Svenska_Monokrom
Professional Lowballer
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2016
- Location
- Oakland, California
So at least from my pov, it doesnt seem very common for someone to post about a v70 on here but im well aware that people know alot about the whiteblocks.
So heres my situation...
So recently me and a buddy of mines did an engine change on a 1999 V70 T5 to a lower mileage engine and most of everything was perfectly fine besides a few leaks just from some stuff we ended up forgetting to tighten. So the issue now after we tightened every visable leak is that it seems like the engine is overpressurizing the coolant bottle and forcing coolant out the cap.
After finding this out, we decided to troubleshoot and get rid of some variables...
-We changed the actual bottle and swapped a cap on that we were sure works.
-We replaced most if not all lines leading from the bottle even though we were sure these werent the issue.
Then we proceeded to assume its a headgasket
So we know that sometimes a car wouldnt show any symptoms of this while having this problem but the issue we are hitting is that if it did have the issue, after all this time weve driven it we would assume itd at least get noticibly worse but we havent had any of those at all.
So far the only "symptom" were finding is the problem were trying to fix. We even checked all the plugs and ports for any signs of coolant, checked for consistency among the plugs and we found nothing wrong.
We are pretty much stumped at this point considering how much weve replaced revolving around the problem. From what were finding, there shouldnt be anything wrong unless were completely oblivious to something...
SO Question now is, does anyone at all know what problem were having or have any experience with this cause were out of options here as we feel like we have tried everything. This was made the car quite irritating to drive since it drains specifically its bottle every 20 to 30 minutes or so and this is the last leak.
Feel free to ask any questions if i didnt seem thourough enough with the issue, i'm kinda rushing typing this.
So heres my situation...
So recently me and a buddy of mines did an engine change on a 1999 V70 T5 to a lower mileage engine and most of everything was perfectly fine besides a few leaks just from some stuff we ended up forgetting to tighten. So the issue now after we tightened every visable leak is that it seems like the engine is overpressurizing the coolant bottle and forcing coolant out the cap.
After finding this out, we decided to troubleshoot and get rid of some variables...
-We changed the actual bottle and swapped a cap on that we were sure works.
-We replaced most if not all lines leading from the bottle even though we were sure these werent the issue.
Then we proceeded to assume its a headgasket
So we know that sometimes a car wouldnt show any symptoms of this while having this problem but the issue we are hitting is that if it did have the issue, after all this time weve driven it we would assume itd at least get noticibly worse but we havent had any of those at all.
So far the only "symptom" were finding is the problem were trying to fix. We even checked all the plugs and ports for any signs of coolant, checked for consistency among the plugs and we found nothing wrong.
We are pretty much stumped at this point considering how much weve replaced revolving around the problem. From what were finding, there shouldnt be anything wrong unless were completely oblivious to something...
SO Question now is, does anyone at all know what problem were having or have any experience with this cause were out of options here as we feel like we have tried everything. This was made the car quite irritating to drive since it drains specifically its bottle every 20 to 30 minutes or so and this is the last leak.
Feel free to ask any questions if i didnt seem thourough enough with the issue, i'm kinda rushing typing this.