3 years ago we leased an XC90 with the convience package - leather,
rear assist and wood steering wheel. The car is and was beatiful.
It was $499/month + tax, 0 down  lease. Ends up being $545 every month
or so.

I have an 88 245 with 311,000 miles. Two questions:
How often should I replace the plug wires? I put in IPD high
performance wires about 75,000 miles ago, and they still seem good and
flexible.

I seek recommendations (or otherwise) for Volvo automotive service in
the NYC area.
Many thanks in advance.

I have a 1988 245 with a manual transmission. If I drive over about 50
miles, the shift light comes on, and stays on. If I stop and restart
the car, it is still on. If we are away for the weekend, it will stay
on the entire time, and not go off until we are back home on Monday.

The rear washer on my 2002 V70 has failed - no water. It
co-incides with a family of mice moving into the rear.  I
suspect that the mice might have chewed through the
plastic water pipe.

In the continuing saga that is my wife's 1993 245, one that is recurrent
is a terrible surging idle in cold weather.  Being that we live in
Minnesota, this is a 6 month a year problem, especially in the past
couple of months with lots of below 0F stuff.

This sounds dumb but there are four lights above one another on each
side of the rear of my 1990 740 wagon. The lower three are easy but what
is the top one for??
There's a bulb in there but it doesn't come on with any switch that I've

Hi,  Can anyone tell me where I could go to replace a 1989 240 head
bolt?  I asked at my local auto parts store and they did not have it.
Is this the kind of thing that I could get at a good hardware, or auto
store, so I do not have to pay to ship one bolt?

Add Swedish brand Volvo to the ever-growing list of automakers that say they won't make an appearance at the Tokyo Motor Show this coming October. Volvo joins parent company Ford, as well as General Motors and Chrysler, in skipping the biggest new car show in Japan. "We have ...

I removed the head and found out that I have a broken valve spring on
the exhaust valve on the #2 cylinder.  This is my second head removal
and it surprised me at how easy it was.  The car is very rusty and I
am doing this mostly as an exercise so I am going to just replace the

Does it take longer in Winter?  8-(
Something is amiss with the drive gear, so it's time to pull the thing
off. Which the manual reckons is 3 hours and a very helpful post on
Brickboard claims a record of 2 hours.

Basic info - 1990 740 GLE Wagon - B234F engine.  125K miles
My temp gauge is extremely temperamental. Most of the time it's not
working but every once in a while it will suddenly wake up and decide
that it's had enough rest. That might last for a day or two and then,

Some days ago on my Volvo 240 '93 lambda probe is always on.
Any ideas.
Andrea, Italy

I would appreciate your opinion on a few cold weather issues.
Apologies for not know much about the vehicle.
1. Idle has gone beserk.  Actually, it's stuck in high idle.  Starts
great, idle continues to rise.  Is this rig's idle vacuum controlled?

how hard is it to fit a new turbo to a volvo v70t 5 and will a turbo
from a t5r fit my normal t5 and what do i need to do the job?un