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Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
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1997 - 2000 V70-XC
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Re: What did you do to your Volvo today?

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Went to the Horseshoe Beach Volvo races……

My T5 won the crown……
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OK. You have to explain these creatures to a land locked Okie.

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volvolugnut wrote: ↑12 Sep 2021, 14:04 OK. You have to explain these creatures to a land locked Okie.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab
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Simple docile creatures that witnessed the extinction of the dinosaurs and whose blood has magical properties that can not be reproduced.
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For the past few weeks my dashboard lights have not been working when the headlight switch is turned to the "on" position. So figuring out my speed at night has been super fun. Anyway I decided to tear apart the switch and clean it up. A little cleaning with light sanding and new dielectric grease has fixed the problem. Free fix if anyone needs it. Warning, the plastic housing will break when trying to free the tabs. Here are some pics of the before and after.
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Scarlett: 1996 850 Turbo Wagon in Reagent Red Pearl ~210K mi
Norman: 2012 F150 XLT Crew Cab in Oxford White ~110K mi
Ember: 2005 XC90 2.5T FWD in Ruby Red Metallic ~83K mi *Newest addition to the fleet*
Ruby: 1997 850 Turbo Wagon in Reagent Red Pearl - parts car
Rose: 2020 Ram 1500 in Delmonico Red Pearl - SWMBO's Vehicle
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Added more stuff to the engine. Now just waiting for the head gasket and some miscellaneous other parts.

I'm getting closer. The anticipation is killing me.
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manovlov wrote: ↑12 Sep 2021, 07:12 I replaced all cooling hoses. I think to be a good idea to replace also the tank...
What is wrong with the tank so that you will replace it? I decided to replace mine because it looks brittle in the area that you photographed, but nowhere else.
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ZionXIX wrote: ↑12 Sep 2021, 15:42 Simple docile creatures that witnessed the extinction of the dinosaurs and whose blood has magical properties that can not be reproduced.
Created by Volvo ?
1995/02 850 GLT 2.5 170 Petrol M56
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FireFox31 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2021, 21:39
manovlov wrote: ↑12 Sep 2021, 07:12 I replaced all cooling hoses. I think to be a good idea to replace also the tank...
What is wrong with the tank so that you will replace it? I decided to replace mine because it looks brittle in the area that you photographed, but nowhere else.
This car has spent 18 years in saoudite Arabia. So each time I can, I play security. The goal is to keep it as secured as possible. When I will be retired, I don’t wanna specially do hard job on it.
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98 V70 with 293k: Changed the fuel pump in a parking lot 1700 miles from home. Had to buy a voltmeter otherwise I had what I needed with me.

Thanks abscate for the tech support!

FYI this car was throwing recurring P0172 codes for a few days before the pump completely died. Changing the fuel pump got rid of the code.
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'07 XC70, black, 205k
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