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

brunocerous · Post by **brunocerous** » 18 Apr 2021, 17:21

Reinstalled my fuel tank after replacing the filler tube gasket and filled it up. No fuel leaks or smell!

Post by **scot850** » 18 Apr 2021, 21:22

Well done on the fuel tank fix. Hopefully that is the issue done with.

Neil.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 18 Apr 2021, 23:33

Screw those tailgate panel mounts, they are the worst designed part on the entire car! Mine is ALWAYS rattling, no matter how much I do to fix it. It just breaks more every time I breathe on it

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Post by **foggydogg** » 19 Apr 2021, 11:43

abscate wrote: ↑18 Apr 2021, 05:31 Is that the -1998 oil thermostat?

Yup, off Rescue R ( don't have your advanced knicknaming knack ). It was taking a quart for each round trip to DC. I bought the o-rings and clips along with some hydraulic hose a while ago. Don't understand why it didn't help, although, to be fair, the stuff was in the glove box.

Post by **foggydogg** » 19 Apr 2021, 11:47

scot850 wrote: ↑18 Apr 2021, 08:59 That definitely looks like a -98 oil engine oil thermostat. Before you re-fit, make sure the 2 'O' ring seal wells are spotlessly clean where the oil cooler lines go. They leak as the plate bends with age and can build up a layer of sharp crusty oil that can shred the 'o' rings when re-fitting.

Neil.

Thanks, Neil, everything will get a good scrubbing before reassembly. Might even soak the rusty bits first to clean them up. Can't understand how they got rusty with the total-loss oil bath treatment.

Post by **Goupil** » 19 Apr 2021, 12:33

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑18 Apr 2021, 23:33 Screw those tailgate panel mounts, they are the worst designed part on the entire car! Mine is ALWAYS rattling, no matter how much I do to fix it. It just breaks more every time I breathe on it .

I have been swapping clips for 2 years now, finally took the time to swap the new repair kit and it seems to be holding fine but for how long ?

My V70 have never been so silent inside

Post by **abscate** » 19 Apr 2021, 13:34

Load those clip repair kits with JB weld and they are silent forever.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 19 Apr 2021, 20:26

Goupil wrote: ↑19 Apr 2021, 12:33
I have been swapping clips for 2 years now, finally took the time to swap the new repair kit and it seems to be holding fine but for how long ?

My V70 have never been so silent inside

They work well if you're very careful with installation. I need to improve mine somehow... JB Weld is sounding really nice!

Post by **foggydogg** » 20 Apr 2021, 15:06

abscate wrote: ↑19 Apr 2021, 13:34 Load those clip repair kits with JB weld and they are silent forever.

Thinking about using a small dollop of Gorilla Glue on my next visit inside. The 850 has a right obnoxious rattle inside the D/S door too, which I'm sure will need chemical intervention.

Post by **abscate** » 21 Apr 2021, 02:29

I’ve found the right chemical intervention and those things don’t bother me anymore. Too much, though,and the knots in wood turn into eyes that follow me which is disturbing. Next come the voices........buy another Volvo.......buy another Volvo.....

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