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I also have a recently acquired 97 V90 which is basically the same car as yours. I also was losing coolant but in my case it was a leaking heating core which I replaced (what a job that was). Symptoms were of course dropping level in the reservoir and antifreeze smell inside the car, fogging windows and coolant coming out the lower vent area on passenger side. Since I have replaced the core it does not leak but I still watch coolant level very carefully and have found that it does not want to stay up at the max mark but rather seems to find its own level lower down at the mid point and then stays there. Does your coolant level continue to go down to the point where the tank is empty?
That is a lot of oil you are losing, if you can see that it is leaking down the left side of engine (passenger or driver side?) surely your mechanic could have seen the source???? Where exactly is it leaking from? It should be apparent and easily seen on an otherwise clean engine.
For sure you want to make sure that the car had a timing belt change which is due every 70K miles. That engine is an interference design which means broken timing belt/big damage.
Would be curious about coolant leak??? and source of oil.
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David Hunter
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