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What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's stylish, distinctive P2 platform cars sold as model years 2001-2007 (North American market year designations).

2001 - 2007 V70
2001 - 2004 V70 XC (Cross Country)
2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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MoVolvos
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Re: What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

Post by MoVolvos »

abscate wrote: 17 Nov 2025, 14:07
MoVolvos wrote: 17 Nov 2025, 10:30
abscate wrote: 15 Nov 2025, 02:10 A nice late p2 xc90 for your persimmon sticks would make Mrs scot850 very happy. A nice bright red one… check the cats though…
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Awesome color. Year and model and new to your fleet?
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2013 xc90 in platinum trim, one level below executive. 110k miles

Just replaced our BMW X3 in April. Loving it!
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More photos please :D.
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Blessings,

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2008 C30 T5 2.0 M66
2007 S60 2.5T - New Project
2003 S80 T6 Transmission DIED
2000 S70 SE Base - New Project
1998 S70 T5 Prior
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MoVolvos wrote: 18 Nov 2025, 22:46
abscate wrote: 17 Nov 2025, 14:07
MoVolvos wrote: 17 Nov 2025, 10:30
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Awesome color. Year and model and new to your fleet?
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2013 xc90 in platinum trim, one level below executive. 110k miles

Just replaced our BMW X3 in April. Loving it!
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More photos please :D.
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Cool old (iron front?) building fronts. Is that LI, or in NYC?
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BlackBart wrote: 19 Nov 2025, 21:02 Cool old (iron front?) building fronts. Is that LI, or in NYC?
Neither! That’s Brooklyn! Lafayette street near the Brooklyn Academy of Music I think. You get good at parking , quickly
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Nothing to report with Kära​, she just does what she's supposed to do and without fuss.

Today I changed over from my 17" summer tyres onto the 16" winter tyres with a little assistance from Brodie
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Post by jonesg »

new rear struts today.
Liftgate, not suspension.
2 hrs later the 30 minute job was done, only broke 7 vertibrae.
Time for thanksgiving broken back TV dinner.

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Those rear struts on the AWD cars are a devil for sure. My long Harbor Freight (Princess Auto) equivalent prybar will never be the same. Now has an added 'S' shape in the shaft!

Took the new to me V70 2.5T AWD (Polestar) for a run yesterday to collect a part from a friend. That Polestar tune certainly adds a good bit of pep to the LPT motor. Those 'sports' seats are also so much better than the P2 XC70 seats which feel worse than flat planks of wood to my tailbone injury. Hopefully this car will turn out to be a good buy. Even got the seal of approval from the 'boss' after she ran our daughter to the airport and drove the car for the first time.

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2006 V70 2.5T AWD Polestar tune
2000 V70 R - still being an endless PITA
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2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited
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1993 850 GLT -Sold
1998 V70 XC - Sold
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Yesterday, the boss took the new to us V70 AWD for a run for the first time taking our daughter to the airport. Unfortunately she really likes it, especially the extra pep of the Polestar tune. Maybe this will become her winter car and the 00R the summer one?

Neil.
2006 V70 2.5T AWD Polestar tune
2000 V70 R - still being an endless PITA
2006 XC70 - Our son now has this and still parked in our garage
2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited
2015 Kia Sportage EX-L - Sold
1993 850 GLT -Sold
1998 V70 XC - Sold
1997 Volvo 850 SE NA - Went to niece in California - Sold
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I forgot to install new rear sway bar end links with the big sway bars. It clunks. Black Friday sale emails pop on my computer, I search.....

https://www.ipdusa.com/products/4851/Re ... s=987,1175

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"Oh, HQR, I'd better look this company up and compare to the Meyle etc."

......"High Quality Replacement...." Wonder who makes them for IPD?


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Lemforder $49 on sale at FCP.
Meyle $21 1/2
VAICO $25
Febi Bilstein $20
TRW $31 (discontinued)
Genuine $69
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Post by br0dy519 »

S60 had a rough idle and a vac leak code for a while. This week threw the “engine system service required” message and did a weird bucking the other day almost like a misfire and had no cruise control. Got a bunch of codes 2227 and 0455 I believe.

I narrowed it down to the rotted out 1/8” vacuum hose from the MAP sensor to the manifold. Replaced that hose, cleaned MAF, cleaned throttle body, seems to have chilled things out. Still randomly have no cruise control.
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prwood wrote:I wish I had a permanent car repair area that was covered, had a level surface, lighting and fans, a workbench, and tool cabinets. You know,like a garage. Much of my time during the job is spent hauling things up and down the stairs to the basement or in and out of the storage shed, or running back downstairs when I realize I need something else,or taking a break from standing out in the sun,or using flashlights or work lamps when it gets dark.

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