What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

Stu70 · Post by **Stu70** » 05 Nov 2022, 18:00

After alignment -needed as I dropped the subframe had swapped and fooled with bits side to side, for sway bar contacting LCA.
Got back home with a clunck and sway bar contacting LCA again. Found they hadn’t fully tightened top spindle to shock bolt.
I now know two reasons why a sway bar will move.
Rang alignment place was told to bring it back in to check all bolts. I thanked him for his confidence in his staffs abilities, but declined saying I will do it myself. Going to check everything’s aligned next week at another workshop; Where the man wears overalls not a corporate polo top…

Post by **vtl** » 05 Nov 2022, 18:15

Push the sway bar as far away from the struts as you can. Helped in my case.

Post by **br0dy519** » 05 Nov 2022, 18:52

My alignment tech screwed up my wife's car last time. He aligned it with the wheel at 11 o clock. Tells me thats the best he can get it at 330km, with some BS about the rear end. Ok...

One of his hands is missing and is literally a hook. So I can't argue with the guy. Wife has to drive the car askew until the next time I muck about the front end.

Post by **BlackBart** » 08 Nov 2022, 08:03

We had a sudden Montana Nor’easter blow in so I quick swapped tires on Betty out in the alley. Nice to have an impact gun and good gloves.

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Apologies to all my friends in the salty climes.

Post by **br0dy519** » 08 Nov 2022, 16:06

Wife called scared to drive the XC. Said it was making a rubber noise. Checked it and found that the new CV axle I installed this summer was making a noise like the video below. I sprayed the boot down with silicone spray and it's quiet. Apparently this just happens sometimes with newer boots in cold weather. Now she feels safe to drive it again.

weitau · Post by **weitau** » 11 Nov 2022, 15:17

I'd recently bought a 2004 V70. The Driver's side strut mount was not replaced (but still had the original strut), but the passenger side was. As it turned out, the driver's side had a major accident, causing the bottom 2 strut bolt mounts to bend, stabilizer linkage to bend. Not a problem until we found the "cross pattern" nut/washer on the strut had siezed and there was no way to disassemble the strut, so there's nothing that could be saved. Nevertheless I had to drive back home, so my indie mechanic had to put everything back on and pay for his time. Ordered all new parts from eEuropart and luckily Rockauto had a liquidation sale on KYB struts Excel-G. It was $105 a week ago, but they were blowing out the last pair for $60 each

xanthefin · Post by **xanthefin** » 16 Nov 2022, 19:43

My bench CEM started acting badly on Low Speed CAN Bus making it talk nonsense and like one way communication just i can't talk to it but DIM can talk to me. I am so happy to to find these when i would want just use it.

Update: Seems CEM out second pin of CAN Bus low speed is "broken"... No signal even though you could measure with volt meter but there is nothing with oscilloscope measurment of signal as any pure signal... And it has to GND and +12V lower resistance.. need jump over this crap for now i am too busy to diagnose this which happened almost by its own as i just been moving this wire thing and now CEM decided to become like this problem child...

Like last week diagnose why other DIM makes 003, 005, 006 Codes about SRS light circuit fault when there wasn't any problem with light and manually triggering it on / off couple times and turnign Ignition on / off after made those fault codes disappear. started feeling Volvo loved using flip flops in their design of code like coworker's 07 V70 fuel cap didn't get locked for some time until one day some genius at Volvo service tried manually command it on off and told "it works, no problems" and its been working ever since again.

More fun from other diagnosis.. only on cold times of year triggered random fault in engine system or such message.. but not left fault codes or didn't got read while it was active.. though it was detectable reading live sensor data and TMAP (MAP + Thermal sensor) made it happen due it showing ridiculous temperature when outside and cold engine temperature is totally different what this one did show.

P.S. If previous DIM codes even after DIM replacement check whole system example A/C can screw around making even those appear being in same bus. Lastly if no else places then DIM it is..

Post by **br0dy519** » 21 Nov 2022, 17:52

abscate wrote: ↑26 Sep 2022, 04:10 In the p80 forum there is a great link to a Utah firm making pre fabbed flanges. Weld or band clamp them in. Ezpz

Thanks to Firefox

https://www.bearriverconverters.store/p ... ipe-repair

Has anyone used this for the cat to resonator flange on the P2? I think it's a 2 1/4 pipe size....

Post by **br0dy519** » 24 Nov 2022, 10:11

Replaced both strut assemblies on my XC today with FCS quick struts for $250 CAD all-in. Manufactured in Detroit using Chinese components. Lifetime warranty, and honestly one of the easier jobs I’ve ever done on this vehicle. So low risk for me. Rattle is now gone. Nothing was salvageable on the old strut. Even the springs were starting to show bad rusted spots, seats were shot, bearing gone, struts leaking. They needed to be done probably 2 years ago.

Also: happy thanksgiving all you yankees.

MDK · Post by **MDK** » 25 Nov 2022, 08:15

What haven't I done? Don't ask. How do you all like my new cold air intake on my R ?

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