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Poll: Why Do You Keep Your 850? (<1997) 850

posted by  Johnny P on  Thu Feb 27 06:00 CST 2003
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Yeah, I'd do it again but I would never by the first year again. I have a '93 854(four door sedan) 127k mi I have evaporator issues ( the infamous pinhole leak!) , and have replaced the transmission. My 18 year old is using now so the safety factor is all I need to keep it. At ten years old I'm not worried about ?!@#ing something up. I love doing the repairs myself so it doesn't cost me as much( my time is my time if there were really something else I was into the it might be a different story. I look at it as therapy. Although golf always 1st)

The best tip I got with this car was from my local Volvo mechanic. He told me to forget the manual. Change the oil every 3k and FLUSH and change the ATF every 20k He taught me the method they suggest at the bottom of the article on transmission service on Bay 13(I wish he told me that before I had to have the transmission replaced)

I tell you I just did a semi major tune up on it (cleaned and replaced flame trap, cleaned throttle body, cleaned egr valve, replaced thermostat, spark plugs, wires, rotor, distributor, changed oil, changed brake fluid and did a coolant flush and change.) When it is running well it is an awsome car. I don't want to give it back to him.

Different car? Different problems!






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