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

[abscate]

Let me know if you want some UBG brand on the FreeTrain Bruno. You can often get another 5000 out of a cap and rotor with a Dremel on the brass bits.

I’m flying LGA a lot these days so can drop them in Queens. Did Dr DoFuss move to the Bronx finally?

2023 mantra. “ the more Volvo parts I give away , the less I have to move “

In "Commentarii de Bello Gallico", J. Caesar calls the extra baggage of war Impedimenta

MVS is an oasis of verve, elań, and philosophy in an Olive Garden World

[manovlov]

Drove a while. Everything seems okay.

[scot850]

Well done guys and also Manovlov for your hands on work!

Neil.

[bmdubya1198]

MVS is an oasis of verve, elań, and philosophy in an Olive Garden World

And Oxford commas, those cannot be forgotten.

[brunocerous]

Could’ve sworn I smelled coolant while taking my oldest kid to soccer practice, so I took a look and thought the heater hoses might need replacing.

Is it me, or do they look a bit swollen?

Heater hoses in a 1998 Volvo V70

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[abscate]

Those are ok. The rubber in the OE ones is incredibly good. I have one p80 that traverses the Islet of Langherhans with new hoses but I have learned to trust those OEs for 250-300k miles.

A very conservative PM model would be replace at 150-200k miles but keep those old ones as UBG!

No aftermarket rubber here please

[bmdubya1198]

It's hard to tell if that's corrosion or coolant residue on the pipes, but if it's coolant it may be time to replace. Otherwise, the OE hoses do last a really long time.

[volvolugnut]

MVS is an oasis of verve, elań, and philosophy in an Olive Garden World

And Oxford commas, those cannot be forgotten.

Of all the things I have learned on MVS, the Oxford comma may be the most surprising.

volvolugnut

[FireFox31]

A while back, I was advised to replace coolant hoses at 150k - 200k mi. I kept my old 200k mile ones but they're heading for the garbage soon.

[abscate]

PM model , yes, replace at 150k.

For run to fail, if you keep an eye on the heater hoses, you can catch the early signs of problems and get 250-300k out of them.

I took off my OE heater hoses from the 99 and replaced then at 14 years/150k. I paid them forward and the are still in service about 100k /10 years later.