09 V70 T6 Apple Isle tourer

TwoFourFour

Just acquired this V70 T6 as driving 90+km a day in a singlecab ute from the 1990s was a bit too much.

It's my first Volvo since a '80 244GL 20 odd years ago. Mostly I play around with Nissans but the failure of our long suffering '96 Stagea has lead to a cascade of changes around the household.

I have the rare advantage of buying it from a fastidious family member, so I know it's been well looked after for the last 80,000km or so.

It has a fair bit of anachronistic late 2000s gear on it, like the 'Rear Seat Entertainment' package (with unused headsets in factory bubblewrap), Volvo bluetooth handsfree kit, and GPS/Reverse pop up screen.

I don't have any big plans. In the immediate near term I need to get typical ~200k km stuff done (alt, compressor, belts, tensioners), and I think it has a minor weep from a turbo oil feed crush washer so that needs seeing to before it is major. I'd like to lower it a bit and maybe add some rear wheel spacers, a downpipe would be good and I've been thinking about the P* tune...but it's a brilliant car exactly as it is and I really just need comfortable and reliable out of this one.

First thing I need is some recommendations for a good Volvo specialist in greater Hobart!

Ex850R

CRITICAL. Gearbox fluid change and again in 20,000 and again every 30,000.

Ex850R

Get a TDI TUNING BOX, way cheaper than P* and adjustable over 7 settings (can be BT from phone too)

TwoFourFour

I'll definitely book in a trans fluid change.

I'm not convinced by the TDI box, TBH. It is cheap, absolutely, but I have concerns about the long term consequences of trying to 'fool' the car with intercepted sensor outputs for the sake of saving a few hundred bucks. Anyway, maintenance first and I'll research the options in the meantime.

Ex850R

TwoFourFour
I'll definitely book in a trans fluid change.
I'm not convinced by the TDI box, TBH. It is cheap, absolutely, but I have concerns about the long term consequences of trying to 'fool' the car with intercepted sensor outputs for the sake of saving a few hundred bucks. Anyway, maintenance first and I'll research the options in the meantime.

I dont know where you get that idea from......they have been around for ages, never heard of anything untowards.

Theres nothing going to happen long term or short term , its the same end result as a chip tune but probably "safer" as it is conservative.

HEICO uses the same method with its tunes................

Its not a MBC which WILL cause problems if turned up (obviously you cant use an MBC in these newer cars)

A few are tuning , look at Turb bricks.

Polestar isnt much of a gain and i you start addinng all the aftermarket parts it was a waste of money as you need a proper tune then.

TwoFourFour

Because that's what it does. It modifies outputs (torque demand and boost, presumably) based on its presets, presets that are at best a guess. It's a very 1990s approach to tuning and only a couple of steps up from resistors and trimpots. I'm not ruling it out if I do seek more power, but I'm iffy on it. It's like a SAFC really. Yep Heico seems the same but even less flexible for $$$$. P* definitely seems like incremental gains for the dollars for sure. Anyway actually getting a tune on it is way down the track, I have a stack of preventative maintenance I would like to do well ahead of that.

Ex850R

If you tell a computer it needs to do X and Y and it responds with Z via a set of 1 and 0s from a box.

You instead go into the computer and change the system 1 and 0s to get the same result.....

TwoFourFour

@Ex850R I had the accessory belt, tensioner idler etc done last week, and a trans fluid change.

Much quieter and smoother sounding now, that being the belt job I'd wager. Fluid change made a huge difference to the transmission feel, it's both smoother and more decisive.

I also fixed the oil leak, it was a slightly loose banjo bolt, so I snugged that up and, a couple of thousand km later, the oily smell and greasiness has not returned. The worst part of the job was the hose clamps on the intake pipe, to be honest. I'm giving it a fresh PCV box in a couple of weeks as it was also a little greasy.

Ex850R

It's satisfying if not a bit scarey doing gearbox first time. Some actually don't like it!

My first was done by good tech who did a lot of Audi boxes, same transmission, he had a Q up on hoist waiting for gearbox.......

Berry's use the trans rebuild shop that does their boxes off these to do the proper flush, it gets fluid out of torque converter too, that's next job for both cars and her s80 too.

TwoFourFour

It made a huge difference, there was some flaring, sluggish shifting under medium load that has completely transformed, and at the same time some clunky downshifting at very low speed which has smoothed right out. Revs don't flare anywhere near as high on kickdown either and overtaking it feels like it's in the fat bit of the torque range more of the time. Much more positive shifts in general. Well worth it and I will take your advice on getting it done every 20k or so (which will be slightly more often than once a year at this rate).

I think the next thing is probably going to be the freewheel pulley and coupler for the alt. Then I want to source new shocks (probably the Monroe ones) and fit some lowering springs.