'02 Volvo V70XC (Cross Country) Gearbox Gremlins (Amongst other things)

jaykenneally · 2014-08-06T16:05:55+00:00

It took a few goes to read this , I had a haircut , my teeth cleaned and a trip to Seymour , but finally got through it.... Welcome! This will save me payin...

jaykenneally

For the seats or mirrors?

jaykenneally

Bought some heated seats out of a T5 from Berry's today. $150 for the pair and they're both electric as well. Winning!

Got straight into tearing them apart, starting with the passenger side:

And the finished product:

Looks very similar to before but it's electric now woooo. Oh and FYI, yes the back-rest angle adjuster no longer functions (because its controlled by the motor) but it is connected and I think when the motor turns it to, will turn haha. It's pretty much decorative though. It was either that or the whole where it used to be...

In other news my wiring is different because it was a manual seat that came out. The wiring is in the car but all different connections so I'll be back at Berry's grabbing some looms tomorrow. Yay!

Vee_Que

Are you getting help on your auto?

jaykenneally

Oh yeah, I took it to @tmovlovs‌ and got a tranny fluid flush and a new I think it was called a B4 Servo Cover? Something like that. Car has been driving a fair bit better. I'll have to give it another fluid change soon though haha.

jaykenneally

So I um... Broke down today!

No idea what happened. It started in Eltham when I was parking my car. I felt the power steering shit it self because suddenly I had really heavy steering. I thought "thats wierd, maybe my pump is gone or something". I was in the middle of a shopping center so it was a bit of an embarrassing spot to break down in. I let the car sit and came back to it and all of a sudden my power steering was back. I reversed out of the spot and did notice some kind of fluid on the ground, but the power steering was working so I assumed it must have got low or something, i didnt really know what happened there. As I was driving home the car didnt give me any problems really. I noticed my messages system kept flashing up and then disappearing. It sometimes does this as one of my parker light globes has a slightly dodgy connection so it thinks I have a bulb out but then realises I dont. It did it a few times so I turned the lights off and it didnt come back for a while and then it did again and I thought "its probably telling me the power steering fluid is low but its not quite low enough to keep the light on".

Next minute I drive through a roundabout and the messages comes on and stays on solid "No Oil Pressure" it says and I was like WHAT THE HELL. So, learning from experience with the 850, I pulled over straight away and shut the engine off. I noticed a growing pool of oil on the ground. There was oil sprayed all over the power steering pump, top of the engine, and I think back into the exhaust manifold because that thing was smoking like no tomorrow. Initially I thought I may have had blown a turbo due to the amount of smoke but the car wasnt driving funny at all and the RACV guy said its more likely it just got sprayed on by oil. God I hope so.

SO some side notes. The car has basically no oil in it now. I havent started it. It's currently sitting in the carpark at Berry Motor Group for them to look at when they get a chance. It was a hot day and the car was giving me a few gremlins with the transmission. I have had the radiator fail previously so when my power steering died I wasnt overly concerned with it. I was going to figure it out when I got home as normally I wouldnt assosciate a loss of power steering with a loss of engine oil. But as I said the moment the computer told me I had no oil I shut the engine off. Note: The engine wasnt quitting or failing when the power steering died, it was running normal, no squeeky belt or anything either, it just randomly died. Nor was the engine giving me any troubles on the drive from Eltham. The RACV guy told me that the engine is probably still okay. If it lost its oil in Eltham it probably lost about a litre or two, and I drove to Templestowe (about 20 minutes) before it lost the rest of it. Something to do with the heat I reckon. It didnt give me any tappety noises or any smoke like the 850 did, it was actually still running fine. The car is due for a service now. Normally these cars get serviced every 7,500kms but my previous mechanic assured me that with modern day oils its okay to do it every 10. Im thinking perhaps a seal that was supposed to be replaced 2,500 kms ago is gone or something. I was trying to figure out where it was spraying from, it has covered mostly the front of the engine so maybe PCV as that is down there, or oil filter, have had one of those fail before.

Any thoughts guys? Im sad now :'(

Cant really see the oil much here but the thermostat was covered in it, and it was pouring out the bottom through the engine cover.

Ex850R

Well now you need to put oil in it!!
Wow , maybe .......

Crush it.

iceton1975

Could be VVT unit seal common issue, but timing belt will need replacing, more shifts at safeway for you young man, call me if you need any help.
0434 897144 Mark [-O<

jaykenneally

Ill be there in the morning, have to give you my car key plus I think I left a few bits and pieces in it that I may or may not need :P
I may be needing a loan car :O
PS: If its an expensive fix its likely Ill have to get it towed home and then Ill have to bring it back when I have the $$$$

Vee_Que

You're previous mechanic is right about the oils if you drive on a freeway all day long. In stop start driving like your car is doing you want to do it more often. Have you been checking your oil regularly?

jaykenneally

Yeah thats what I thought but I did tell him it was a city car. Im actually aiming to do it every 5,000 with as much city driving as I do but Ive just been so broke that I ended up sticking to the service sticker. And before you say it, I was going to get it serviced within like the next week :( So close haha.
I checked the oil a few days ago actually and it was still full, this car has never had an oil leak prior to today so somethings blown.

jaykenneally

Big shout out to the boys at Berry Motor Group for turning my car around so quickly, basically had it done in the day. Picked it up this morning. Breather box was blocked and pushed out a cam-seal, had both of those things plus new oil and filter put in it for $440. Surprisingly cheap. At least I have my car back! Now just to hurry up and get the other one registered so I can shelve this one and save up to get it really properly fixed.

jamesinc

Called it. Just wish I'd posted about it.

jaykenneally

I was really surprised to find out that the PCV was blocked. I trust Mark when he says it was but it still surprises me. Careful owner, full Volvo history. I reckon the damage may have been done at the last service at my old mechanic. Probably almost would have been better to do it myself. I think with oil changes from now on I will do them myself and get them done every 5,000 so this doesnt happen again. Just glad that no major damage was done like in the 850.

Philia_Bear

The volvo servic interval is 2x what it should be
The pcv is going to clog every 60-200k regardless of service history

jaykenneally

So wait, how often is good for an oil change for a car that does mainly city driving at the moment? I think 10,000 isnt often enough.
And I suppose thats true. The breather box isnt that hard to get to I dont think. It wasnt on the older model, I already cleaned it out, so I think its probably one of those things thats easy enough to check every so often, and I probably will do so when I gain some confidence in servicing this thing myself

Vee_Que

On trucks we change PCV filters every service now on current model trucks, 13' and older we change every other service. Older trucks don't have PCV filters. Scania's have a spinner filter to collect the gunk in the PCV system that need to be cleaned out every oil change too.

Unless you have been taught what to look for on a service, doing it in your driveway is looking for trouble I think. You will miss that bush that's about to fail or driveshaft uni joint etc. And not the mention the ease to check diff oil levels. Not that there is anything wrong with changing your engine oil and filter every 5000kms for lots of stop start driving below 70km/h. I'd recommend using Penrite HPR10 or 15 oil as well.

iceton1975

On my Turbo cars I do every 5000km or 12 months which ever comes first, having 10 cars its every 12 months, using a good oil, you can get some cheap weekend bargins at supercheap, .
On the XC70 P2 range use only Volvo filters no crap, as we have seen these, braking up and getting sucked into the motor

jaykenneally

Id still get the car serviced Alex, probably every 10k, just between services Id change the oil. Saves paying to do it haha.
Thanks for the tip Mark, Ill try do it every 5,000 with genuine parts. Lets keep that PCV cleaaaannnnn

jaykenneally

I cant tell if my alternator is dying or not? @tmovlovs‌ pointed out to me that it was generating a little low (something like 13 volts) but ive never had a flat battery.

but recently ive started to notice a few things, the headlights go dim when you rev the engine and let it return to idle (they dim as it returns). The battery wont last long at all if you dont have the engine running but have something like the radio on, and ive noticed the starter motor doesnt seem to have the same punch to it, it sounds like its turning a much heavier motor compared to the other v70, but thats only on a cold start, on a hot start, it starts fast and almost on the first turn.

not sure where to go on that one.

it could be just because i havent been driving the car much at all. since ive got it back from berry ive probably done not even 500 kilometers in it yet, if that. Its flithy as well, parked it under a tree and have barely touched it since. My poor car :(

Vee_Que

Get the battery tested, have you ever replaced it?

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