We’ve always been fascinated by the idea of working on and restoring a project Volvo. After looking on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace listings for a couple of weeks, we stumbled upon a one-owner 2007 XC70 with nearly 300,000 miles on the odometer. Despite its running and driving condition, it needed a new timing belt, new…
So first thing I changed to the Volvo stock HP system was to add this PG ZDAPV1, without 12v hook up at first. That resulted in a much more subtle sound and a bit more kick out of the stock speakers. Effort: medium, as half the interior had to go out. Change: noticeable, but still…
Finally ! Went from having the liters per 100 km in December and January, then only the kwh/100 km from February, now it shows both. Which leads me to a two questions for Recharge owners. When I start the car in power mode, it will display on the driver screen (especially in the city) a…
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Hi, I’d like to chime in here on a couple things. 1. The A-Pillar does indeed have a side curtain, and the A-Pillar requires Removal, to run a wire behind that curtain. 2. How did you route the B-Pillar? 3. Does the C-Pillar or D-Pillar have a side curtain in the XC90s? Like the A-Pillar,…
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I’m afraid another vacuum post! My car is a 2003 XC90 – D5 Euro 3 (154k) In the past couple of weeks I have been getting an ECM-6805 Boost Pressure fault. The car has always suffered from the popping sound from the oil filler cap which I’ve never got to the bottom of. However MityVac…
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Hey guys! After getting some help and resolving my gauge problem I now have another issue that I would like to get help with your knowledge! I have a V50 with the 2.0 Diesel 136hp engine and in the span of 4 weeks everything kinda went down. The engine is has 170000km(105000 miles), the body…
It had been leaking for about a month, what started off as adding fluid every week had become adding fluid every day. 2010 T6 I diagnosed the problem by removing the skid plate and shoving a selfie stick under the car with it recording video, then turned the wheels lock to lock. fluid started pouring…
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The biggest job on this car was the rear braking system, including the parking brake. It did not work when I got the car, and the rear rotors were completely gone. One of the rear rotors was so gone, that the rust lip on it was very evident. I got a whole rear brake kit…
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Before I got the T-5R, I got this 850R. Before I got this 850R, I got a red/tan 850R estate from just north of Albany, NY, but, while it was sitting in a huge snowdrift in our yard last February, it got picked up by a front end loader that was supposed to be clearing…
$6,500.00 San Francisco, California Priced to sell – $4,950.00 Hello All! It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to my Volvo C30. As my family grows, the Volvo C30 no longer meets the needs of the kids. I wish I had room to keep this forever. I’ll post pictures later, but here…
