Use a sacrificial dime to add some slip and prevent crank from turning :)

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I threw away my dedicated winter tires set when I spent one Boston winter with Vredestein Quatracs. They were worse on unplowed roads than regular winter tires were, but not too much. I was never...

Well, fix your old lock cylinder via regular means (break it!). Easier, cheaper, quicker, 100% works.

The forum is mostly dead, you may get better luck at other two major Volvo forums.

Your problem sounds like a clogged filter, which causes pressure loss and slippage in gears. The transmission is...

When you install the coil, always use sand paper to clean the contact pad on the coil itself and on the valve cover where it touches the engine. Torque the bolt to the spec. This is the high voltage...

I did, and took them out after about 2 weeks. Nivomats + front XC90 + rear V70R sway bars is the way to go. And 16 mm subframe spacers :) Especially with a full length roof steel basket and camping...

IPD's paint job is subpar. My IPD rear toe rods are all peeled and rusted to death. Every single adjustment includes a blow torch. A Volvo fellow's IPD sway bar even broke off. Stay away.

It was an option. You need two Nivomats, two springs and a sway bar. Stock sway bar is 14 mm, for Nivomats is 19 mm. S60R - 20 mm, V70R - 21 mm. I run Nivomats with the V70R sway bar.
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I had Kilen HD springs in back. The ride was awful and they didn't hold the height as much as I needed. Converted to Nivomats and that was the best suspension decision ever.

Another approach is to remove the AOC (only 4 bolts, easy to do) and cut the slot along the stuck bolt. Degrease, screw in a new bolt, use JB Weld.

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Collar sleeve is very easy to remove with a blind bearing puller like that one:

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To install it back you need a threaded stud cut in halves and a piece of square tube with two holes or...

I installed a Jetex catback and took it off only 1.5 hours later. Thanks, no. Bought a new Volvo catback, never been a problem. It was in 2019. I haven't seen any quality difference, it looked very...

Any acceleration or even cruising steady at high speed is boost.

At 270k the cylinders are tapered upwards, the compression rings are worn, too. The sump gets much more of blow-by gasses, so good...

You should have wait one more year, to revive a 10 years old thread ;)

Very little. The cooler line can't hold much pressure, valve body has to mediate it, especially in colder temps.

Transmission's oil pump is comparable to the engine's one. No way it can squeeze it...

Nope.

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Gibbons method really makes little sense. Transmission diverts only a small fraction of circulating fluid to a cooler line, especially when it is not boiling hot. The new fluid will get mixed in sump...

If it's not overheated, not pushed hard, ATF kept clean, it will run until frictions wear out completely. Which almost never happens if the car is highway driven, without much gear changes.

I'm...

It is bad valve stem seals and oil with high calcium content. Oil drips down the valves, burns off and purges away, calcium stays in cylinders as a cement-like substance. It chips off relatively...

I would suggest rebuilding the alternator, because you do want to unbolt it and shift left or even remove before you attempt to screw in the banjo bolt.

Blown cam seal is about 1 quart of oil leaking out every minute. What your mechanic probably saw could be in fact a worn O-ring inside VVT hub:...

I did a resistor repair on mine, the bottom pad on the resistor was rotted away. Had to transfer one from the old x86 motherboard :)

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How much damage you have? Show your DEM PCB?

Buy new ones, they are not very expensive, both under $200 at FCP. Junk yard cars have the glued in bushings worn out.

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Front swaybar you can upgrade to the one from XC90 with 2.5T engine.

Rear swaybar is 14 mm stock for the regular suspension, 19 mm for Nivomats, 20 (or 21?) for S60R and 21 (22?) for V70R. I have...