Hi everyone, Sharing a DIY to replace the wheel bearing on Volvo SPA. 2018 S90 with 51K miles. Symptoms of the bad wheel bearing I had:1- Vibration at low and high speeds but no play on the wheel when the car is lifted. 2- Typical wheel bearing humming noise that started just recently and way…
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2005 Volvo S40 T5 – 217 hp B5254T3 5 cylinder, M66 6 speed manual AWD 159K. Beautiful Rolling chassis – most likely has bent valves. === The 217HP S40 T5 ===This pre-TPM S40 T5 is the rare 6 speed stick, 217hp, incredible handling “world” car with a nice shiny body is for sale. This car…
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I got my 19″ wheels straightened and some advice from the vendor. He doesn’t think downsizing will make much difference in propensity to bend. They all bend. Regarding aftermarket wheels, “we work on a lot of them,” he says. He’s not against them, but recommends OEM. Reading between the lines, he may be encountering proportionally…
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Couple things could be happening. There are plastic buttons, green circle, that fall off. Green buttons are stops for belt return. Seat belt is always being pulled tight. When the plastic buttons fall off, belt retracts and cannot be pulled out. The locking pendulum inside of the belt mechanism is in the locked position. Anchor…
Hey swedespeeders. Just thought I should share this experience with you. This procedure should work for 2011+ S60, V60, XC60, 2008+ V70, 2008+ XC70, 2007+ S80. You will need: 1. Cabin filter2. Torx 20 screwdriver3. Mmmm… Your hands4. Some patience For the cabin filter I used the Mann Filter CUK 2733. I bought it on…
Suspension, for beginners. @WagonBoiz / Jon flew me out this past weekend for a short, but sweet first time trip to California. We planned to tackle his (and his wife’s) concern over the rough ride of the GT6. Jon ended up ordering Koni special actives, and all the hardware needed to get this job done….
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Hello! Lifetime Toyota/Lexus owner but decided to change things up little over a year ago, after the worst year of my life. The final incident was my 1st ever accident at age 51 that totaled my ’05 Lexus GX470 I was just about to dump money to transform into a true off-road fun vehicle. Had…
Worth scrapping my v70? Last week I had my 59 Volvo v70 2.4 Automatic into Volvo (North East UK) for repairs as water was coming in from the light above the centre console on rainy days. After hours of troubleshooting I pinned it on a split in the sunroof seal and the windscreen seal had…
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Hi folks! Just got my third P1 Volvo and this one has a few moans and niggles. It’s headed to the shop today for a full diagnostic but I figured I’d get acquainted with the great community here. I’m posting across different forum, if there’s some redundant overlap I apologize in advance. Have a gander:View…
Update: Even after the fuel treatment, I noticed the car still misfired at higher RPMs, except it wasn’t just at higher RPM. I realized that under any occurrence of boost, it would misfire slightly, depending on percentage of throttle. So, full disclosure, after the initial breakdown, I bought the ignition coils on ebay by a…
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