General: Ownership Thread - 2012 XC90 Executive

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Originally Posted by Odysseus

I've become aware of a slight chuffing noise from the engine bay of my XC90, so this morning, following a bit of googling and youtubing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHLyubTrIQ8), I had a poke around under the bonnet.

Sure enough, the soft chuff chuff chuff becomes a pronounced POP POP POP noise when I take off the oil filler cap, confirming that my worn engine mounts are probably shot.

Given that family matters still preclude me from going very far, I'm planning to use the local garage who replaced my boost pipe a few months back to do the engine mounts.

Anyone know the approximate cost of replacing the engine mounts with genuine Volvo parts? Anything that should be done at the same time?

As ever, thanks in advance for any assistance!

There are two vacuum engine mounts and their integrity is easily checked with a cheap vacuum gauge. Any loss of vacuum could also obviously caused by a failure of the associated vacuum pipes.

With your mileage the mounts are probably tired anyway but I would still have them checked rather than just replaced as a matter of course.👍


See this excellent vid from Cheshired5


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30QDz4xnJms