Volvo Forum + Help for Owners
Buy This… Or Don’t! is a new forum here at MVS to hold everybody’s great advice on…
It’s like the Volvo Buyer’s Guide category… but it’s a forum.
The 850 and the earlier S70s are functionally nearly identical. The interior on the S-70 is a bit more refined but, particularly on the 98 models, the door panel covers tend to shrink and come unglued…
Here’s an example of a denver.craigslist.org ad that ain’t quite right. I’m waiting for a call back as I type to confirm it. I don’t want to text because if it’s what I think it is, my phone number will be forever on robo-texting scam lists.
Anyway, the points in the image are probably self-explanatory, but I’ll go over them:
Look for the service records in the documentation in the glove box. If there is not any walk away or offer a lowball price (especially if it was serviced by anybody who was not a Volvo specialist – i.e. jiffy lube).
Although Volvo doesn’t necesarily recommend it, the angle gear oil can be pumped out and replaced…