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

[Pidgeonpost]

Thanks for posting this and the video that captured the event. I need to monitor our V70 to see if it's doing the business as most of our journeys are too short (<10 miles each way) to give a regen a fair chance to start and complete.

[hal9000f]

Originally Posted by Pidgeonpost

Thanks for posting this and the video that captured the event. I need to monitor our V70 to see if it's doing the business as most of our journeys are too short (<10 miles each way) to give a regen a fair chance to start and complete.

Glad you find it useful.

I've only had five DPF regens since I bought this great car. And that was in 4.000 miles driven (cca 6.300 km).

Needless to say that they made our enjoying these cars more complicated by not giving us choice to display the DPF regen process on screen if we wanted to.

Luckily DPF is robust on V70's and if you don't do short trips primarily and let the regens finish, we won't have trouble if any :-)

When I realize that the regen had started, I was always in a position to do those 15 miles extra to let it finish - luckily :-)

Here is another useful one if you didn't catch it on YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCMUJ5fpus

Learned a lot from it.

[Pidgeonpost]

Yes, I'd read on the forum that the process is pretty capable of looking after itself as long as certain conditions are met. I used a recent non-stop trip of around 50 miles to try to monitor our car and record the data, but for some reason I lost the Bluetooth connection early on so it was a bit of a waste of time. I need to take the time to set up the Car Scanner dashboard as you have done.
Thanks for the second video.

[BigGreenThing]

Originally Posted by hal9000f

Glad you find it useful.

I've only had five DPF regens since I bought this great car. And that was in 4.000 miles driven (cca 6.300 km).

Needless to say that they made our enjoying these cars more complicated by not giving us choice to display the DPF regen process on screen if we wanted to.

Luckily DPF is robust on V70's and if you don't do short trips primarily and let the regens finish, we won't have trouble if any :-)

When I realize that the regen had started, I was always in a position to do those 15 miles extra to let it finish - luckily :-)

Here is another useful one if you didn't catch it on YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCMUJ5fpus

Learned a lot from it.

Using the same car scanner app - I observed DPF regen too last week. On a 2ltr D3 XC70. It LITERALLY followed the same numbering on temps as your YouTube video did (with max DPF at 657.2C and DPF soot lowering to 5.6gr min.)! Very accurate and comparable! Interestingly, the Alan Brown video shows much higher temps. Must be scorchio where he lives! Lol! When I noticed the regen commence, I slipped into 5th gear from 6th and carried on at 70mph until regern had completed (took around 32-36 miles to fully complete from what I could see).

[hal9000f]

Originally Posted by BigGreenThing

Using the same car scanner app - I observed DPF regen too last week. On a 2ltr D3 XC70. It LITERALLY followed the same numbering on temps as your YouTube video did (with max DPF at 657.2C and DPF soot lowering to 5.6gr min.)! Very accurate and comparable! Interestingly, the Alan Brown video shows much higher temps. Must be scorchio where he lives! Lol! When I noticed the regen commence, I slipped into 5th gear from 6th and carried on at 70mph until regern had completed (took around 32-36 miles to fully complete from what I could see).

Thanks for info.

Luckily for Alan, it was a bug in his version of scanner app, as he says in his video description :-)

"Attention: bug in the app - calculation error, real DPF temperature is lower by 300 C, very much close to temperature of catalytic converter:
500-300=200 C actual temperature
700-300=400 C actual temperature"

Which year is your XC70 and is it 100 kW or 136 kW or...?

[BigGreenThing]

Originally Posted by hal9000f

Thanks for info.

Luckily for Alan, it was a bug in his version of scanner app, as he says in his video description :-)

"Attention: bug in the app - calculation error, real DPF temperature is lower by 300 C, very much close to temperature of catalytic converter:
500-300=200 C actual temperature
700-300=400 C actual temperature"

Which year is your XC70 and is it 100 kW or 136 kW or...?

Ah that makes sense- didn’t spot the the detail in Alan’s description.
My Volvo is a MY 2011 (March I think),2ltr 5 cylinder 163bhp diesel which I THINK is the 136kw one. It’s also the FWD version…which kind of defeats the object for some…but then I don’t need an off-roader…and we don’t have too many snow days here in the South East! But I do look to throw as little money as possible fuel-wise and I get a good 46-48mpg all year round.

[sellxc70]

Some tlc for my 2014 XC70 today - 138k miles.

Replace front suspension top mounts
Replace rear trailing arm bushes
Front and rear black diamond drilled and grooved discs
Black diamond fast road pads
Gearbox oil change (no.3)
Rear diff oil change
Haldex oil and clean filter

Bushes and mounts gone early due to recent suspension changes so no surprise.

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2014 XC70 D5 AWD, 6sp auto, silver, scuff plates, electric sunroof, factory removeable tow bar, laminated front door glazing, winter pack, premium sound, eibach springs, Koni fsd shocks, bsr 245hp remap,

[sellxc70]

Originally Posted by sellxc70

Some tlc for my 2014 XC70 today - 138k miles.

Replace front suspension top mounts
Replace rear trailing arm bushes
Front and rear black diamond drilled and grooved discs
Black diamond fast road pads
Gearbox oil change (no.3)
Rear diff oil change
Haldex oil and clean filter

Bushes and mounts gone early due to recent suspension changes so no surprise.

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2014 XC70 D5 AWD, 6sp auto, silver, scuff plates, electric sunroof, factory removeable tow bar, laminated front door glazing, winter pack, premium sound, eibach springs, Koni fsd shocks, bsr 245hp remap,

Feels like a new car again A couple of photo's.

[Pidgeonpost]

Originally Posted by Pidgeonpost

Yes, I'd read on the forum that the process is pretty capable of looking after itself as long as certain conditions are met. I used a recent non-stop trip of around 50 miles to try to monitor our car and record the data, but for some reason I lost the Bluetooth connection early on so it was a bit of a waste of time. I need to take the time to set up the Car Scanner dashboard as you have done.
Thanks for the second video.

Update... Well I set up Car Scanner dashboard to show the same readings as in the video (give or take), took it for a spin and - zilch. About the only reading was coolant temperature. I can only assume that I've missed some essential element of foreplay in setting it up. Darned if I can see it though. Any clues? Maybe I should just delete the vehicle profile and start again. Pain in the @rse though.

[Kpower]

Hello to all Volvo lovers, I am the owner of a 2005 S80 for 10 years now, clocked 199124 miles. I owned it since 55364miles. It is my first and only luxury to have owned, have driven across France, Germany. Even a few years ago drove non stop from Leicester to Castile Leon in Spain 1400miles, I felt I only did 400 miles. I have to thank the original owner for purchasing Xenon headlights which is quite rare on 1st generation S80 plus the phone pack & pop up Satnav.

I love my Volvo. However I am looking to start my own food business, I need economical, low maintenance vehicle for my business.

The powerfold mirrors making whining noise eBay £70-100
The radiator that has been leaking very slowly for 3 years £400-450

At 225,000 following are due
Water pump & Cambelt £500
Changing Gearbox, brake, power steering fluid £220

Some truck scraped rear passenger door
Scuffs on front bumper, bonnet paint fading
Car Wrap Estimate £1500-2000.

My question is to any owners that have owned S80, V70 or XC90 that are close to 300,000 miles. If I decide to spend the money to get my Volvo in tiptop condition then I want to keep till 300000 miles.

I grately appreciate, if you have used D5 for towing over long time, what has been your experience?

Maybe consider purchasing a mobile kitchen to be towed by Volvo, I seen many V70 D5, tow horse trailers.

My mechanic tell me, towing a 1500kg trailer, will put a lot of strain on the engine & gearbox with 200,000 miles on the clock.

It has always been service regularly, only let me down once,when the handbrake cable snapped.

What are your thoughts?