New S70 owner :-)
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New S70 owner :-)
First post for this new member, I'm glad I found this forum, it's already been a lifesaver ! Bought my wife a '98 S70 a couple weeks ago and it's been sitting in the driveway waiting for the title to come in so I've been working on what I can. Finally got it on the road Saturday and took it straight to a garage to do the timing belt seems I didn't know how many miles it had on it (thanks to reading all the posts here). Damn good thing I did because the shop called to say it also needs a harmonic balancer real soon, AND to say the belt was half cut and one of the pulley bearings were missing a couple *****....they found them in the cover 
I'm glad the shop was it's maiden voyage ! I passed on having them do the balancer because it looks like it's a simple job and I can get one from FCPeuro for half the price. Gonna have the engine codes read tonight cause since they did the belt, the engine light is now on. A couple more small things to tinker with and it will be an awesome car.
I'm glad the shop was it's maiden voyage ! I passed on having them do the balancer because it looks like it's a simple job and I can get one from FCPeuro for half the price. Gonna have the engine codes read tonight cause since they did the belt, the engine light is now on. A couple more small things to tinker with and it will be an awesome car.
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Thanks rspi ! I was surprised by the mess they found lol. My back is messed up from a MVA so I wasn't about to tackle it myself, most things I will. Been working in garages and on race cars all my life so most things I will do. Gonna make a trip to the local u-pull-it salvage yard in the morning for some little odds and ends that I might find, most Volvos there have been picked pretty clean but I did see a couple new entries. Took it back to the shop to have the codes read and they showed EVAP, thankfully that was looked at previously so I knew what needed to be changed and already took care of it. Broken manifold. They cleared it for me and it's been fine since.
It's a pretty nice driving car, especially after driving my 4x4 all winter. So now I just hope my wife doesn't beat the snot out of it, she's the one that probably should have been put in a dirt late model lol.
It's a pretty nice driving car, especially after driving my 4x4 all winter. So now I just hope my wife doesn't beat the snot out of it, she's the one that probably should have been put in a dirt late model lol.
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