy sid he noticed the radiator leaking due to residue around the top. I glanced at it and decided to replace the radiator too since it was 15yrs old and the brand is unknown. After closer inspection what he was seeing was the top plastic cap of the intercooler. The top cap is soaked in oily dirt residue and Im at a loss to explain how or why. Thoughts? I havent experienced any boost issues. I suppose there could be a leak but I dont know how it could get on the front side too?

That's relatively normal. It's probably what has soaked through the IC hoses. As long as you don't have any boost issues, I say go ahead and clean it up and run it!