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Getting Ready for a Cross-Country car trip S70 1998

posted by  tina on  Fri Apr 29 11:51 CST 2005
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Hi all,

I'm getting ready for a 3000 mile cross country trip to Canada, and I'm trying to make sure our drive is problem-free. The 1998 S70 base 5 speed we have owned for 1.5 months now was dealer-maintained by PO very religiously, which is good and bad - some things not on the Volvo schedule have not been done such as coolant renewal, but at least flame trap etc have been checked and no oil leaks. Brakes were done last spring with bleed and renewal of brake/clutch fluid, new battery and tires recently too.

We had a pre-purchase inspection at an indie Volvo place and the only thing they came up with was that the serpentine belt was going to need replacing soon.

So here is my list of things to do befor the trip, let me know if I am missing something! We will be driving over mountains and probably running the A/C constantly.

- coolant drain, flush and refill with Volvo coolant/distilled water
- oil change with Mobil1 and Volvo filter
- drain and fill transmission fluid (gearbox) with Volvo fluid
- replace serpentine belt (already received belt from IPD)
- check non-functioning cruise control for DIY repair (I hope!)
- rotate and balance tires
- check spark plugs and wires, replace if needed





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