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My V70- A Rolling Restoration Project.
I thought it might be interesting to start a thread here about my personal car- a 2001 2.4 manual NA with only 91k on the clock, bought to save from certain death last year for £NotVeryMuch.
Here she is when I bought her almost exactly a year ago... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e5927bc9_b.jpg Problems were (But not limited to)... Warning messages (Various) Sticking callipers all round Missfire Every panel battered/scratched Front passenger wheel bearing howling Alloys horrendously corroded Filthy having been used as a builders van Cruise control inoperative I'll post updates here bit by bit to show my thrilling progress Joe |
First up was a general health check/investigation of what I'd actually bought.
Vacuum was checked using ye-olde glove method and found to be all ok/very good. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...62bfc96c_c.jpg Tyres appeared to be pretty much new... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bb452f00_c.jpg Timing belt was overdue even by Volvo's ambitious service interval... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b0348a6a_c.jpg It also appeared that at some point in it's life the car had likely (Towbar fitted) been used to drag catamarans around in Scotland... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3c78d6dc_c.jpg |
Are you planning on a spark plug change? The non-turbo uses the Volvo 3 prong plug and NO OTHER.
If you're doing so I suggest doing a compression check. Get a gauge with a hose to reach down the wells. Have you checked each glide pin boot and cap? There are 2 on each caliper. A 7mm male hex socket is what you need. Clean 'em and relube them. I had 2 missing caps and one boot was chewed away by something. You have a separate fuel filter. Even with alcohol laced fuels (at least here in the US) your filter is 20 years old. As always, check the condition of your parking brake shoes. If the lining breaks off (the glue fails) the pieces can cause expensive damage. If the PS fluid is old and dirty OR if it's red (meaning it's transmission fluid) change it to Pentosin CHF-11S. It's pale, transparent green. My '02 looked just like yours. An identical car owned by a construction fellow parked next to me. His was a battle wagon. |
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Interestingly the NGK plugs were slightly longer than the OEM ones, by maybe a few millimeters. Anyway, would still suggest to buy the OEM spark plugs, they arn't very expensive. Would also be worth flushing the coolant system and replace the coolant with OEM. I paid about £18 for 4 liters of concentrate from my local dealer. Great video by a forum member on how to do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkRdCUAlks&t=3s Keep us updated on your progress. |
Thanks chaps
Bear in mind I'm now a year on from buying the car and lots of this stuff has been done- I'm uploading pics and documenting my journey when I get a moment spare, most posts at this stage are retrospective. Eventually I'll catch up with where I'm at now, but wanted to use this topic as a place to document work past and present. |
Next on the list was an engine service
The air filter had seen better days, but I've seen much worse. Changed for genuine Volvo in this instance- I have a trade account with them and it cost no more for the OE filter vs the Man/Bosch stuff I'd usually use... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0aa8a9fd_c.jpg The old plugs didn't look too bad either... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9022014b_c.jpg They were changed for the three prong NGK plugs @BlueRubber describes. Whilst in there the coils were cleaned/inspected and much of the crumbling cable insulation was replaced... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...039f30e5_c.jpg And finally the oil was changed using fully synthetic Shell oil of the correct spec and a genuine Volvo filter (Again as this cost no more than Man/Bosch) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3318a521_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...61fa513e_c.jpg |
Thanks for the update. Your plugs looks much better than mine did:
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?c...AsUnwifpkHL7yk Out of interest how do you clean and inspect the coils? |
They actually don't look too terrible to me either, but I've seen some shocking stuff car wise so I'm perhaps jaded.
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Next step was to replace the growling wheel bearing...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7faeb02f_c.jpg Not the easiest bearing I've done but not the most difficult either. The bearing itself was a part from 'Nordic'... Perhaps a poor choice compared with SKF or more expensive options but it's caused me no problems thus far, also, if I have to go back it's not too bad of a job. After that the carpeted floor mats were given a thorough wet and dry. The filth that came out of them had to be seen to be believed... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aba7a0ed_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c38aae37_c.jpg |
Next step was the timing belt.
By this stage I'd had the car about 6 weeks and decided it was a 'keeper'. I'd grown far too fond of it to continue playing Russian Roulette (See timing belt sticker image on post #2) A Gates kit (My kit of choice) was bought with great care taken to ensure the earlier tensioner type was included... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...af5c59be_c.jpg No turning back... In all honesty Volvo belts are a pleasure to change. This one took about 2 hours all in and was in relaity not that much more involved than the belts on the old 700/900 series engines once the job got underway. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5e6001fb_c.jpg Old vs new... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c408456a_c.jpg And job jobbed... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...714c3733_c.jpg Although I've never spoken to @Clan and the other Volvo grey beards of the web, I'd stumbled upon their wisdom RE leaving the waterpump alone. Bearings were checked for play and the pump was inspected for leaks. All tests were passed and so through gritted teeth the original pump was left in place. |
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