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Do-It-Yourself 960 Service and Maintenance? 900 1995

posted by  Eric Gagnon on  Tue Nov 29 07:07 CST 2016
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Hi:

I've got my eye on a very clean, low-mileage 1995 960 2.9L Volvo.

We currently have an '87 245 wagon that's in pretty good shape (about 150K miles), which we really like, and I find it very easy to work on and can do pretty much what I need to do on it to keep it running.

I'm not as advanced as some of the people here in my diagnostic and mechanical skills, but I can certainly do regular service (oil changes, tuneups, timing belt and water pump replacements, etc.) and I think I can hold my own on more involved repairs--brakes, suspension, engine components, driveline repairs, etc.

My main question is how easy or difficult are these 960s to work on when you're trying to do the work yourself? Would someone like me who can turn a wrench on a 240 be able to do most of the work to keep this 960 running?

I'd like to think that if properly maintained, this 960 could be as robust to keep running for many years as a 240, but I don't know much about these "newer" '90s Volvos and could be wrong.

I've learned a lot from lurking around here in the past and would appreciate any advice you all may have to give.

Thanks,
Eric






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