What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[Blacklab467]

Changed my Haldex pump and filter. The previous pump had failed about a month ago. The fluid was pretty clean but I elected to install a new filter and fluid nonetheless. Annoying job removing the propshaft and flange but nothing was rusted because I had it off about three years ago and greased the areas that usually get rust adhesion upon reassembly.

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[scot850]

This is one of the jobs where going Blue Box makes sense. A lot of work that you don't want a do-over on. Glad to hear you got the AWD working again just in time for the snow to be melting away!

Neil.

[abscate]

I plan to put the car on jackstands, which are at most 38cm in height, the engine will be held by a support bar, but the actual transmission I will have to remove by jacking it very lightly with a floor jack, I am afraid I have no other tool to get it down with. The only problem is the potential for it to sway, since the floor jack only has a small circular pad.

Although I have access to many many tyres.

You can lower the entire engine and trans to the floor with that bar, and separate there with no jacking. I did this with ,y clutch replacement which is much harder than removing an automatic as it has to align.

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[dikidera]

Sounds a bit more difficult. The entire electrical installation will have to be put to the side, the water hoses need to be disconnected. I think it would double to triple the work time on the car.

And my electrical installation isn't good in the engine bay last time I had an ECM short out(yes the ecm itself).

[vtl]

I plan to put the car on jackstands, which are at most 38cm in height, the engine will be held by a support bar, but the actual transmission I will have to remove by jacking it very lightly with a floor jack, I am afraid I have no other tool to get it down with. The only problem is the potential for it to sway, since the floor jack only has a small circular pad.

Although I have access to many many tyres.

You can lower the entire engine and trans to the floor with that bar, and separate there with no jacking. I did this with ,y clutch replacement which is much harder than removing an automatic as it has to align.

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Aligning transmission to engine is easy with cherry-picker and floor jack. Nothing to write home about.

[SacredHeart]

Today I topped off my antifreeze after getting the drive belt, pullies and water pump replaced on my new to me 2006 S60 25T AWD. After it was replaced and the car returned to me on Wednesday, I drove the car about 4 hrs north (from Central Illinois to SE Wisconsin) and by the time I reached my destination, the low engine coolant message let me know that all of the air that must not have been bled out of the line after the repair. Pretty simple, but had me wondering for a moment because as I said, the car is new to me and you never know with a used car.

So far, other than the radio stations not coming in as strong as my other cars, not too much not to really like about this car.

[dikidera]

Yup happens on most cars. Especially this one. I've probably had to drain it 10+ times, and 5 times a hose exploded and had to replace and refill, so I have 15+ times of topping off coolant.

[Krons]

Today I topped off my antifreeze after getting the drive belt, pullies and water pump replaced on my new to me 2006 S60 25T AWD. After it was replaced and the car returned to me on Wednesday, I drove the car about 4 hrs north (from Central Illinois to SE Wisconsin) and by the time I reached my destination, the low engine coolant message let me know that all of the air that must not have been bled out of the line after the repair. Pretty simple, but had me wondering for a moment because as I said, the car is new to me and you never know with a used car.

So far, other than the radio stations not coming in as strong as my other cars, not too much not to really like about this car.

I wouldn’t sweat it. I had the same thing on my 2008 S60 2.5T. My Indy shop here in Des Moines did t-belt, water pump, etc and I had the low coolant light come on at 75 mph on I-80/I-35 on the way home-scared the dickens out of me lol. Luckily the shoulder was wide and 3/4 full jug of coolant in backseat. I think I topped it off one more time and has been steady since.

[Krons]

I scrubbed oil drip stains from my driveway - ugh.

Kids 05 XC90 2.5T has a good drip (4” circles on the concrete), recently did cam seals with the t-belt and water pump but fear it may be the crank seal. Currently has Valvoline MaxLife 5w30 in the oil pan and skeptical this will be one some oil leak elixir can fix. Fortunately the 6 gallon crankcase hides the problem well, take a while to get to the low mark. With spring around the corner may try 15w40 and some STP high mileage oil treatment with stop leak. I know it really just needs looked at…

[dikidera]

I scrubbed oil drip stains from my driveway - ugh.

Kids 05 XC90 2.5T has a good drip (4” circles on the concrete), recently did cam seals with the t-belt and water pump but fear it may be the crank seal. Currently has Valvoline MaxLife 5w30 in the oil pan and skeptical this will be one some oil leak elixir can fix. Fortunately the 6 gallon crankcase hides the problem well, take a while to get to the low mark. With spring around the corner may try 15w40 and some STP high mileage oil treatment with stop leak. I know it really just needs looked at…

On my NA the cam seals on the rear side(to the fuse box) leak, I replaced them 2 times already, but I can't seem to install them properly or there is more wear there and they cannot work out of the box without some additional sealant.