New to Volvos some advice? $400 1999 Volvo S70

Post by **abscate** » 17 Mar 2019, 05:59

Glove test for PCV pressure. If you have a lot of crankcase pressure it will blow the seals and make a real mess.

Drive it for a bit then , after 50 miles, the rotors should look shiny and not get hot.

You don’t get a cap and a rotor on a 99, maybe someone put another engine in it? When the swedes put it together in the Princely year of 1999, they gave it coil on plug ignition. 5 coils and no distributor.

WhatAmIDoing · Post by **WhatAmIDoing** » 17 Mar 2019, 11:43

Want to consider changing the other fluids, especially the coolant and brake fluid if age is unknown. I'd probably flush out the old brake fluid just because it was sitting. The front flex hoses for the brakes may also be a good idea to replace. Other than that, timing and PCV, as already mentioned, would be the last two major things to do before you could consider calling it stage 0.

Arlucian · Post by **Arlucian** » 17 Mar 2019, 13:16

abscate wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 05:59 Glove test for PCV pressure. If you have a lot of crankcase pressure it will blow the seals and make a real mess.

Drive it for a bit then , after 50 miles, the rotors should look shiny and not get hot.

You don’t get a cap and a rotor on a 99, maybe someone put another engine in it? When the swedes put it together in the Princely year of 1999, they gave it coil on plug ignition. 5 coils and no distributor.

Ah sorry i forgot to mention i discovered its a 98 woops my bad lol. I was trying to figure out where i got 99 from and idk really i knew it was written down somewhere on one of the papers i got and i guess i just overlooked it saying 98 on literally every other paper i got with the car.

Arlucian · Post by **Arlucian** » 26 Mar 2019, 21:09

Another update: I've been busy with work and the new girly but cars running great, definitely need to fix that motor mount bushing not really a problem until im stopped and i feel it vibrating pretty good, found a service receipt in the big folder i got with the car says Timing belt replaced at xxxxxxx miles replace at 222k miles, car has 223 on it now. So im sure itll be alright to drive it around for now i get paid on friday then i gotta order one online probably a water pump too just cause ill be in there already, so it seems pretty straight forward line up the marks throw the belt on spin it a few times make sure the marks line back up right? The only videos ive been able to find are Robert DIY on YT. I couldnt get that service manual download to work for me, thanks guys sorry i dont update too often we just got moved up to mandatory 50s at the shop.

Post by **850 LPT** » 27 Mar 2019, 06:01

Congrats on your find! Sounds like a really good deal.

Those videos from Robert are awesome, they should be all you need to do the TB.

One other thing you may want to pay attention to is the PCV system. Make sure it's not starting to get plugged. Search for the "glove test" to see how you can check this out.

If you have oil leaks around the cam seals and or dip stick, this could be an indicator that the pressure is building up.

Good luck with your T5

Dave in Maine · Post by **Dave in Maine** » 28 Mar 2019, 07:10

If you're going to do the timing belt (and you should) it just makes sense to do the water pump at the same time. You may also want to consider doing O2 sensors at the same time as the PCV. Another of those "while you're in there..." kind of things.
Definitely do the brake hoses - they only cost a few bucks and are vital. The hoses on my 96 lasted until last summer when one blew, fortunately in a parking lot. Why push it?

New to Volvos some advice? $400 1999 Volvo S70

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