What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[BlackBart]

Today it got to 43 degrees F(woot!). I changed a left side low beam bulb (H7 for reference), added a half quart of oil, and checked my sketchy battery. It measured 12.17 V. It starts fine now - wonder if it will make it through late winter and I could replace it in the fall.

A funny thing - someone had put a rolled up duct or elec tape wad between the pins on the bulb. Not clear what that was about. Burn marks (too hot a bulb?) or corrosion? (this headlight lens leaks).

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[BlackBart]

Oh, I forgot to ask, what is this fitting or valve upstream of the intake manifold? Between left headlight and turbo air filter box, orange-grey. I may have asked this before, and whether this is a preventative maintenance part.
Thanks -

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[vtl]

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo- ... r-30744402

When it falls, vacuum pump works all the time until it dies.

[BlackBart]

Thank you! Would you hear that?

[vtl]

Thank you! Would you hear that?

Yes. Turn the key into position II, hear a quiet "zzzzzz"? That should normally stop in a few seconds.

[BlackBart]

Yep, I have that. I sometimes wait for it thinking it‘s the fuel pump pressurizing like some older cars do.

[xHeart]

ECC Service: RECRIC had stopped working; blower fan behind the thermistor would not come on - no humming, and thermistor vitals?

Removed climate unit from the console, unassembled, deep cleaning all components; blower fan tunnel chocked with fuzz balls; cleaned around and behind the knob and button contacts with sensor cleaning solvent; discovered a sensor below the floor button. Thermistor beeps at Ohm test - .005 resistance. Finished with a facelift kit; back humming!

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[Kplantv70R]

well it was more of last week- 2005 Volvo V70R- new power steering pump and flushed the lines. - today a bath.

[velorider]

I got tired of the 12v cigarette charger falling out so I installed a USB dual port charger. I looked into installing under the HVAC controller, but there is not much room there. I also think having the cable coming from the rear is less messy up front and in the rare case I have someone in the back, they have easy access to the USB port also.

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[Krons]

Oil change on the 08 S60 2.5T today. Upon removal of the belly pan I was greeted by a ring of grease being flung out of the driver side CV joint. Gives me some time to plan a purchase, almost did CV shafts proactively when I did control arms and struts last December. Hoping it'll last until the next oil change. Maybe too much high speed driving late this summer... No other CV symptoms other than a very little vibration at certain highway speeds.

Other than the CV grease no other issues other than my eagerness to fill resulting in oiling the coil cover... ...that darn screen.

Had a window of time last night and pulled the driver CV shaft slinging grease. Old original 150k mile unit seems pretty good, will keep on shelf to potentially get new boots.

My price sensitivity (I’m not cheap lol) had me grab a GSP NCV73500 for $45 on eBay, it may only last 10k miles but buys me time to sort the original out.