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S70 Owners Please Read My Story! S70

posted by  badbuzz on  Wed Feb 25 16:33 CST 2004
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I've had the thermostat fail on my 91 740 GL and I drove it for a good while. It was knocking and pinging so bad and the entire engine was shaking when I got to the shop. I practically needed a fire suit to open the hood and the exhaust manifold was glowing red-hot. A $60.00 thermostat and a few gaskets later... I was back on the road good as new. I drove my 81 245 for 30 minutes on the highway without a drop of coolant in it... main rad hose was not connected... not a problem! Those B32 based blocks were indestructable!! I would never have tried that with my S70 or S60 - as the aluminum blocks are not at all forgiving to extremes.

Sorry to hear of your inconvenience with the VOlvo shop... but glad to hear that you are once again in an S70.... if you want to have some fun... get a T5!!! I totalled mine 2 weeks ago... now I have a 2004 S60 AWD.

Cheers!
--
1998 S70 T5Se Silver,






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