What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[vtl]

Got a new airbag. Do they use one airbag for all kinds of steering wheel? Airbag protrudes the steering wheel ащк about 1/8". Very annoying.

[br0dy519]

A similar thing happened after I removed my fuel rail the first time. Crank crank crank no start. Ended up that I just didn't prime it correctly after bleeding from that Schrader valve and ended up flooding the engine. Letting it sit overnight and started next morning just fine. Glad to hear your family maintained good health even after the COVID incident.

[gnalan]

Monday I got my S60 back up and running, and even drove it a little. Took it out for a longer drive on Tuesday.

It's been sitting since September, and I had to charge the battery from a completely dead state. Thankfully the battery isn't very old and sprang back to life with the charger I used. The full tank of gas may not be in the best shape, judging by the way the exhaust smells, and the way the car drives. Plus I keep getting the drive slow urgent service required message popping up on the dash. The laptop I have no longer works, so I have no way of checking with my DiCE and VIDA to see what's going on. I'm hoping it's just the bad gas, and once I can run some fuel system cleaner, and new gas, through it that it'll be back to where it was before it was parked.

An oil change will be next on my list, when I'm able to get up and down from the ground. I still have limited range of motion in my knees, and I walk with a cane, so trying to get down or up from anything any lower than the driver's seat isn't an easy thing to do yet.

I also need to schedule to have my airbag replaced, so that's on my list as well.

[lawrencium265]

A similar thing happened after I removed my fuel rail the first time. Crank crank crank no start. Ended up that I just didn't prime it correctly after bleeding from that Schrader valve and ended up flooding the engine. Letting it sit overnight and started next morning just fine. Glad to hear your family maintained good health even after the COVID incident.

Thank you for your kind words. I attempted to start it again yesterday after leaving it to have a nice rest with no success. No codes set in vida for the ecu, but a lot of others for various other modules that have been there. I didn't bother to look at live data, I checked timing but those marks on the cams are really only there for moral support and if I didn't do it right you wouldn't be able to tell that way.

I decided to go ahead with removing the starter and using all of the timing tools and just resetting the timing since pulling the timing cover is easy and if you're not replacing the timing belt you don't even need to undo the accessory belt.
I was planning on doing the PVC system in the coming weeks and had the parts already. The biggest issue I had with doing the timing again was that plug behind the starter. My T-50 socket was very loose in it too begin with, when I started to put force on it it started to strip. I soaked it in pb blaster before dinner and came back to it a few hours later and it still wouldn't budge. I wound up heating it with a propane torch and hitting the outside edge with a blunt chisel which got it to turn. It looks a little ugly now but you can't see it unless you take off the starter.

I also put some new split mesh loom over the wiring under there while I was at it and replaced the knock sensors since the car has had knock sensor codes for awhile.

This was also an opportunity to try out my new ultrasonic cleaner. Maybe I'm manic and got into buying a little too much stuff recently, but I've always wanted one of these.

I just filled out with water and used some various plastic jars to put in whatever cleaner I wanted in those and it works fantastic, although very annoying to listen to

I put the intake manifold bolts and top spark plug cover bolts in a jar whith vinegar for ten minutes and they came out looking like new.

I always see everyone going on about torque specs but they're putting their old crusty greasy bolts back in.

I also did the fuel injectors, I forgot to pick up some kind of injector cleaner so I just used gas instead. I so have done acetone but that would probably not be a good idea with the plastic.

I ended up getting stuck trying to put the banjo bolt back in. I knew this would be difficult, and it was. The main issue is that it doesn't sit in there straight so you have to force the fitting up at an awquard angle and push against the three hoses atatched to it. I finally got it in and was tightening the intake bolts back up and saw that the little black plastic hose coming from the fitting had broken off in the hose going into the pcv box. So now I need to figure out a way to repair that hopefully without pulling that bolt back out.

I went to bed after that, but I'm frustratingly close to seeing if I fixed the problem or not.

[Starbuck]

Today Norman the XC90 was pampered with a change to LiquiMoly 0w-30, a supple new oil filler cap gasket, new Stabilus hood and rear hatch strutses, new windshield wipers and an engine air filter. The super fancy cabin filter I ordered was a 1.5" (oops) and he takes a 1". I've ordered the Mahle already and the 1.5 will fit in Ben. Easy peasy. Mom will be so happy.

[lawrencium265]

We weren't scheduled to be busy today so my boss let me take a vacation day so I could work on the car. I finished up the pcv job. That hose wasn't broken, it just slipped out of the rubber part. I was able to hold it with some long needle nose pliers through the intake runner while shoving my right hand underneath the manifold to moved the rubber piece around all while huffing gas fumes through the open fuel line. Once I got that done I decided to do a quick compression test and put new spark plugs in. Compression was 180 wet on 4/5 and 150 on the first cylinder. It's probably got carbon on the rings, maybe it just needs an "Italian tuneup" I then decided to do the ignition coil connectors since they came in the mail yesterday. That wasn't a bad job. I do wish I could have bought connector kits with just the connector and terminals. The ones I bought had all 4 wires with a pigtail. I depinned the one extra wire from each one and put a dab of sealing in the hole. I replaced the connectors one by one along with the wiring. I decided to check the wiring diagram just to make sure and I realized it wasn't right. It was because I switched two connectors, I think 1&2, whatever is closest to the timing belt. That's what was causing my no start. I got them mixed up when I did the top cover. I knew it would be something I did wrong. I'm very glad that the engine is not damaged, but kicking myself for causing myself a lot of stress and frustration. At least I got this work done that I wanted to get done and the car is running again.
I still have to work on it this weekend. I didn't bother to put the support bar back on yet. I did decide to trim the spark plug cover so I can take the top mount on and off without taking off the turbo tube and cover. Whoever put that little extra bit on that cover can go to the bad place. I need to do the transmission relearn procedure and give the car a good shakedown. Then maybe I can finally schedule an alignment and get my airbag recall done.

[br0dy519]

Great work!

Today I had to run into town to change my wife's flat tire with a nail we must have picked up on our road trip. She drove like 100 feet COMPLETELY flat and killed the inner wall. So the tire is scrap. And thus she's going to be running 3 winters and a summer until April. Not my car...

Funny thing is that tire was a 2014 when the rest of the set was 2017. Lesson learned to ALWAYS look closely at date codes when you buy a set of tires. Or just buy from a reputable shop.

[Krons]

Got a new airbag. Do they use one airbag for all kinds of steering wheel? Airbag protrudes the steering wheel ащк about 1/8". Very annoying.

Only two parts in the recall. One for 3 spoke and one for 4 spoke. None for the Rs.

[lawrencium265]

Great work!

Today I had to run into town to change my wife's flat tire with a nail we must have picked up on our road trip. She drove like 100 feet COMPLETELY flat and killed the inner wall. So the tire is scrap. And thus she's going to be running 3 winters and a summer until April. Not my car...

Funny thing is that tire was a 2014 when the rest of the set was 2017. Lesson learned to ALWAYS look closely at date codes when you buy a set of tires. Or just buy from a reputable shop.

The one time my wife got a flat tire it was the day after I got new tires on her car. She managed to slice it on our friends driveway culvert. Fortunately we had the hazard warranty, but we got a little bit of a side eye when we were back so soon.

[br0dy519]

Great work!

Today I had to run into town to change my wife's flat tire with a nail we must have picked up on our road trip. She drove like 100 feet COMPLETELY flat and killed the inner wall. So the tire is scrap. And thus she's going to be running 3 winters and a summer until April. Not my car...

Funny thing is that tire was a 2014 when the rest of the set was 2017. Lesson learned to ALWAYS look closely at date codes when you buy a set of tires. Or just buy from a reputable shop.

The one time my wife got a flat tire it was the day after I got new tires on her car. She managed to slice it on our friends driveway culvert. Fortunately we had the hazard warranty, but we got a little bit of a side eye when we were back so soon.

Yeah the hazard warranty is worth the extra money spent at a reputable shop!