I have recently updated my wife's Volvo to a second hand V70 and as it
was a private purchase I am now left with a 1993 850GLE which I have
been trying to sell for nearly 4 months.
I've advertised for 6 weeks in the car section of the newspaper, 4

I just bought an '82 264 GLE and have a few questions.
The car's previous owner stopped driving it about five years ago
because she and her husband both were given company cars and she also
had a sports car that she liked driving more. She said the last time

I own a 1985 360GLT (Aussie) and am thinking of replacing the old petrol
motor with a diesel one when the time comes. I know these things had a
diesel option in Europe but never down-under. Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks.

Have just bought a 1990 740 Turbo, and noticed a rattle in all gears
(4 sp w/OD) at around 1750 RPM.  It sounds like a "loose tin" kind of
rattle, almost like a loose clamp on muffler or something.  It's
difficult to locate, bc only happens when driving.  Any ideas?  The

JUst venting a little over a recent event.
The "check engine" indicator turned on last week and I set up a visit to my
Volvo dealer to have it extinguished.  They are 50 miles from my home and
thru the worst traffic in Texas.

Back a few months ago we had the engine warning light come on and the
diagnostics was showing error code 1-2-1 which is a fault in the signal of
the air mass meter.
We replaced the air mass meter and the code was gone.

I have a 1992 Volvo 960 (110,000 mi) wagon that seems to take longer
and longer to start.  It's been hot and humid here in western PA these
past few weeks and this seems to have exacerbated the problem.  It has
always taken a while to start up since I've owned it (almost a year

My fiance is looking for a car. We have it down to two and would like
some suggestions/opinions on which one to go with.
2003 Volve S80 - 44,000 miles
2003 Acura TL - 27,000 miles

Has anyone had Bilsteins installead in the front? If so, do you know if
the struts came with new "spanner nuts". I had someone take out my
springs/struts to replace the spring seats in my 1998 which has Bilsteins.
They guy told me it had the dreaded cross shaped spanner nuts still. ...

2001 V70 XC - The other day the gas filler cover fell off when opened. The
plastic piece into which the "big diaper pin" goes in broke. Seems strange.
Anyway, does anyone know how this plastic holding strip is fastened to the
car, so I can replace it. There are no screws showing, ...

[A Diatribe]
Men, hear this. I am not a sexist, but I am a man and by the grace of
testosterone and gear oil, I believe I finally understand.
Volvo -- a Latin term whose meaning is "I Roll"; founded on the name of

I've read the David Urban write up and several other conversion pieces.
Here's my question: "Is draining the oil from my existing compressor
and refilling it with the new oil considered, 'replacing' my
compressor?"

i just bought a volvo! yay! so, it's 740 gle wagon. the ac isn't
working, but when i checked under the hood, the v-belt was missing. can
you tell me how easy it is to put the belt on myself?
thanks!

I have a 1992 240 wagon.   Recently, had ignition problems that appear to
have been the air flow mass meter - a substitute has been swapped in and
it's running fine.   Except...
Also had some service done to the tailgate.  Now, when I switch on the

Sad tale, but true.  My beloved 1998 Red S70 (see pic attached) has to
go.  Thankfully, I have picked up a pristine 1990 740 Turbo, but this
one has to go.  This post is partly to seek advice, and also possibly
if anyone needs parts and/or a 'spare' S70.  It is a base model 5 spd.