I'll just leave this here for now...
:)
Very interested
:uglyhamme: Lol - you need an intervention! How the hell are you going to squeeze that beast on the drive? The rest of the fleet getting thinned out to make room!? Do tell. It's always nice to see someone with less restraint than myself when it comes to buying Volvo's. I salute your opportunism. The V8 is the holy grail :)
:lol:
Yeah, most of the others are going now.
Realised I really don't have time to wield the spanners so much these days.
Looking at keeping the ragtop and the old faithful derv.
Restraint?
Yeah, I have none!
Pics...
Very nice
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806465]:lol:
Yeah, most of the others are going now.
Realised I really don't have time to wield the spanners so much these days.
Looking at keeping the ragtop and the old faithful derv.
Restraint?
Yeah, I have none!
Pics...
[/QUOTE]
Oooh....that does make me just a tad jealous. .:)
[QUOTE=MoleT-5R;806467]Oooh....that does make me just a tad jealous. .:)[/QUOTE] Oh yes, I will be taking it to York next year :lol:
Very lush! Have you heard the one on YouTube with the "snap crackle and pop" on the over run. I want one, looks a tidy example as well.
That looks awesome bet your over the moon with it what's the road tax like
[QUOTE=t5 pete;806471]That looks awesome bet your over the moon with it what's the road tax like[/QUOTE] You had to ruin it didn't you, Pete?! I was happy, until you reminded me about the tax!
Tremendous how the other half live eh?? That's a beauty mate Just SORN it & listen to it I think my internets are not working though - cannot see 1. engine bay shot 2. video with sound
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806472]You had to ruin it didn't you, Pete?! I was happy, until you reminded me about the tax![/QUOTE] I got lucky with the xc90 registered pre march 2006 and the sonic is 7 days before the tax increase, being a dealer demo car. But still you've got a top car just enjoy the noise.
[QUOTE=jamesy12345;806473]Tremendous how the other half live eh?? That's a beauty mate Just SORN it & listen to it I think my internets are not working though - cannot see 1. engine bay shot 2. video with sound[/QUOTE] Sounds like a plan :) Should keep you in a job anyway :lol: Yeah, was late by the time I got it back last night. The above pics are from the seller's ad. Will try to get a video today, but tbh it's not all that loud.
Beauty mate, they sound epic with a pipe too!
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806468]Oh yes, I will be taking it to York next year :lol:[/QUOTE] Lovely car mate, have to race it with our manual 2.5T. :D
Looks cool, very jealous. What's it like compared to the RR Sport V8 ?
[QUOTE=st etienne;806480]Looks cool, very jealous. What's it like compared to the RR Sport V8 ?[/QUOTE] I don't have one of those too! :lol: To be honest, it doesnt shove you in the back. It's pretty savage off the line with shed loads of instant torque, but after that it more gathers momentum quickly than anything else without too much drama. Lovely to drive, although a bit wollowy at speed :lol: Squirms a bit under hard breaking too. Yeah, I'm gonna look into getting the breathing sorted at some point. Won't be for a while though... Poor now :(
Old faithful took me and Col down south to pick it up.
320 mile round trip.
Took it all in it's stride of course.
Fuel consumption comparison :
850 - 42.7 MPG.
XC90 - 23 MPG.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
That's not that bad my, I only get 17mpg out of my R now the weather's starting to drop. The way I would look at it is if you combine the two of them it works to 30 mpg your getting ?
[QUOTE=t5 pete;806471]That looks awesome bet your over the moon with it what's the road tax like[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806472]You had to ruin it didn't you, Pete?! I was happy, until you reminded me about the tax![/QUOTE] £505??
[QUOTE=st etienne;806488]That's not that bad my, I only get 17mpg out of my R now the weather's starting to drop. The way I would look at it is if you combine the two of them it works to 30 mpg your getting ?[/QUOTE] Excellent man maths :) That was at a nice steady 80-85 all the way home though. Privately owned M6 obviously. [QUOTE=LiamT4;806489]£505??[/QUOTE] Piss off
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806481]I don't have one of those too! :lol: To be honest, it doesnt shove you in the back. It's pretty savage off the line with shed loads of instant torque, but after that it more gathers momentum quickly than anything else without too much drama. Lovely to drive, although a bit wollowy at speed :lol: Squirms a bit under hard breaking too. Yeah, I'm gonna look into getting the breathing sorted at some point. Won't be for a while though... Poor now :([/QUOTE] Quicker than the supercharged Range Rover of same age, but no sports car you soon get used to plodding in one. Mpg isn't too bad, is that around town?
[QUOTE=Ettienne;806501]Quicker than the supercharged Range Rover of same age, but no sports car you soon get used to plodding in one. Mpg isn't too bad, is that around town?[/QUOTE] Hell no. That's on a nice steady run. Hooning it, I managed to get the average down to 4 :lol:
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806504]Hell no. That's on a nice steady run. Hooning it, I managed to get the average down to 4 :lol:[/QUOTE] I did wonder, I get 19mpg around town and 28 in xc90 (both much better on a run 37 and 45), I thought blimey that's good for a v8 xc90.
For Jamesy...
V8 lump.
Needs a clean though.
Start up vid.
Even the phone fainted from the sexyness:
[video=youtube_share;3AaPud8Mrck]https://youtu.be/3AaPud8Mrck[/video]
Looks a very nice motor!
Cheers :) Oh, rechecked and it did 21.5 mpg compared to the derv's 42.7 :lol:
Lucky bleeder!!.. lol
Nice you should de badge it give people a few surprises :B_steerin
Looks very Nice, I toyed with XC90 myself but ended up going with Merc ML in end, but like you keeping the C70 rag top for summer fun:)
Nice ride steve, enjoy:-)
Nice one, not many around! V8 XC90 FTW!
[QUOTE=S70T5Chris;806529]Nice one, not many around! V8 XC90 FTW!
[/QUOTE]
Damn.
Thought I was the first on the forum!
Yours looks good though Chris :)
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806531]Damn. Thought I was the first on the forum! Yours looks good though Chris :)[/QUOTE] Had ours about 18 months now. Been nothing but a pleasure. Lovely to waft about in, great for the family. It's been reliable as you'd want and it's no more juicy than running a T5/R. It's the perfect engine for the XC90.
Yeah, I had a brief chat with Tim Williams before hand and he pretty much said the same thing - the V8 is the one. Is yours still on the standard exhaust? If not, where did you get one from? Lovely wheels on yours too
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;806540]Yeah, I had a brief chat with Tim Williams before hand and he pretty much said the same thing - the V8 is the one.
Is yours still on the standard exhaust?
If not, where did you get one from?
Lovely wheels on yours too[/QUOTE]
Standard exhaust yeah. When I bought the car the previous owner had just spent £500 on a Powerflow cat back, but it was too loud for me. First thing I did was put a new genuine exhaust back on.
Originally it had these 18's on
Never really liked them, so kept my eye out for a set of 19's or the holy grail of XC90 wheels, 20" Cratus alloys. Finally managed to bag a set, by the time I refurbished them and put tyres on they costs a small fortune, but so worth it!
Yeah, I'm not so sure on the 19s on mine. Think you were right on losing the 18s though, they just look too small! Hmm... The jury's still out on the exhaust. I'm like you I think in that it's a family bus so don't want it bonkers loud. There's a few vids knocking about of them with a rear silencer delete, so may try that. It's almost free! The middle resonator is massive, so shouldn't be too bad for just pootling about.
Chris's exhaust is now on our XC90 (2.5T), it's loud on that, and pops and bangs like a goodun, so it must have souded epic on the V8. [video=youtube_share;M6M7-1ibQ4Q]https://youtu.be/M6M7-1ibQ4Q[/video]
Very nice in black.
This v8 sounds awesome! Listen to the over run https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDtrCxpKKI
That is a very nice car and will fit the whole Man C team in, so happy away travels...............
I think now that I also want one LOL - dang it.
So...
Kept the V8 away until Christmas morning as a surprise for Mrs Sideways.
She's always moaning that she can't get anything in her C70 convertible, that I bought her last Christmas. To be fair, the boot is pointless on the P80 soft top.
Half my thinking behing the XC90 was as a nice family car.
Anyway, had it valeted Christmas eve, then pulled up on the drive Christmas morning with this in the boot for Little-Sideways:
Little-un loved her C30, but that's about as far as the good feeling got.
"It's too big," "That must have cost a fortune, where have you got the money from?" and "I don't want to get rid of my car, I like my car" were among the phrases of gratitude, live on the drive for all the neighbours to hear. Better than Christmas telly, I suppose.
When I tried to explain that her C70, nice an idea as it was, isn't really suited to a young family and that we didn't necessarily have to get rid of it l, also that I work my arse off 8 days a week, I was apparently even more wrong for even thinking of such madness, thoroughly deserving the verbal diarrhoea that followed.
Anyway, long and short of it is that I'll probably be selling it now.
"You keep it for yourself."
"Nah, I'm not paying the amount of money this has cost and will continue to cost, when I spend 99% of my time in the work bus. I'd probably only use it a dozen times a year. I'll just f##king sell it. Waste of time and f##king money."
Happy Christmas, folks.
oh dear. if you want to donate it to us, the Mrs would be extremely grateful lol
Merry Christmas fella - we've all felt your crushing disappointment that our nearest & dearest just don't get it. More fool them. Just breathe deeply, internally mock them for their shortsightedness, open another bottle of (insert.favourite poison here) before agreeing wholeheartedly that you were wrong, so very wrong, to buy another car without consulting them. Didn't know what you wer thinking etc...etc....Just do it. Rip off the plaster. It'll play out better in the long run. Promise. Family are supposed to be irritatingly obtuse to our obsessions. Its part of what makes life interesting. Agree to disagree & enjoy the rest of Christmas. You'll laugh about this in hindsight. Probably :hilarious However on a brighter note should you be selling in the new year I'm sure you'll have no trouble shifting on the V8......yes, that was a blatant plug for a PM with the details of the car & how much you need to recover in Sterling to regain your better half good humour :) All the best, Morgan
Don't spoil them mate)
[QUOTE=jdavis;808272]oh dear. if you want to donate it to us, the Mrs would be extremely grateful lol[/QUOTE] Oh yeah, how grateful? My nickname has been Mojo since I was about 13 you know?! :lol: [QUOTE=Shinsplintz 101;808273]Merry Christmas fella - we've all felt your crushing disappointment that our nearest & dearest just don't get it. More fool them. Just breathe deeply, internally mock them for their shortsightedness, open another bottle of (insert.favourite poison here) before agreeing wholeheartedly that you were wrong, so very wrong, to buy another car without consulting them. Didn't know what you wer thinking etc...etc....Just do it. Rip off the plaster. It'll play out better in the long run. Promise. Family are supposed to be irritatingly obtuse to our obsessions. Its part of what makes life interesting. Agree to disagree & enjoy the rest of Christmas. You'll laugh about this in hindsight. Probably :hilarious However on a brighter note should you be selling in the new year I'm sure you'll have no trouble shifting on the V8......yes, that was a blatant plug for a PM with the details of the car & how much you need to recover in Sterling to regain your better half good humour :) All the best, Morgan[/QUOTE] Cheers Fella. Guess we'll see what happens. If I end up punting it on, I'd settle on £9.5k for the sake of argument. She is well specced and in really good nick. Bit like the missus when I met her.
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;808275]Oh yeah, how grateful? My nickname has been Mojo since I was about 13 you know?! :lol: [/QUOTE] Not THAT grateful lol
You want to do what I do. Give her money so she can go buy her own clothes to take back. Least little un loves hers. Women are just unreal sometimes.
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;808275]She is well specced and in really good nick. Bit like the missus when I met her.[/QUOTE] Haha made me laugh lol, women for you, be!!4nds the lot of them
So, she still pretty much refuses to drive it. Also, I'm now sat awaiting recovery in the middle of traffic to the football with a suspected knackered voltage regulator, handily about a week outside the frankly bobbins warranty provided by the dealer that apparently was no use when the steering algle sensor started playing up a couple of months ago. Happy new year from my broken (possibly soon to be ablaze) XC90!
Some funny comments in here, women can be strange things indeed... But I definitely feel for the lack of gratitude on the V8 :(
This all reminds me of the story about a rich guy and a poor guy discussing what they had bought their wives for Xmas The rich guy says I bought her a diamond necklace and a brand new Mercedes Benz, the poor guy says why'd you buy her two things? The rich guy says I figured if she doesn't like her necklace she can drive back to the shop to exchange it in her new Mercedes. The poor guy says I got mine a pair of slippers and a dildo, if she doesn't like the slippers she can go ££££ herself.
I can assure you, I am by no means a rich fella.
But yes, as far as I'm concerned I may as well have bought the dildo.
My sex life would be the same either way.
So, for all who think this whole situation is hilarious:
It started playing up on the way to the football, getting progressively worse.
When random messages started appearing on the DIM, I knew it was running out of electricity, so thought it best to drop my dad at the game and try to limp home, change car and meet my dad back there during the game.
That didn't happen. I got about a mile or so from the ground, I lost more and more gears until I only had 4th or 5th then it just gave up completely and the engine cut out.
Helpfully, my Dad had done his usual thing and left his phone at home, so no matter what happened, I still had to go and pick him up or God knows where he'd end up left to his own devices.
Waited two hours for recovery, dumped the car at home, jumped in the S70 and flew back to the ground hoping that I'd manage to find him wandering round after the game as I'd pretty much given up hope of seeing any of it.
Found somewhere to park and got to my seat bang on the 90th minute, much to the amusement of the lads sitting around me.
All in all a great day.
Still, saved me paying £8 to park I suppose.
So, has the alternator packed up, or is it a different problem?
Suspected voltage regulator, like I said earlier Steve. I'd had a few red triangles of death over Christmas with "Power system service urgent" in the DIM. A couple of times it stayed on, others it went away. I only have poverty spec breakdown through my bank, so they didn't even look, just dragged it onto the flatbed. Jump started it though at home and it was charging, but I think whenever it detects a fault, it shuts the alternator off. I was speaking with TW recently and he reckons the regulators are prone to failure. Gave me a good price to change it too, considering they're an absolute ballache on the V8 (back of the block against the firewall, below a bank of cylinders) so just have to figure out how to get it down to him from Manchester.
Oh dear not good! Wimmin are great at some things, but not usually with cars :) example - came home from work to find my car cover sellotaped on, cos "it kept blowing away". Football was 2-1 btw.
If it's got tits or wheels... gutted about your footy mate, glad it's not going to cost you the earth though!
Sorry to here this. Thats the thing with owning certain types of cars, they have the ability to to cost a lot of money quickly if you're unlucky.
I understand your frustration. I traded in my beautiful 98 v70 tdi for my current s60r . Had a nightmare with the volvo dealer who sold it to me as a volvo select car. It broke down in Yorkshire on our holiday. The dealer never changed the plugs as they said they would . Mrs has hated it ever since ! I really fancy an xc90 v8 to replace it so no doubt more grief on the way !
What happens when Vida's plugged in and everything starts shutting down due to lack of electricity :lol:
Looks like a scene out of that latest Passengers film)
You can see why the dealer will always put the car on charge when doing any software updates :worried:
Alternator wrestling...
Been at it all day.
Alternator physically unbolted, but I'm fecked if I can figure out how it comes out of the gap.
Two metal fuel lines in the way and I'd had enough of swearing and launching things across the drive.
Thought it best to throw in the towel for the day before I really lost my rag and did some proper damage.
:(
LHD I think but might give some ideas... https://andrewpeng.net/cars/2006-volvo-xc90-v8-awd/alternator-replacement
Seldgehammer? C4? :D My mechanic buddy was swearing for a while when he replaced the alternator on my old S60.. Various relatives of Volvo engineers were mentioned by him in inappropriate context... OMG, looking at the instructions: https://andrewpeng.net/cars/2006-volvo-xc90-v8-awd/alternator-replacement here, its a complete nightmare... All I can say, best of luck!
Yeah, got that thanks J. It's just fought me every step of the way and I've had enough for one day. Example: Driveshaft was so stuck in the hub, even with heat and penetrating oil, I had to hit it so hard to knock it through the hub, I managed to mushroom the head of a 1/2" extention bar and the socket on the end is now there for good.
[QUOTE=htomi;810965]Seldgehammer? C4? :D My mechanic buddy was swearing for a while when he replaced the alternator on my old S60.. Various relatives of Volvo engineers were mentioned by him in inappropriate context...[/QUOTE] Something like that. The alternator on the V8 is against the bulkhead underneath a bank of cylinders though, so a whole lot worse than the 5-pots!
Looks like a nightmare
Aye. Just feel like setting fire to it at the moment
that link doesn't seem to mention moving those fuel lines at all, looks tight as ££££ though
Normally the way I like it ;) Nope, no mention at all. They're slap bang half way across the gap where it needs to come out. Rigid lines, even with the clips released from where they go up the side of the block, there's not enough give in them to buy me enough room without fully disconnecting and removing them. I'd just had enough by that point so thought it best to pack away before losing my temper with something brittle like that.
Nearly put this in "What made you laugh today..."
Vida vs reality...
Vida:
Reality:
Vida:
Reality:
Looks like they are saying rotate it clockwise until the mounting bracket is clear of the hard lines?? [ATTACH=CONFIG]31478[/ATTACH] Easier said than done no doubt
Yeah, maybe. Either way, I'm not even looking at it 'til weekend at least!
Oh that does look a bitch to do mate, good luck with it
Cheers Ade. You know it's bad when both Shem and Tim both say how much of a pain they are
I think you have the engine the wrong way around, that might be the problem...
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;810983]Cheers Ade. You know it's bad when both Shem and Tim both say how much of a pain they are[/QUOTE] and they should know....lol if you drop the 2 lines (if you can get to release them, that is) you'll need new gaskets/seals etc.....it never ends...:doh:
Refitting is the reverse of removal.
[QUOTE=Tim Williams;810992]Refitting is the reverse of removal.[/QUOTE] Thanks. That's very helpful :lol:
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;810994]Thanks. That's very helpful :lol:[/QUOTE] Just make sure you keep the leftover fixings..
[QUOTE=Harvey;811018]Just make sure you keep the leftover fixings..[/QUOTE]
Always do.
That's been rolling around the door pocket of the workbus since I changed the alternator on that about 18 months ago.
Not done a proper job unless there's something left over. Have to test that Swedish over-engineering somehow :lol:
Well, alternator finally freed from it's prison today. 5 mins to change the regulator, then set about refitting. All went reasonably well until I got carried away with myself and refitted the driveshaft carrier and shaft, to then find that a big arsed metal brace opposite it wouldn't go back with it fitted. I'd well and truly had enough by this point, so packed up. Reconnected the battery and started it up... Success! :) It's saved itself from a blazing inferno... For now. Hopefully rejig everything next weekend and get it back on four wheels.
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;811249]Well, alternator finally freed from it's prison today. 5 mins to change the regulator, then set about refitting. All went reasonably well until I got carried away with myself and refitted the driveshaft carrier and shaft, to then find that a big arsed metal brace opposite it wouldn't go back with it fitted. I'd well and truly had enough by this point, so packed up. Reconnected the battery and started it up... Success! :) It's saved itself from a blazing inferno... For now. Hopefully rejig everything next weekend and get it back on four wheels.[/QUOTE] Well done Sir....give yourself a pat on the back and swill a few lagers in celebration.....:partysmil
about time too)
Cheers lads :) [QUOTE=MoleT-5R;811251]swill a few lagers in celebration.....:partysmil[/QUOTE] Did that last night with Col in The Angry Pirate (The shed, for the uninitiated) That may be partly to blame for why things went back together in the wrong order :lol:
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;811258]Cheers lads :) Did that last night with Col in The Angry Pirate (The shed, for the uninitiated) That may be partly to blame for why things went back together in the wrong order :lol:[/QUOTE] That will explain it...lol
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;811258]Cheers lads :) Did that last night with Col in The Angry Pirate (The shed, for the uninitiated) That may be partly to blame for why things went back together in the wrong order :lol:[/QUOTE] Lol col he's a star how was he the next day
[QUOTE=t5 pete;811263]Lol col he's a star how was he the next day[/QUOTE] There were of course, lots of drunken promises of help last night... First text to him at about 10:30 this morning: "Are you alive?" Second text at about half 1: "Guess not." Got a reply at about 3: "Just woke up. Mrs gone out with the car." He has his own car - a poorly Vectra diesel. I jumped in the workbus, drove round to his and told him he wasn't getting out of it that easily. :lol: To be fair, I couldn't have done it on my own. By about half 6 though, he was lay on his side on my drive in a bad way!
This is the location of the alternator on our 2.5T, looks tricky. :P [ATTACH=CONFIG]31515[/ATTACH]
[QUOTE=stribo;811282]This is the location of the alternator on our 2.5T, looks tricky. :P [ATTACH=CONFIG]31515[/ATTACH][/QUOTE] :finger:
Well, she lives.
Had more massive ballaches today while reassembling everything.
Wrestled the driveshaft back into the hub to find that I'd mullered the thread in the end by belting it so hard to get it out, so the bolt wouldn't go back in. Ffs.
Back out it came, after a fight, then had to look long and hard for the tap & die set.
Can't even remember the last time this saw the light of day.
Ah well, all back together now.
Seems ok, but I've had a couple of ABS warnings flash up on the DIM. Presumably from me disturbing the sensor/reluctor ring. It's off now, see how it goes I guess.
Oh, forgot this one from last weekend of Col trying to reconnect the live on the alternator :lol:
Payback as far as I'm concerned, from when I had to do the starter on his bloody Vectra:
you two numpties don't look like you've sobered up from york...lol pic's are so funny......lol
Hold the Sunday Sport front page! "Double Decker bus frozen in Arctic" "Car fetish sex predators roam the streets of Manchester, looking for unsuspecting vehicles to violate" "Bomber found on moon"
[QUOTE=jamesy12345;811370]Hold the Sunday Sport front page! "Double Decker bus frozen in Arctic" "Car fetish sex predators roam the streets of Manchester, looking for unsuspecting vehicles to violate" "Bomber found on moon"[/QUOTE] Hang on two of them are true, But the other one is just a fantasy...:gossip:
[QUOTE=MoleT-5R;811369]you two numpties don't look like you've sobered up from york...lol [/QUOTE] Avoid hangovers - stay drunk. [QUOTE=jamesy12345;811370] "Car fetish sex predators roam the streets of Manchester, looking for unsuspecting vehicles to violate" [/QUOTE] When the mood's right, it's gotta be done. *cue Barry White music*
[QUOTE=Doingitsideways;811379]Avoid hangovers - stay drunk.[/QUOTE] so true :D Longest I've ever managed was ∼48 hrs. Started drinking with my friends at Saturday morning and ended on Sunday late night. It was in my early 30s. Oh man those days are long over .....:cry: