New Volvo 850 Purchase!

[454cid]

Today, I dumped in a bottle of Gunk High Mileage fuel Injector Cleaner and filled the tank up with Premium in preparation for the cars maiden voyage to work tomorrow. 100 miles round trip.

[jmcguire]

Maybe the problem is that the pins are missing then?
They are shown on the left of the photo at this link:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-1993-1997- ... 632-2357-0

I thought you meant the pins that the caliper would slide on. I do have the pins you're referring to. I just installed new ones. I guess the pads do slide on them to an extent, but their main function seems to be pad retention. I put anti-seize on the ends, but didn't put anything on the exposed middle.

Sorry for the confusion. I think they call them guide pins instead of slide pins. Cleaning up the caliper with a wire brush and painting it along with greasing those pins with brake/caliper grease cured my brake squeal.

[454cid]

Sorry for the confusion. I think they call them guide pins instead of slide pins. Cleaning up the caliper with a wire brush and painting it along with greasing those pins with brake/caliper grease cured my brake squeal.

I tried getting the loose stuff out, with a flat blade screw driver, a wire brush, and brake cleaner, but since they calipers were still mounted, I didn't have the much clearance. I'm planning on replacing the rotors (and pads again) this summer so I'll clean those calipers up better at that time.

While driving the car today, I didn't notice the squeal, but it was snowy too.

[454cid]

I checked the oil today. I'm not used to driving a vehicle that I don't have to constantly add oil to.

I've got an o-ring for the top of the dipstick coming from Ipd, because the original looks a bit flat, and o-rings are cheap.

[SirBrickWagon]

I checked the oil today. I'm not used to driving a vehicle that I don't have to constantly add oil to.

I've got an o-ring for the top of the dipstick coming from Ipd, because the original looks a bit flat, and o-rings are cheap.

haven't had to add any oil to mine yet, the dipstick is at a good level for mine but unbelievably still leaks a considerable amount of oil but miraculously is never in short supply. gotta love P80s.

[erikv11]

I checked the oil today. I'm not used to driving a vehicle that I don't have to constantly add oil to.

I've got an o-ring for the top of the dipstick coming from Ipd, because the original looks a bit flat, and o-rings are cheap.

My P80 cars/engines are amazing, I simply do not need to add any oil between changes. The level drops a little in the ~5k mile OCI but not below the line - not even for the 300k V70!

My P2 cars are different story, one uses a quart about every 2k miles, the other about every 3k.

All get the same oil, 5W-40 Rotella T6.

[454cid]

My P80 cars/engines are amazing, I simply do not need to add any oil between changes. The level drops a little in the ~5k mile OCI but not below the line - not even for the 300k V70!

My P2 cars are different story, one uses a quart about every 2k miles, the other about every 3k.

All get the same oil, 5W-40 Rotella T6.

That's great!

5W-40 T6 is what I bought. I have yet to change the oil, Though. I ran out of time before going back to work, and was most concerned with the thermostat and timing belt. I'm hoping to do it, next Sunday.

[454cid]

Today will be oil/ATF change day, finally. The "as purchased" oil didn't look too bad, and I decided that things like the thermostat and timing belt were more important to get done before my time got more limited.

I've got Rotella T6 5w40, a Mahle filter, and a new plug/washer for the oil pan. I assume the transmission plug will be okay since that's likely never been removed.

The recent snow has shown me that I really need new tires. I've got some snow tires in my Discount Tire cart, and will likely order them this weekend. I really wish I had some crappy spare tires, as I'd just swap the tires off my Saturn, as they're the exact same tire I want for the Volvo. If I were out in the country, I'd set the Saturn down on pieces of firewood

[abscate]

Saturns were known for their ring issues , I’m told.

[454cid]

Saturns were known for their ring issues , I’m told.

Yes, most definitely. Maybe they put the R&D money into the heavily baffled valve cover. and oil fill cap, because that functions very well, and it always needs to be opened.