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Thanks for the replies gents,

it's deffo not ex plod, by gf's Dad bought it about 9 years ago from a private seller with 34k on the clock, and of course it's not white either :-)

I have decided...

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I'm going to blame this on a 4 week old baby and lack of sleep......

Had a warning message on "Position bulb failure" I think it was, had it half a dozen times before, and a light...

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fabulous result today, I had a vm from the third party insurers, we checked with Admiral, and they said to speak to them to see what they had to say/offer.

Rang them this evening,...

I'm not disputing peoples knowledge at all, I'm merely going with the links above, and the fact my gf's dad was offered £2700 by a dealer last year - if he offered that, he thought he could sell it...

Ok, so Admiral have revoked the decision, and have apologised for the way it was handled - ie the first we knew about it was when a salvage company called my gf.

My gf's dad had the car advertised...

Thankyou Graham, my gf will be calling them shortly - I am still fuming too much.

The long term value thing is neither here nor there with me to be honest, we plan to run the car for another...

Sure thing, however I think the AT ad I found above should be good evidence that my car could be seen to be worth in the region of 4K.

The cost of the repair, about 2K, is that the car 'needs' a...

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I'll keep it brief, but last week I stopped on a motorway, and got shunted into the car in front.

A non fault claim - other party and his insurance have admitted full liability.
...

Hello chaps,

my T5 was unfortunately rear ended and pushed into another car last week on the M4 :-(

Happily the other party has admitted liability, and the damage is not too severe, though it...

Thanks gents,

all sorted at the weekend :-)

The garage did not change this bulb, as it went about 5 minutes after I left there - the law of sod!
They did change 2 others, which I found a...

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took the T5 for it's 102,00 mile service today.

Bizarrely they said that two bulbs had needed replacing (I thought it always alerted you on the dash if that was the case?) which was...

Ok, so the tyres are fairly recent, certainly no advisories on the MOT, and they are Pirelli Asimetrico tyres - 225\45\17's.

So this means you could effectively use the lever whilst driving - will...

Thamks for the replies gents.

As I say, I do not know my way around the car very well or autos come to that.

I found the winter button, and I know where the STC button is but did not turn it...

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had my Auto 2001 V70 T5 9 months now, and have gotten pretty used to it, and although I do not 'like' the auto, it is useful on motorways etc etc.

My previous vehicles have mostly...

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sorry for the massive delay - had just started a new job (Can't believe it is 3 months ago now) which has proved rather intense, and needed plenty of long hours, and no time to browse...

Hi gents, thanks for the replies.

Thanks for the offer Martin, i'm in Newbury.
Sharps autos is the local garage I tend to use here.

Is there an easy way to tell whether its bosch or marelli?
...

Hello gents,

after a bit of help here if you are able.

I took delivery of a 61000 mile 2001 T5 recently, and had it immediately converted to LPG by Fassi off of this forum.

It's so far run...

Fitted this successfully yesterday, took a bit longer than expected, as didn't realise how delicately the pins were attached to the hinge, as a couple pinged off as I tried to tap them home - luckily...

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still getting used to the new V70, and though I knew all the bulbs on my Nissan, have yet to get used to these, and as the gf is out in it at the moment, can't check the handbook.
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just to update, came home today and the fuel flap was indeed locked, so that's a result, and hopefully with the hinge ordered my issues will be gone for the time being.




Thanks...

Had a helpful reply back from Rufe/Simon - and just rang up to order one, £9.20 delivered, for a proper Volvo part, can't really argue with that.

I'm just hoping it is as easy for ME to fit as...

Thankyou all, I have bunged Rufe a PM.

I'm half wondering if infact the lock is not working, if this might be because the spring is broken, and hence the flap cannot be in the right position for...

Thankyou very much Harvey, I now see a large range of hinges on ebay - I assume they are all much of a muchness?

I think I understand what you mean re the pins, but one question, you say to puch...

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My newly acquired PH2 V70 has a broken fuel flap, in that the plastic part that the spring should sit in is broken meaning it has no tention to keep it shut, additionally, the locking...

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should have the car back on Thursday, and I did recall seeing 36 on the fuel flap, but that seemed a tad high, but clearly not.

Do you not tend to run higher at the front and lower...