I have replaced the most upper turbo intake hose so far. Simple and easy as it is accessible and visible. I want to replace the others and I wanted to find out how difficult replacing the other 5 are. Two of them seem relatively easy to get to but what about the lower ones? Any tips? Also, should I buy new clamps or clean and reuse the existing ones? I have ordered the hoses from IPD. They had the best price including shipping. I did not order new clamps. I thought those could be an AutoZone purchase if necessary.
thanks!

I would have looked here:

http://www.stylinmotors.com/volvo.html

It would have been nice to have red from the turbo to the intercooler, and then blue to the throttle body. Oh well. And great silicone vacuum hoses!

Easy? No. Connecting to the top of the intercooler is a pain. The bottom is easy, but you need to move the air intake to the aircleaner out of the way to make things more visible.

I would have purchase new clamps, the old ones are probably a little rusty. I hope the autoparts store has the correct sizes.

Use a ratchet instead of a screwdriver, just don't over tighten it. And take the ratchet with you when you go for a test run, just in case one if the IC pipes comes loose. You cannot get over 3,000 rpm with a disconnected IC.

Klaus
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Proud owner of a 220S. If I had more room, I would have more Volvos.

There are two 10 (I think 10) mm bolts on either side of the shroud that covers the intercooler connection; I think they're on the radiator mounting shroud. If you loosen them enough, you can muscle the whole radiator back just enough to lift that shroud up that houses a couple relays. Make sure not to pull too hard or too much, on account of you can break the radiator housing or bend some fins on all th e cooling radiators.