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New XC70 - Broken down on first trip.

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Old May 17th, 2020, 13:07   #31
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Ok... Development!

Took the car out this morning - the bearing type noise has completely gone. It came back intermittently before turning into a LOUD squeal. Really sounds like NSF wheel area & the loud squeal starts around 5mph and vanishes at 30+mph.

Nothing around that wheel is hot.
Take it along to Graham & team at Horton cars for some diagnosis, perhaps?
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Old May 23rd, 2020, 14:40   #32
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Take it along to Graham & team at Horton cars for some diagnosis, perhaps?
I tried both Hortons and the Swedish Car Clinic near Westcott, but neither seem to be answering their phones or replying to web enquiries - I guess that's par for the course at the moment.

I have had luck with a local mechanic that I've used before - I know he's not a specialist, but he's a good old-school mechanic. He had the Volvo for a couple of days last week to look at this and also the oil leak (that I knew about when I bought it - it was cheap!). The noise I was worrying about was the brake back plate so that's an easy fix. As a precaution he's gone through the hand rake mechanism to make sure there's nothing going on there too - which is all fine.

The oil leak looks to be the usual seal on the gearbox side which he will do, but Volvo are not able to get the parts at the moment because their supply chain is not in action just to Covid-19.

So it's not bad news all round, the current estimate is that he'll have the parts (including the core plug which will be done as a precaution) on June the 5th. As I said I'm a mechanical idiot, so I'm assuming it's not a good idea to drive it while it's leaking a bit of oil (although it hasn't actually lost enough to be noticeable on the dipstick).
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Old May 23rd, 2020, 21:40   #33
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I'd say safe to drive if it's a weep rather than a full-on leak - knowing what you know you'll keep an eye on it anyway.

Horton are working short hours at the moment I believe btw.
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