Recent content by Gizmo

Mechanic might have killed my Turbo. well, I found out why I had oil pressure issues, coolant issues, and a rich reading from the 02... The mechanic who diagnosed my R manifold (i know, i know, i should not have outsourced that job) for some crazy reason must have taken my turbo apart (I think...

Hey gang. So I fired up my 850 after ten months or so on blocks. Head had some mild porting, new exhaust manifold, no alterations to the fuel system. Now I'm getting a p0172 code -- system running rich. Should I be looking for a vac leak or loose hose or something (the boost/vac gauge looks...

This is the last step in the arduous 9 month process of getting my car back on the road, and I'm stumped. I had the head rebuilt a couple of months back. In the process of reinstalling it I noticed the telltale cracks in the exhaust manifold, and bought a lightly used R Manifold from Erie Vovo...

Hey guys, reposting this from Maintenance. COnsidering my options for replacing my exhaust manifold. I'm considering getting a stocker off of a c30 or an s60 and having it ported. But the two standard performance options seem to be the R manifold or the ATP manifold designed for the T3 turbos...

Hey gang. In the slow-going process of reassembling an 850, I just discovered a pretty deep crack between the bottom two runner-outlets on the turbo side of my exhaust manifold. They don't (yet) extend to the exterior of the manifold. Every bone in my body says to replace it, but I just want to...

Searched the Mitsu Heavy site, and looked around the internets, but cant find a straight answer... How much play of the in-and-out variety is acceptable on something like a TD04HL? Pulld the turbo today, the shaft-play is minimal in the side-to-side direction and less in the in-and-out...

Crossposting from maintenence. I feel like this would have been searchable, but I didnt find anything... sorry if I missed something obvious. I'm taking the turbo out to get to the exhaust mani gaskets on my 850. There's been some oil in the IC hoses for the past couple of years, so I reckon...

another day spend under the car, another night full of questions I ought to already know the answer to. (1) anyone know the P/N for the turbo oil return line ('96 850)? bent mine stupidly trying to get the Ex manifold off without removing the turbo... (2) gonna have to remove the turbo. While...

Im looking at buying an NA 850 5-speed thats come up for sale in the area for $600. I want it to be a parts car and eventual donor for a manual swap in my Turbo... The owner says that the car runs, has a new clutch, but the tranny won't shift into first. I'm thinking this is a synchro... is...

Is there a good source of thicker-than-stock endlinks anymore? The Quickbrick links looked great back in the day, but it seems that they no longer exist? Are the IPDs a good upgrade?

Does anyone know of a decent junkyard / pnp in the NY area that has some volvos? Personally looking for FWDs (if they've made it to the boneyards yet) but generally, are there volvo friendly yards around here?

Quick question: my AC condensor died a while back, and now that I'm in the midst of some serious engine work... Is an AC delete as simple as just pulling the compressor? Will that throw some sort of ECC code that'd keep my heater from working? And is it even worth the effort? What kind of gains...

Stupid stupid stupid... I feel like this is dumber than dropping a q-tip in the block... So rebuilding the top half of the 850T, And bolted the head down before attaching the thermostat housing to the head. Now I can't access the bottom bolt. Any suggestions for how to best get it in there...

Hey gang. Can't get straight answers on this... How can I tell if my lifters are good enough to go back into the head w/o a rebuild? I dont recall any lifter noise when my engine was running, but she's got 125k on the clock and when the economy bit the dust so too did my vigilance about oil...

I did a search, but couldn't find anything that I was sure answered this embarassingly n00b q: Do I put the headgasket on dry on a whiteblock, and only use the volvo bubblegum for the cam cover?