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

tysauce1986 · Post by **tysauce1986** » 26 Apr 2020, 09:26

1995 850 GLT wagon 5 spd N/A. 360,000 Charged up the battery, checked fluids and tire pressure. Went for a short cruise around town. Nice to drive her again after her winter slumber. Sadly it's time to sell. I'm in CONNECTICUT. Anyone interested?

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 26 Apr 2020, 10:07

Wish I was closer, I would love an NA manual wagon as a daily!

Nah, I have too many damn cars... lol

Post by **hausmeister** » 26 Apr 2020, 11:23

overhauled oil cooler thermostat today. Not sure if that was the only leak it has, but is was definitely leaking there.
The previous owners seriously f*cked that car up. Used teh wrong sealant and put it on everything... I just hope it doesnt fall apart soon

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 26 Apr 2020, 12:12

Ugh, I hate when people glob RTV on everything. It's a mess... they're clearly not considering the next guy who gets to clean it all up!

Post by **hausmeister** » 26 Apr 2020, 12:37

Yeah... And they really put that everywhere. If that engine starts leaking more, I'll probaly have to give it to an engine builder. For now I just hope it holds together, the engine actually runs really good.

Post by **smacknab** » 26 Apr 2020, 13:33

tysauce1986 wrote: ↑26 Apr 2020, 09:26 1995 850 GLT wagon 5 spd N/A. 360,000 Charged up the battery, checked fluids and tire pressure. Went for a short cruise around town. Nice to drive her again after her winter slumber. Sadly it's time to sell. I'm in CONNECTICUT. Anyone interested?

That's an impressive number of miles. Out of curiosity what are you asking? I'm not in the market just curious

Post by **Ocelot** » 28 Apr 2020, 02:14

After intermittingly searching for about a year (the exhaust manifold on the S70 has a little crack, but it's not that loud/bad), I finally found the right exhaust manifold for my S70. Everywhere I looked (Dutch & German carparts stores), they told me this is the right manifold for my S70, but it is NOT (see this link: https://www.autodoc.nl/ernst/8121915). Even IPD and FCPeuro dont have them (which I understand because the BS5252S was not available in the USA). A couple days ago I was done with it and I decided to Google it untill I found some satifactory results and sometimes I pays off to bite into something hard untill you win. I found the right manifold! See this link: https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/vo ... ld-9486055 I hope they ship it to Netherlands, because I can't find any store that can get me the right one.

Just out of curiousity: does anyone know why it's such a royal pita to get my hands on the right manifold? I have the BS5252S engine, manual transmission.

Post by **abscate** » 28 Apr 2020, 04:13

If they don’t ship to you, we can get it to you eventually, once the Orange virus (tm) allows travel again

BE safe and hope you are well, in the land of tall people and long words.

Post by **Ocelot** » 28 Apr 2020, 04:33

abscate wrote: ↑28 Apr 2020, 04:13 If they don’t ship to you, we can get it to you eventually, once the Orange virus (tm) allows travel again

BE safe and hope you are well, in the land of tall people and long words.

Wow, that would be awesome!

First I have to save up some money because I recently bought new springs, shocks and shock mounts for the S70. But when the time comes and they don't ship to the NL, I will ask for help!

Thanks in advance and take good care of yourself and the people around you. Digital fistbump.

Post by **RickHaleParker** » 28 Apr 2020, 08:44

Ocelot wrote: ↑28 Apr 2020, 02:14 Just out of curiousity: does anyone know why it's such a royal pita to get my hands on the right manifold? I have the BS5252S engine, manual transmission.

There are two different exhaust manifold for the 10 valve 2.5L. 9486055 is not one of the two numbers.
9471933 for engine serial numbers -585599.
31216153 for engine serial numbers 585600- .
I am getting in stock hits on some European websites. NLA on others.

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