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

Post by **scot850** » 22 Mar 2026, 16:17

Just never reset the trip meter while the car is moving vastly reduces the chances of odometer failure!

Neil.

Chieber · Post by **Chieber** » 23 Mar 2026, 04:51

Got some budget but decent tools for junkyard runs or keep in the trunk.

Also, impact wrench! Dtw700.

Post by **BlackBart** » 23 Mar 2026, 13:05

I like Makita. I have several Makita construction tools - big skilsaws and such. Plus Milwaukee drills, driver, jigsaw, sawzall.

A second cheap set of car tools is clever. My old stuff is mixed with new randomly in the drawers.

Post by **Goupil** » 23 Mar 2026, 15:26

Was sunny yesterday, decided to take the head off

Didnt do all that work for nothing

Gasket is absolutely ruined everywhere it touched coolant and fell apart when I took the head off. I'm guessing there was a coolant/gasket incompatibility, since this was one was installed in 2022 and only covered ~40 000km. Same coolant I ran for 50k in the previous engine, and in other volvos without issues.

Post by **volare** » 23 Mar 2026, 16:45

I got the Falcon running today, in anticipation of her move to a better home than I can provide now.
Hadn't been started since the beginning of last year, so checked for the inevitable nest in the filter box etc etc etc before actually turning the engine over.
She sounds great. '99 V70R, mfd '98, so technically a 28 y/o car..?
They really, really don't make anything like her anymore.

Post by **abscate** » 23 Mar 2026, 18:45

Goupil wrote: 23 Mar 2026, 15:26 Was sunny yesterday, decided to take the head off

Didnt do all that work for nothing Gasket is absolutely ruined everywhere it touched coolant and fell apart when I took the head off. I'm guessing there was a coolant/gasket incompatibility, since this was one was installed in 2022 and only covered ~40 000km. Same coolant I ran for 50k in the previous engine, and in other volvos without issues.

Yuk. Are you done with that gasket, though? Its still half good.

Post by **abscate** » 23 Mar 2026, 19:28

Goupil wrote: 23 Mar 2026, 15:26 Was sunny yesterday, decided to take the head off

Didnt do all that work for nothing Gasket is absolutely ruined everywhere it touched coolant and fell apart when I took the head off. I'm guessing there was a coolant/gasket incompatibility, since this was one was installed in 2022 and only covered ~40 000km. Same coolant I ran for 50k in the previous engine, and in other volvos without issues.

Yuk. Are you done with that gasket, though? Its still half good.

Post by **CIK7** » 24 Mar 2026, 10:26

abscate wrote: 23 Mar 2026, 19:28
Goupil wrote: 23 Mar 2026, 15:26 Was sunny yesterday, decided to take the head off

Didnt do all that work for nothing Gasket is absolutely ruined everywhere it touched coolant and fell apart when I took the head off. I'm guessing there was a coolant/gasket incompatibility, since this was one was installed in 2022 and only covered ~40 000km. Same coolant I ran for 50k in the previous engine, and in other volvos without issues.
Yuk. Are you done with that gasket, though? Its still half good.

Abscate you have an internet lag? You left a double post burger

on here. Lol. I'm messing with you.

Post by **Goupil** » 24 Mar 2026, 13:09

abscate wrote: 23 Mar 2026, 18:45
Goupil wrote: 23 Mar 2026, 15:26 Was sunny yesterday, decided to take the head off

Didnt do all that work for nothing Gasket is absolutely ruined everywhere it touched coolant and fell apart when I took the head off. I'm guessing there was a coolant/gasket incompatibility, since this was one was installed in 2022 and only covered ~40 000km. Same coolant I ran for 50k in the previous engine, and in other volvos without issues.

Yuk. Are you done with that gasket, though? Its still half good.

I can ship it to you if you wanna reuse it. Glue not included !

GreenVolvoGoldenDog · Post by **GreenVolvoGoldenDog** » 24 Mar 2026, 22:07

Finishing up a heater hose replacement @ junction on the V70. No more leaks from the engine connection just above where the tran sits.

However… now getting leak @ heater core coupling assembly. Where the aluminum hoses (and new o-rings) slip into the heater core assembly and get torqued in via a T25 six point screw. (See here)

This screw is getting beat to ####, and I’ve ordered 2 replacements just in anticipation of my monkey brain decimating the currently installed one. I tried getting as much torque down into that little nook, but alas the leak isn’t stopping.

Anyone with some experience/anectdotes to share? If the replacement T25s don’t work, I may scrap the hose replacement work and just bypass the core for now. This is a recent look of the firewall/hoses/core connection when I was test-fitting.