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

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 21 Apr 2021, 08:29

abscate wrote: 21 Apr 2021, 02:29 Next come the voices........buy another Volvo.......buy another Volvo.....

Good, I'm not the only one that hears those voices.

Cookeh · Post by **Cookeh** » 22 Apr 2021, 02:45

My 850 decided that 1800 hrs after work was the perfect time to brick a fuel pump. After much tapping it did eventually unstick and let the car run, but I was faced with the dilemma of how to get it home.

My breakdown cover has free recovery within 50mi, but my commute is 78mi. I'd have had to pay a flat fee of £120 and then £2 per mile for the last 28 miles (or £180). Not super expensive, but the nearest flat bed was over 2 hours away so I wasn't hugely keen.

The next option was to tow it to a local independent Volvo specialist. They had closed, however, so I'd have had to leave the car in the driveway with the keys in the car for 16 hours until they reopened....on an industrial estate...so I glossed over that method.

Final option was just to gamble that once running it would keep running, and drive it home. I chose to gamble. Fairly nerve-wracking given there are no hard shoulders at any point on my commute, especially when I could hear the pump change frequency and occasionally stop for a split-second.

Ordered a Walbro GSS342 when I got home, and will hopefully fit that this weekend. Is a pair of screwdrivers the best option for the push fit fuel lines or?

Had to borrow a relatives Subaru XV to commute in today. Horrid. Rattly, noisy, the gearing is illogical, seats are uncomfortable, there's no thought of ergonomics in the interior design, and the steering (whilst nicely weighted) is so utterly devoid of any feedback that you have no idea what the wheels are doing. Capable chassis and suspension though, I'll give it that.

Post by **850 LPT** » 22 Apr 2021, 06:11

Cookeh wrote: 22 Apr 2021, 02:45 My 850 decided that 1800 hrs after work was the perfect time to brick a fuel pump. After much tapping it did eventually unstick and let the car run, but I was faced with the dilemma of how to get it home.

My breakdown cover has free recovery within 50mi, but my commute is 78mi. I'd have had to pay a flat fee of £120 and then £2 per mile for the last 28 miles (or £180). Not super expensive, but the nearest flat bed was over 2 hours away so I wasn't hugely keen.

The next option was to tow it to a local independent Volvo specialist. They had closed, however, so I'd have had to leave the car in the driveway with the keys in the car for 16 hours until they reopened....on an industrial estate...so I glossed over that method.

Final option was just to gamble that once running it would keep running, and drive it home. I chose to gamble. Fairly nerve-wracking given there are no hard shoulders at any point on my commute, especially when I could hear the pump change frequency and occasionally stop for a split-second.

Ordered a Walbro GSS342 when I got home, and will hopefully fit that this weekend. Is a pair of screwdrivers the best option for the push fit fuel lines or?

Had to borrow a relatives Subaru XV to commute in today. Horrid. Rattly, noisy, the gearing is illogical, seats are uncomfortable, there's no thought of ergonomics in the interior design, and the steering (whilst nicely weighted) is so utterly devoid of any feedback that you have no idea what the wheels are doing. Capable chassis and suspension though, I'll give it that.

Oh boy, this kind of brings back memories of my old 97' 850 GLT and when the fuel pump quit on a busy interstate highway during rush hour - fun times. The failure was preceeded by a whining pump, but I thought I had a couple of days to get to it. Turned out to be a false assumption.

In any case, these are very easy to change. Screwdriver will do just fine to pry the fuel lines off, just like you say.

Glad you made it home okay that day,

Dirk

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 22 Apr 2021, 09:42

My cousin's 240 did this a couple times in 95 degree weather on the highway during rush hour... we were cruising around with our other cousin who was visiting and the fuel pump started to get weak, then gave out. We had to wait for it to cool down for the pump to function again... which got us another 7-8 miles... then eventually we got the car home. Fun times in nasty, humid NC heat!

Post by **abscate** » 22 Apr 2021, 12:42

Lumber hauler

Post by **volvolugnut** » 22 Apr 2021, 15:45

Tell us about your building project.

volvolugnut

Post by **abscate** » 23 Apr 2021, 08:21

I’m building an underground garage to protect my Volvos from the Apocalypse

Post by **ZionXIX** » 23 Apr 2021, 11:20

abscate wrote: 23 Apr 2021, 08:21 I’m building an underground garage to protect my Volvos from the Apocalypse

We should definitely make that a sticky....

Holiday · Post by **Holiday** » 23 Apr 2021, 13:58

New latch and rear panel for my 850 Wagon tailgate. Got the latch from salvage yard. The rear panel was loose and the previous owner did some kinda hack job on it and added glued velcro strips so I replaced it and also bought the IPD panel repair kit. Now the rear of the car doesn't rattle annoyingly and the key mechanism works.

Next up is the ignition switch replace so I don't have to wiggle the key to some magic position in order to get the car out of park as well as install of a turn signal arm so the turn signal auto shut off works again.

Post by **BlackBart** » 23 Apr 2021, 17:04

abscate wrote: 22 Apr 2021, 12:42 Lumber hauler

Price of framing lumber has skyrocketed lately. Maybe you found that out.