Ford-era Volvo in its natural habitat

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 10/27/2020 at 16:11 • Filed to: Volvo

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Something’s heating up my back left wheel, but not making noise...first time this thing has been towed since I got it. I could’ve just driven it to my mechanic, but didn’t want to risk a fire if it’s a sticking caliper  and gets worse.

CB > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:13

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Likely stuck calip er.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:16

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My ‘02 V70 recently needed to be towed due to the front left cali p er not releasing, and it turned out to be a failing ABS pump.

The caliper was fine, once the root cause was sorted.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB 10/27/2020 at 16:20

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For Sweden > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:22

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That’s why you buy the six cylinder.  The transmission breaks before anything else can break.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/27/2020 at 16:24

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Pardon me I have the dumbs today.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB 10/27/2020 at 16:25

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I have the dumbs every day.

E90M3 > CB 10/27/2020 at 16:27

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Happened to a friends E30, it was smoking pretty bad so it was obvious that’s what it was. 

benjrblant > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:29

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Snuze: Needs another Swede > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:32

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Stuck caliper, parking brake, or wheel bearing.  Take your pick.  

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > For Sweden 10/27/2020 at 16:32

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Eh, the automatics shit the bed behind the 5 pot just as enthusiastically .

gmctavish needs more space > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/27/2020 at 16:40

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Yeah...I’m hoping for whatever the cheapest option is 

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:40

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That looks suspiciously like my car, though the wheels are different.  What year/trim is yours?

gmctavish needs more space > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 16:45

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Yeah, autocorrect doesn’t like the word caliper apparently 

gmctavish needs more space > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 10/27/2020 at 16:46

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06, 2.5T AWD. Wheels are a carryover from the first gen V70, or maybe even late 850. They were an available wheel choice for a weirdly long time 

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:51

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At least on my phone, autocorrect gets worse & worse over time. 

BrooklynEagle > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:52

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Ford-era corporate ownership, but the P2 generation design predates the marriage. The P3 cars (‘08 and up on the wagons) were where Ford is a factor.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 16:52

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I hope for your sake it is also cheap.

I’m hoping my registration stickers show up so I can start driving my 850 again. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 16:52

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Shhhh, don’t tell mine that...

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 17:30

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Can confirm, I have these wheels on my S70. They fit your car nicely.
I was thinking of painting mine black or even gold, will have to try it out in Photoshop first.

I went ahead and shopped it lol. I dunno, loses the luxury feel, if it even had any ...

I hope the bill won’t be too high, good luck!

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 10/27/2020 at 17:51

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Ah mine is an 05, but FWD with the NA motor.

AestheticsInMotion > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 18:26

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Are you trying to make me jealous? Because it’s working.

I miss those Volvo days...

Jb boin > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 10/27/2020 at 18:36

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Dark gray maybe but not black please !

B ronze looks good anyway :)

facw > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/27/2020 at 18:53

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Seriously. Though now that it’s cooling off, my transmission clunk has disappeared. See you again next summer specter of valve body failure!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > facw 10/27/2020 at 19:52

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I rebuilt my entire AC system. Now it makes weird pulsating wooshy noises from under the dash. AC still seems to work though, so ¯\_()_/¯

gmctavish needs more space > BrooklynEagle 10/27/2020 at 20:25

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The design does, I just assumed by 2006 they were effected by the Ford ownership

facw > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/27/2020 at 20:31

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My AC is thankfully good, though the blower does vibrate horribly on higher settings. Shop where I did the PPI thought it probably has failing bearings, though JRitS has terrified me that there could be a dead something in there. Either way, I just don’t let it run at full blast unless I really need it for defrosting/defogging, and that’s fine.

Goggles Pizzano > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 20:37

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Was it this one? :-)x

.../product/

gmctavish needs more space > Goggles Pizzano 10/27/2020 at 20:59

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Whoa, good memory. That’s it, that’s the one I snag two or three of when I’m in Victoria. So good.

Goggles Pizzano > gmctavish needs more space 10/27/2020 at 21:02

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I’ll buy one for Christmas.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > facw 10/27/2020 at 22:16

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The Volvo AC system is very simple, almost too simple - there’s no high pressure port, only a low pressure port, so I had to guess at charging it. I hope I didn’t over do it. Also, No stickers today, but hopefully soon.

Have you serviced your trans? Is it the 5 speed? I’ve heard those are prone to shift solenoid failures, and those actually aren’t awful to replace. Mine has the 4 speed and when I first serviced it, the fluid that came out was like Guinness. I did the drain 2/add 2 method - 2 quarts at a time, drive a few hundred miles, then repeat, 3 times. Now she runs and shifts like a champ.

facw > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/27/2020 at 22:29

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Yeah it’s the 5-speed auto. It does what seems to be the “garage shift” clunk when it’s hot out, which yeah seems to be due to the valve body solenoids. But it’s not missing any shifts and my Volvo specialist says not to worry about it at this point “they all clunk...” I did get the trans fluid flushed recently so hopefully that delays any badness.  

SpeedSix > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 10/28/2020 at 13:09

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Repaint the lower area (bumpers and under the trim strips) in silver to match the wheels? You could have two-tone.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > SpeedSix 10/28/2020 at 15:49

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That’s a cool idea. I did just a very quick ‘shop, looks like it’s chrome by accident but I think it could work. It looks better in my head than it does here.

I’ll give it a serious consideration.