What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[dikidera]

Mine was broken so it was easier to remove. The new one took 1 hour and 30 minutes to install and I really had to push down on the subframe.

[jonesg]

Where's a good yard in BOS area? I'm close to Erie, but in BOS weekly on business

I wish to know this too!

hollands 'pick and pull" in billerica, lots of volvos .

https://www.hollandusedautopartsma.com/

[yanga001]

Grabbed a starter and a power steering unit from a pic n save. Will swap them into my car for certainty on condition. Came from a low km car with beautifully clean power steering fluid.

[potatoboy]

I got done doing the dreaded PCV replacement (+ coolant thermo) last weekend at 175k, apparently long overdue. After putting everything back together, no start. So I took everything apart again, inspected connectors, tightened hoses, etc. Put back together: no start.

Last few days I've been trying to start it every morning, trying stuff like charging up the battery, starter fluid, etc. but still no dice.

Today I called in a couple friends to help me push the car out of the garage (getting ready for a wedding). I tried to start it just for kicks and it cranked right up
The ONLY difference between today and the last few days is that I put the engine cover trim back on. Have y'all ever heard of that making a difference? I'm starting to think these P2 models just have a kink for operator embarrassment...

No complaints since then, the car has never run better.

[dikidera]

Loose connection of the thermostat sensor. The wires on these car have the habit of breaking. I recently had to buy a brand new plug with wires to fix my issue.

AFAIK, car will not start if ECT unplugged.

[br0dy519]

Happened to me. I flooded the engine and had to let it sit overnight.

[Krons]

Iv been doing my work at nights, long story but last night I did my oil pan last night, today I’ll be cleaning it

While you have it off definitely change the oil pickup tube o-rings (not sure if that is why you are there). My 02 S60 2.4t got the dreaded low oil pressure from sucking air due to the o-rings drying up and getting brittle. Been great since changing them out.

[scot850]

Had the V50 back for more work. I thought we were just checking for low compression on one cylinder (#3). 120psi v's 150psi in the other 4. Initially thinking it was a bent or burnt valve, but in both cases would not have expected any compression. Adding a little oil to the low compression cylinder only raised compression by approx. 5psi.

The owner had done the tests with a friend, so we pulled the #3 plug and coil and ran the borescope down to see what we could see. Nothing obvious. I'm thinking it could be carbon build up preventing the valves fully sealing. Suggested trying running seafoam through the intake while running and adding some to magic fluid that claims to clean valves and injectors to the the fuel and taking for a 'tune-up', then retesting compression.

Still have the thermostat housing to replace (leaking) and the PCV trap (leaking). While he was here, the young owner asked if we could swap his noisy rear wheel bearing. I was concerned as I hadn't planned on the add on work. Glad we did. The bearing was on it's way out, but removing the RHR brakes I found the inner pad was almost down to nothing and the outer one barely worn. Discovered the lower slider pin was seized in the caliper!! Brake pads were just fitted in March. Found out the caliper is aluminum, and the wonderful winter salt has made the hole holding the slider pin swell with oxide. It had destroyed the rubber boot for the slider. Fortunately I had a spare and then a working over of the hole with a small sanding roll on a drill soon had it back to working and now just new pads needed!

Then yesterday the 02 XC70 was back with the foolish hope on our part to get the front lower control arms swapped and hopefully the rear shocks too. Man was that a bear! I had forgotten how I did the front suspension rebuild on our 06 XC70 as it was about 7 years ago possibly more. I had stupidly watched a A1 parts video on V70, S60, and XC70 lower control arm swap at the front. Looked simple, but after over 2 hours trying to get the damn new control arm into the rear cup on the subframe, and trying loads of ways to get it to fit. Simple on the video.

Finally I concluded it was the difference in the XC70 shocks making the angle of the control arm too steep to get between the 2 'bumps' in the subframe cup. Sure enough on removing the arm it had a gouge from trying to force it in. So, we reverted to my original plan and disconnected the knuckle from the shock allowing it to be moved out of the way and in went the control arm, no problem with a lower angle of attack. Sure slightly more disassembly and reassembly, but overall much quicker. Lesson learned!

We also swapped the ball-joints while in there.

We did have one scary discovery. I noticed the front left wheel center cap was missing. Removing the wheel we found the axle bolt was missing!??

I remember fitting those with new bolts and torquing them to spec. Not sure what happened there. We checked the other side and it was not tight either? When we removed that bolt it had axle grease on the threads. So I cleaned the threads out and used loctite on the threads of the new bolts in addition to the new bolts thread locker. We will check this again on the next visit to make sure something is not going on.

Talking with BlackLab247 today while trying to reset the SAS warning light, he volunteered to help with the rear shocks which is greatly appreciated! That is next weeks project.

P1 C30 has the used turbo finally turned up. The owner is going to the dealer tomorrow to get it checked and get the parts ordered to have it swapped in if all is good with it. So finally we have some hopeful project with that one!

This weekend the 98 V70 base is in for rear brakes. I might even find time to swap out the battery in the Toyota as it is dying after 7 years.
Possibly even the buzzing speaker.............

Neil.

[dikidera]

For the axle bolt, yes, its common for them to fall out. I remember my surprise when a clunking from the car turned out to be an entirely missing bolt. After installing a new one, no clunk.

[BlackBart]

What’s the torque spec on the front axle bolt?