Nice Video and beautiful Volvo! Liked and subscribed! A good trick to detect leaks is a fog machine. Just put it into the car and see where the fog come outside. Greetings from germany and sorry for the broken english.
1988-1992 moretown/waitsfield.......sugarbush......that car got me everywhere...plowed roads are not! Best car ive ever driven reliability wise! Had to have put a 800,000 miles marker on that sweet machine, just gotta maintain the brick and your gtg
Have you got a exhaust mod or something? My l400 is exactly the same as your model, same colour and everything but definitely don’t get the same turbo whistle
To clarify the transfer cases between the L300 and the L400, in the L300 is a basic or "standard" transfer case, meaning the front/rear run at a fixed, constant, ratio. in contrast, the L400 has a differential in the transfer case, which is open by default but can be locked. that differential in the transfer case means the 4WD can be used on dry pavement (and shifted on the fly), the front and rear wheel speed can vary. It's the same difference between the American market Montero Sport (L300 style) and the Montero Full size (L400 style) (the open center diff is the "super select").
Not sure about the Volvo's, but I've had a couple vehicles where the problem turned out to be the coolant temp sensor and they rarely trigger the check engine light even though they're monitored by the ECM. I sell auto parts, and when I have customers who are chasing these sort of problems and they don't know which way to go, I'll tell them if they have to guess and start throwing money, buy the coolant sensor first. Super likely.
I'm having an issue where the exhaust is hanging too low and I can't figure out how to mount the exhaust pipe without it being too high with the OEM O-rings where the front silencer would normally go and hitting potholes in New England have caused it to shift and the back pin on the rear silencer is hitting the frame. Trying to toert that out next. Any tips anyone?? I'm a noob Volvo lover trying to keep her beast happy and clean!
Yes but it doesn't look like they have a cat on here. I'm having an issue where the exhaust is hanging too low and I can't figure out hoe to mount the exhaust pipe without it being too high and hitting potholes in New England have caused it to shift and the back pin on the rear silencer is hitting the frame. Trying to toert that out next.
Absolute legend mate. Loving the video. You are spot on in the fact there are no videos in english for this. I struggled 3 years ago to do the water pump and boy was it a head scratcher with no help and a crap after market manual. I found a step by step pdf which helped. Really glad you made this and ignore those people asking it’s not the correct way. You’re a driveway mechanic like most of us old car owners 😎 just use whatever to get it done 👌. I dont suppose you have a parts list? The waterpump i put on is now leaking and i want to do the timing belt/seals too whilst im in there. I have the timing belt kit but the other list would be appreciated. Love your commentry too, very honest and reminded me of my swearing fun i had doing this 😂 peace from the UK 🤙
How’s the turbo and radiator holding up? I’m doing my timing belt right now and realizing mine are in more rough shape than I expected…might replace do you have an updated link to that turbo?
Very nice descriptive. I just became the proud owner of an 83 diesel. 123,000 miles all original. Electrical seems like it’s going to be the biggest issue. I am super stoked to find channels like yours!!!
Like " What the Heck?" All Mitsubishi Delica in the USA is not converted from RHD to Left Hand Drive? In the Philippines they managed to do this conversion with lesser tools?
Only other bit of advice I would throw in is make sure you always go with high quality parts when you replace sensors, etc. Bosch is best, aftermarket can be very shotty especially with sensors.
Is there a benefit to taking the boost pressure reference off the upper EGR plate vs just "T" of the turbo on the line going to wastegate? I out my EGR probe in the same place as you did but the upper plate for EGR is where I installed the nozzle for my methanol injection. Watched your other video on TB/WP&Rad replacement, for some reason thought you were on East Coast. Are you in Bay Area? There are a number of Delica owners in the Bay Area running some pretty modded vans. -Josh
I own 240 for over 40 years, it is a shame that Volvo lost their soul with the FWD cars loaded with completely useless gadgets and completely nested electronic functions that leaves you stranded in the event of a failure. Anytime I'd go for a RWD volvo but after I driven a S70 and newer models , I'll stay away from them.
Old american cars are so grossly overpriced its comical...Volvos asking 30k thats nuts. Lifetime car guy but I just dont get it . Wasnt too long ago you could buy these all day running decent for under 2k
I just bought my first car ever today and it is a 1992 Volvo 240 wagon. I paid $3250 and the odometer broke at 179k so I rough estimate it has 200k or a lil less on it. It’s a automatic in Blue Green Poly it has a couple dings on it but it’s pretty frickin clean and the owner did a bunch of work on it new battery new power steering new ac new oil filter etc. I feel like I got a pretty good deal on it and I’m so happy with the car. I can’t wait to learn more about my 240 and Volvos and the community. 🙏
I’m also 6’2” but when I looked at a 300 several years ago, I figured there was no way I could drive that. People have told me my legs are too long for the 400 but I might have to reconsider that. Tom
