Today we fitted the new coils and took the car home from my workshop. The engine runs smoother than ever and in the 50 km drive home not a hint of smoke. Lets hope this was the cure to the problem. I...

Well a QT is about the same as a litre and the retail price is about $30.00/ltr

We found it online, via a german supplier @ about $10.00 a litre.

The new coils are in and the oil aswell as an...

Today we got the car back together. Only the bolt connecting the inlet manifold to the PCV hose was a b*tch to get in but otherwise everything went well. The car starts and runs fine, as of yet no...

@JRL the plugs were changed 10k miles ago. Would you recommend a new one on the coil that failed? The plugs are Bosch Irridium @ $30.00+ a piece...

@ astro14 we currently have Shell Helix Ultra 0W30 full synthetic in the engine. Still looks clean after 10k miles. What would you recommend?

Yesterday we took apart the PCV system and that was FULL of carbon buildup. Both ports from the flametrap to the engine were cloged and the small hose from the inlet manifold to the complicated hose...

We ordered all parts to overhaul the PCV system. Is there any way to check the turbo and take it out of the equasion?

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A few days ago the XC70 started to show blue smoke under load. Also the engine threw a few faultcodes.

The faultcodes were misfires detected on the first cylinder. This is probably caused by a bad...

In this case you can actually see the bare copper wire. Depending on how bad it is I might try and get the pins out of the plugs and work some heatshrink around the wire, but best would be to replace...

Hello All,

My sister in law has a 2001 2.4T geartronic XC70 that was imported from the US to Europe.

Yesterday she went to Germany to visit her mother that is in a hospital over there and the...

Hi,

I've bought an american XC70 here in the Netherlands, it came with AC control in Fahrenheit and a radio that doesn't work in Europe.

Any interest in these on here?

Shoot me a PM and we...