what, you want me to remove my anti-rust hydraulic fluid? ?
Pastry's suspiciously cheap XC90 2.5T
pastrywhat, you want me to remove my anti-rust hydraulic fluid? ?
You can spray it back down with ldas after it passes inspection :-)
- Edited
aaaand back out of the shed.
The steering was off by about 20° in the end but easily remedied by removing steering wheel, resetting angle sensor and calibrating – thank god I bought that DiCE unit!
I looked under the car after a short test drive and there is a little LDAS from the rack area. I am hoping this is where it's expelled air from the system and brought a bit with it? Otherwise.. ?️
There was still some final assembly work despite all of @Philia_Bear's help, the worst of the lot was trying to extract the rear O2 sensor plug which had got itself out of position.. trapped between sway bar and steering rack.. not sure how we did that. It was an absolute shit to get it out of there!!
Might be the o-rings on the input and output pipe? I don't think we did them?
Easy to swap at least with everything in the car
- Edited
Hah I did one of them, and somehow got the wrong part for the other.
^^ first one MIA
after a 2nd drive nothing immediately visible so hoping it was just getting settled in.
oh bugger me I think it’s still leaking after all
pastryoh bugger me I think it’s still leaking after all
From o rings or elsewhere?
No idea yet, similar to the previous leak where it’s coming out under the big bracket front side. I’ll have a look over lunch
Well I really thought it was good, I checked about 2hrs after a drive and it was dry. Checked next day and there's a very small pool under the car – must be a super-slow leak from.. somewhere. It doesn't look like it's the main connections.
@Philia_Bear you said they tested the rack after refurb, assume that means putting it under (hydraulic) pressure which you'd think rules out any of those small lines that are part of the rack.. though they are my main suspicion.
I couldn't get it in for inspection until next Monday, not sure what to do in the interim but I can always try to hide the slow leak by putting the undertray on..
What a pain.
As of yesterday we are a zero car family! Gaaaah
LOL those pressure line o-rings are $32 each from Volvo!
pastryLOL those pressure line o-rings are $32 each from Volvo!
Have you pulled a wheel off and had a better look to see where the leak might be?
- Edited
Philia_Bearhttps://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/177656#Comment_177656
Have you pulled a wheel off and had a better look to see where the leak might be?
had a good look, I think it's leaking from these hard lines at the rear. I tried getting a bit more on that torx just in case, but even that is next to impossible!
I notice on LHD cars these face forwards which i guess makes them accessible.
I'll see if it can wing its way through inspection then consider repair of those lines – guess they have their own o-rings or something?
Or perhaps sell the damn thing as soon as it's re-registered! haha ?
It would just be orings
- Edited
Will track down part no’s. Hope it’s that simple - should be. Hard part getting to them!
The orings if green or black are probobly a standard size that you can get from a quality industrial hydraulic shop
Rego achieved!
First day back on the road and I get a call “the key won’t turn I’ve been trying for 10 minutes”
bloody car!
got it to turn/start. Seems to only happen when steering lock is on.
3 years later
Haven't updated here for aaaages.
Still working its arse off!
Getting ever closer to 300,000km, and no major issues.
Had a front strut fail (tore itself in two, literally) and lost a coil on the highway 20km from home, both a little inconvenient at the time but easily diagnosed and fixed – local Bursons even had a pair of Sachs struts in stock.
?
---
Recently acquired this beast (1987 900 Aero), which is going to be one for the long haul.. and possibly another thread
I was wondering last night how it was going....
Want to upgrade to a d5?
OOo that Aero looks nice ?