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P80 Whats inside a Volvo Fuel 30671182

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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P80 Whats inside a Volvo Fuel 30671182

Post by abscate »

Finally got around to dissecting wildchatmgr's V70 filter...

Bosch 71049
Drilled a 3 mm hole, then zipped around with a jigsaw blade
Drilled a 3 mm hole, then zipped around with a jigsaw blade
Drilled a 3 mm hole, then zipped around with a jigsaw blade
Drilled a 3 mm hole, then zipped around with a jigsaw blade
Clean as a whistle inside
Clean as a whistle inside
Wrapping of filter material - sort of a thick paper/fabric
Wrapping of filter material - sort of a thick paper/fabric
Plastic piece forces fuel to pool at bottom
Plastic piece forces fuel to pool at bottom
Filter is wrapped around the plastic core
Filter is wrapped around the plastic core
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Popping the top
Popping the top
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Post by theWIFES_S70 »

wow, that fuel filter still had a 100K miles of life left!
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1998 Volvo S70, N/A, 5-speed, 187K
2007 Volvo S40, 2.4i, 5-speed, 121K
2015 Volvo S60, T5, 85K

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Brand?
'97 850 2.5 20v / fully equipped / Motronic 4.4 from the factory / upgraded with S,V,C,XC70 instrument cluster / polar white wagon
History of Volvos in the family:
'71 144 S
'73 144 De Luxe
'78 244 DL
'78 244 DL
'79 244 GLE
'85 340 GLS

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I think we seemed to think it was original. 100k interval on the 1999 I believe.
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Post by precopster »

The newer ones are made in a different way. Cost cutting galore...... Inside it's no longer a coil but more like an oil filter with a zig zag style ....even when you buy Bosch which are OEM.
Current cars VW Transporter 2.5TDI, 2010 XC90 D5 R Design

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