What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[MoVolvos]

Switched over to winter washer fluid today.

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Interesting, some kind of marketing these fluid makers?! Why not just a winter fluid all year? Not as if it would boil or anything in the summer?
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[yanga001]

Switched over to winter washer fluid today.

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Interesting, some kind of marketing these fluid makers?! Why not just a winter fluid all year? Not as if it would boil or anything in the summer?
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They add glycol or some anti-freeze type component to the winter fluids up here. The issue is inflation hit washer fluids hard as i recall buying this stuff for 1.5-2$ max at the expensive stores in the past, and now the same bottle is 4.28 up here. I fill my car up a 1/3 of a bottle at a time as i am missing a high pressure nozzle on the drivers side (need the c clip, have a spare nozzle from a bumper i bought from a yard which didnt have the clip).

I was tempted to see what a home brew fluid would cost to make, and if its more economical. I saw a gas station with a nozzle for pumping the fluid but it still comes out to around 4$ a jug which is ridiculous.

[MoVolvos]

Switched over to winter washer fluid today.

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Interesting, some kind of marketing these fluid makers?! Why not just a winter fluid all year? Not as if it would boil or anything in the summer?
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They add glycol or some anti-freeze type component to the winter fluids up here. The issue is inflation hit washer fluids hard as i recall buying this stuff for 1.5-2$ max at the expensive stores in the past, and now the same bottle is 4.28 up here. I fill my car up a 1/3 of a bottle at a time as i am missing a high pressure nozzle on the drivers side (need the c clip, have a spare nozzle from a bumper i bought from a yard which didnt have the clip).

I was tempted to see what a home brew fluid would cost to make, and if its more economical. I saw a gas station with a nozzle for pumping the fluid but it still comes out to around 4$ a jug which is ridiculous.

We don't get snow but 3 days a year but lots of ice in mornings. I saw this formula years ago but never used it as we would just put the Frost Blockers on overnight. In the video they are using warm water but if you put more alcohol and a little more dish soap it should lower the freezing point further so it shouldn't freeze overnight.
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https://www.costco.com/frostblocker-win ... 04960.html
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[abscate]

Up in the Creators favourite country, she dips them to -40 in places. They have to be careful to get real alcohol in their wAsher fluid and not just the Tang they sell is here

[abscate]

Methanol is about $20 a gallon so you will still end up at $5 a jug for -20 C protection

Glycol is about 2x more

You have to buy these chemicals in bulk to get the jug cost of washer fluid.

A jug of rainx Tang is $4 down here. On Amazon it’s $6-12

[jonesg]

kerosine/diesel heater for the garage, it uses a 12v battery for the combustion and fan, really puts good heat out.
normally i don't touch the volvo until winter is over, 5 months from now.
it sounds like a turbine jet spooling up.
highly recommend for freezing garages, $99 amazon.

[P80GLT]

Collected the car today from Turbo Tech Glasgow. They refurbished the turbo, changed the oil with the correct Castrol 0W-30 A5/B5 and refilled the coolant with genuine Volvo concentrate. Only driven 3 or 4 miles home in heavy traffic so not tried the boost yet

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[scot850]

I was always told not to use washing up liquid on cars, especially in the 'old days', as the soap attacks and damages rubber components like windshield seals.

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[vtl]

After years of negotiations, blackmailing and ultimatums wife has finally given up, so here I go: SharkEye 4WD alignment rack

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I had previously used another UK toy: TrackAce, but that only allows toe-in on one axle. Thrust vector I had to do by feel, so it was always slightly off.

To answer a question "Why not pay someone to do the alignment?": I did that many times. Even Volvo dealer was consistently screwing it up. It threw me off their master technician said camber is fixed and not adjustable at all and rejected fixing it (it was off after dropping the subframe). Little he knew about P2. The best alignment guy, who happened to be the closest one, did a good job. However my wagon has Nivomats and you have to drive it around the block to pump the shocks up before doing the alignment.

So now I'll be doing all wheel alignments perfectly myself.

Perhaps need to weld my own extension for big Toyotas... SharkEye's ones seem to be tad short.

[volvolugnut]

I looked for the TrackAce to purchase in US, but did not find it. I can purchase from UK source, but did not want the import pain.
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