I currently have a 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon with 118k on it.  The car is
almost perfect in everyway.  I am wondering about going to a 1997 Volvo 850
T-5 Wagon with 149k.  Any suggestions if this would be a good move.  Is the
quality in one year better than the other?  Is the ...

can i put a sliding sunroof in my 91 240 wagon

Well to make a long story short, I've got a 1993 Volvo 960 sedan
w/approx 80K miles on it (yea I know I don't drive much) with a blown
engine.  One of the cylinders is heavily gouged.
My shop is quoting around 3200 to replace the engine.

I recently bought a really sweet 92 240 wagon, the overdrive was not
working. the light would turn on and off with the button, but the
solenoid wasn't working. What I found was the top of the solenoid was
melted off. Since I live in flat Florida, and have no need to turn

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"System too rich (Bank 1)"
I've been fighting this thing for a while and frustration is building.
It can take up to ~240 miles for the code to come back when reset, less
when it's warmer out.

Hi...
Was just wondering something. For the longest while, all European cars that
I know of have had low wattage red running lights, higher wattage red brake
lights that came on overtop of the running lights, or in a separate part of

I am hearing a knocking - tapping noise that sounds like it is coming
from one of the accessory items. The AC compressor, alternator, PS pump,
are my primary suspects. I have tried touching these items while the
engine is running to see if I can narrow it down and I can not reach ...

Has anyone ever had a problem with the seat belt that will not extend to the
fastener ?
I have an '98 S70. I can not extend the belt. It is locked and I can't
extend it to fasten

Hi there !!  I will change my Volvo's 965 timing belt at 144K miles. In
addition to the tensioner (damping element ($100)) and the belt .  Do I need
to replace the tension pulley ($89) and the idler pulley ($72)?.  Please if
someone can post the replacement schedule for these parts. ...

I have a pinion seal that is allowing lubricant past it.
I do my repairs in the driveway and am looking for pointers
to taking this on myself. Are there any special tools or
fixtures needed to do this? I have never had the axle apart on

there seems to be a good bit of looseness in the shifter mechanism lately,
more than I recall when I bought the car 4 years ago... no problems getting
into and out of the gears, and the transmission shifts fine, just a little
concerned that something's wearing/worn and should be ...

Some bad luck, which has a lesson learned...
Bought my C70 T5 convertible new in 2000, fine car, great to drive.
Everything OK except for not properly closing front windows, driver side
worse than passenger side. It was fixed under warranty a few times, but kept

I have a 1988 240 wagon. So far I had to replace the fuel tank and fuel
sending unit, then coming home the timing belt broke(replace it with seals
and WP), fuel filter. My problem, it stats and idles perfect, sometimes it
acts like someone shut the fuel off, just loses power, ...

Does anyone have problems with the auto gearbox in the S60d5. Mine keeps
reving between gear changes