What did you do to your S80/V70/XC70 today?

[DJ]

Chose to use the wife's Mokka for taxi duty for son and heir and keep the XC70 snug and dry out of the rain...

[Goldfish888]

Had the Heldex unit serviced by independent garage to day . Was going to do that myself but failed to undo the rusted bolts to remove pump from lying under car and for fear of striping 2 bolts Paid the professionals .Also had the power steering fluid changed same time.

[Seancc1984]

Need help,car went in to limp mode plugged it in come up with load of codes,cleared run it engine light come on again main problem is egr valve and o2 sensor,so I've took egr off and it's totally thick of oil,started to clean it and if that doesn't work thinking of getting it mapped out but can't find the kit to blank it out can any one help me and what will I need to do I've got the volvo s80 2007 d5244t engine,the other problem is power steering with revs on it works perfect as soon as you slow down and revs drop its stiff as anything,any one else have the same problem? And what can I do to fix it with out costing me an arm and a leg,it's 2.4 auto


Your sincerely
Sean

[Pidgeonpost]

Dropped car at indie for some work on rear brakes. 'Locking wheel nut in the boot?' said the mechanic.
'I'd better just check' says I. Cue frantic search of every orifice in the car - no sign.
Back to reception desk - 'Er, sorry, no sign of the b***dy thing'.
'It does have locking wheel nuts does it? Not all of them do' says the mech. Back to the car. No, it doesn't have locking wheel nuts. Pitying look from the mechanic. Why wouldn't I know this? I've had the wheels off the thing myself!
It's a b****r getting old!

[Rangefinder10]

Well I've only gone and ordered from Fords of Winford my latest Volvo, a 2014 XC70 D5, 36k mileage and in stunning condition. Back in Volvo land after a sojourn into Honda CR-V territory due to back issues.

My wife says "I don't know why it took you so long!" - in reality neither do I.

My history with Volvos goes back to the early 80's starting with a new 244DL company car, the rest private - an S60 diesel, an S70 2.5 petrol (180k miles in that beautiful motor), 2 x S80's (one used D5 and one new diesel 1.6 DRIVe-underpowered and not to my taste) and an XC90 D5.

Strong preference for the engineering off the Swedish Volvos, don't much like the Chinese Volvos or their prices.

Very much looking forward to picking it up next week.

This one is going to be my long term keeper-maybe my last one.

Cheers
John

[Rangefinder10]

Picked up the shiny clean white XC70 on Thursday, drove in the rain on Friday, now not so clean and white. Today I ordered a set of Volvo mudguards.

[Rangefinder10]

Today I changed the number plate for a personal plate, not fancy but easy to remember using our name initials.

Also ordered a space saver spare wheel, should arrive in next couple of days.
I will feel much happier carrying a spare rather than a tub of gunk.

[dobin164]

Just got the car yesterday from a Volvo main dealer
52,000 miles full Volvo history
just had a full service too

as a retired engineer i like to fettle and check over as much as possible
i have my own ramp so its fairly easy

i was supprised to see underneath is in very good order

so ive cleaned a few areas and waxoyled here and there
ive changed the undertray screws for stainless ones
touched up a few stone chips and a good polish all round
its quite a nice car

[pjm84]

Oil / Air and fuel filter service. The cabin filter location is a . Ended up taking the glove box out.

Plus Languard treatment

[Daim]

First post in this thread but won't be my last...

Replaced the flakey steering wheel trim with a new piece. Looks a lot better and no more cutting my skin!





That was then followed by replacing the old and worn out rear anti rollbar links, as I had a quite nasty rattle in the rear. Sounded very much like worn end links. Result: rattles less but something else is loose. Will see what it could be...