The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Smoke from under oil cap and dipstick tube... 900 1991

uid 10125's pic
posted by  jar240 on  Tue Aug 19 23:56 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Sat Dec 20 18:55 CST 2008
[RELATED]

Hey folks. I've been working on my new-to-me Volvo 945T, and I've noticed a couple of things that have me concerned:

1) After shutting down the engine, if I remove the oil filler cap or oil dipstick, smoke comes out of those two areas. I did an engine flush and upgraded to Mobil 1 synthetic, and the problem persists. I'm also consuming about a quart of oil every 1000 miles, which is expensive with synth. Any ideas?

2) I'm replacing all the vacuum lines, and notice that they all are attached with little spring clips. Why is this if they're vacuum lines? My '92 240 didn't have these little clips.

3) In a fairly recent post, someone mentioned that an apparent rear-sagging problem isn't caused by the rears being too low, but the front being to high. Is this possible? Is it possible for a spring to elongateor rise like that? It doesn't seem right to me... I have this apparent problem, and am replacing the rears anyway with FCP Groton's heavy-duty ones. Should I replace the fronts too?

Thanks,
Chris
'92 244
'91 945T






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.