Hi All,
Hope your all well in these unsettled times.
Not posted here in a while but am hoping someone might be able to give me some advice. During this lockdown I decided to de-coke throttle body, egr valve, egr cooler, replace radiator, and fix a slight oil leak on my volvo xc60 D3 2011 (manual)
Starting with the radiator, old one was weeping at bottom corners. The rad itself is in good condition, do you think I should get it resealed or buy a new one? assuming I decide to go for a new rad I was looking at Hella(£120) or Valeo(£330) as the brand, does anyone have any experience with Hella rads...are they any good? The price difference is too great to ignore and I'm leaning towards the Hella. EuroCarParts advertise Hella 376787121 as the replacement rad but it also says it's for engine D5204T3, I have the D5204T2. They told me it will fit, can someone advice on this, as I don't want to buy it just to find it won't fit the D5204T2 engine.
Another topic is the EGR valve and cooler, took these out to de-coke, the original metal seals are in good condition so will be using these again (unless someone says otherwise). At the back of the egr cooler is a hole (male)which engages with a pipe (fitted to the engine block,female), on this pipe is an o-ring. This o-ring seals between the pipe and cooler, stopping coolant leaking. I am having difficulty identifying that o-ring. Called one volvo dealer, after almost 20 minutes of trying to convince him it did exist he gave me a price of £52+vat
I think he just gave me some random price. Called a different volvo dealer and they had no idea there was such an arrangement and could not understand what I was after
. Has anyone here replaced that o-ring? if so can you please tell me where I can buy it from or the OEM number so I can identify a replacement.
Finally, have a slight oil leak at the small heater which fits into the air duct running from air flow meter to turbo. It had a jubilee clip on it but this does not keep the oil in. I have seen a video on utube where some one used gasket paste to make the seal. Has anyone tried this and found it worked/did not work. Or anyone got any better ideas for making the seal. it's not a case of buying a new part as it's a design flaw.
Thanks in advance for your help. Stay safe