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Mine are definitely plastic covers , I've been looking at various kits and methods online last few days , but have found a guy locally that will come and restore your headlights at home the pair for...

Hi guys , not been posted on here for ages but have popped in occasionally
I have just purchased my 3rd Volvo a 2005 v70 d5 , after my trusty old v70 t-5 was written off while parked outside my...

Just finished replacing plugs dizzy cap rotor arm replaced a load of perished vac pipes oil and filter and the old Volvo seems to live on , back as it was pulls like a train again no misfires :-) ...

Yeah have got Bosch rotor arm and dizzy cap plugs are ngk bkr7evx that I've used in the car for the last 10 years with no probs so stuck with them , I have a set of magnecor kv85 leads to go on as...

Hi guys ,quick update , I replaced all the injector seals and inlet gasket tested injectors all were seemed fine the pcv system was replaced not long back and was very clean so put it all back...

my car is making pretty much the same noise , it has dne it before and went over a period of time never figgured it out , im having running issues at the moment and think ive traced lean running on...

thanks ,was thinking of giving pcv a going over as well , it was done a few years back but like you say worth doing while its easy to get at .
ordered a seal kit today so going to get new gasket on...

Hi yeah going to change it ,it's all in bits just have to get the injector seals ordered next week :-)

Hi guys quick update got a new inlet gasket which I was going to change today but while removing the fuel rail and injectors I noticed that on injector 1-2 the little plastic shim that sits at the...

Thanks guys ,have just had a thought just lately I have had a funny noise coming from the motor sounded like something whining,I was wondering if what I could hear was air leaking from the inlet...

Just done compression test cylinders 1-2 were 150-160 psi cylinders 3-5 were 165-175 so not a huge difference it's done just under 210,000 tried another set of old plugs gave it a spin still missing...

Thanks guys , not checked for codes yet will do later no lights have come on though .
Was thinking maybe injectors playing up ,could they be overfilling on those cylinders causing plugs to burn out...

They are ngk bkr7evx ,I've used them in there for the past 8 years or so with no probs , the car does have a Rica 310 map but has run fine for years with no issues ,I'm just hoping this is nothing...

Hi all my 98 v70 t5 has been running fine for years now but the other day I noticed when I accelerated the car juddered really bad and seemed to misfire , I checked the plugs a day or so later and...

cheers guys for the replys , i got a good mate who's a hgv mechanic and has done a few before , he will give me a hand and got use of huge workshop too ,had a look around the net on various sites and...

hi all i have a 1998 v70 t5 pre me7 and it is in need of a new timing belt ,
i was hoping to do the job myself using genuine volvo belt kit with a new water pump and aux belt
was wandering how...

you must be joking clean air down here ,its full of bloody seagulls :)

thanks for reply
car is running fine at the mo so going to leave alone for now
the engine light was on but cleared fault and has stayed off
cheers wellsy ...

hi all
i went out to my car this morning and started it up to warm up before setting off in it , but when i started it up the tickover was very erratic and was smoking a bit from the rear , wouldnt...

yeah i have had the same prob on my v70 , its the little barometric pressure sensor like mds say's.
i have cleaned mine with contact cleaner and cleared the codes and seems fine for now .
hope you...

i just got some bosch wiper blades from this place , great price but really poorly packed , infact no package just the wiper boxes sellotaped together with an address stuck on .
not sure if they...

if you can look underneath the car , at the rear of the engine you should be able to see a pipe that run's from the turbo straight in to the rear of the sump , i think at the sump end there are a...

hi there not sure if any of these may help

http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/volvo-repair-database/volvo-s70-v70-c70-xc70-s80-1999-trouble-codes/
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i use some auto glym leather cleaner on mine
brings them up ok but dont seem to get rid of the cracks ..
cheers wellsy..

hi all posted the code reader to "p0xy".