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

[kallekula]

I painted my fuel rail cover in gun metal gray.

[kallekula]

Noticed that thermostat gasket had started leaking a bit so I decided to replace that and also all the coolant hoses that were starting to look a bit rotten.

[smacknab]

I painted my fuel rail cover in gun metal gray.

Looks good, alot of people on the on the FB v70 group paint them an ugly saturated bright red or blue

[kallekula]

I painted my fuel rail cover in gun metal gray.

Looks good, alot of people on the on the FB v70 group paint them an ugly saturated bright red or blue

Last night I painted some of the engine plastic too. Not sure what I think about it yet.

[bmdubya1198]

Last night I painted some of the engine plastic too. Not sure what I think about it yet.

I like it! The gray looks nice.

[RickHaleParker]

I painted my fuel rail cover in gun metal gray.

I think it would pop if you polish the Aluminum head with Stove Black wood stove polish. I cannot say for sure how well Stove Black will work on Aluminum. You might want to test it on a piece of scrap Aluminum before you commit to it. If it works ... Black intake also?

[kallekula]

I painted my fuel rail cover in gun metal gray.

I think it would pop if you polish the Aluminum head with Stove Black wood stove polish. I cannot say for sure how well Stove Black will work on Aluminum. You might want to test it on a piece of scrap Aluminum before you commit to it. If it works ... Black intake also?

Wow! ok. I'm not really the wax-on wax-off type of guy. Im the guy that's awkwardly ocd about oil leaks As long as the mechanical works perfect I don't care what it looks like, almost. This painting was just a corona boredom kind of thing.

Anyway, very interesting tips. I think I will youtube that stuff right away. Not sure about intake color but who knows. Maybe I'll try learning a little bit photo shop so I can get some ideas.

Thank you and have a nice evening Sir!

[kallekula]

Noticed that thermostat gasket had started leaking a bit so I decided to replace that and also all the coolant hoses that were starting to look a bit rotten.

A little follow up:
The thermostat rubber seal was rock hard and fell to pieces when I took it off. The brand was for sure Reinz because it came in a head gasket kit of brand Victor Reinz that I bought and used 8 years ago. The engine has only been driven 50K miles since then.
Should that be called normal or bad quality?

[bmdubya1198]

I’d say 50k miles for an aftermarket thermostat gasket that costs probably $2 is good. I mean, the OE gaskets usually last longer, but I guess 50k isn’t too bad.

[abscate]

Noticed that thermostat gasket had started leaking a bit so I decided to replace that and also all the coolant hoses that were starting to look a bit rotten.

A little follow up:
The thermostat rubber seal was rock hard and fell to pieces when I took it off. The brand was for sure Reinz because it came in a head gasket kit of brand Victor Reinz that I bought and used 8 years ago. The engine has only been driven 50K miles since then.
Should that be called normal or bad quality?

That would be every two years of driving for me, for a part which if it dumps your coolant can mean $2000 of engine work, and can’t be easily inspected.

I would fall into the “ bad quality” camp

I drove the T5 470 miles around upstate NY ona beautiful spring day. Stopped at cabin and mowed lawn since I fired the lawn service, two socially distanced outside meetings.