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#451 of 491 1996 850 turbo - cranks - but hear clang last crank by casper10 May 01, 2008 (4:39 pm)
150,000 miles, car cranks okay, but after last crank, hear a drag like hitting fan in back of radiator. Do you all have any suggestions as to what is happening?? Thanks, Jim (Virginia)   This is the best auto I have ever owned, think I will be buried in it. ha
#452 of 491 Re: intermittent nothing [donaldf] by rafterdude May 09, 2008 (9:53 am)
Replying to: donaldf (May 01, 2008 12:12 pm) Hi Donald,    We have a 94 850 wagon and the same thing happened...... quite by accident my son discovered that if you rotate the ignition key back slightly all the electric that was disabled will work again. This leads me to believe that we need a new ignition switch but we choose to just live with the quirk. Good luck, Andy
#453 of 491 Re: Head light lens removal [tedgmc] by ptg0 May 09, 2008 (6:14 pm)
Replying to: tedgmc (Jan 08, 2008 2:07 pm) Buy a new headlight assy off of e-bay if you havent already.
#455 of 491 pcv by donaldf May 16, 2008 (11:31 am)
Has anyone ever modified the pcv system on an 850 to simplify it like on older american cars? A pcv valve and a hose to intake.
#456 of 491 '96 Volvo 850 Turbo - White Sludge in Dipstick by jr714 Jul 28, 2008 (10:20 am)
I have an 850 Turbo with 150K which I have owned for about 1 year. Other than front end work and a check engine light that wont go off, it has been fine until recently when checking the oil I noticed brownish-white sludge inside the dipstick. A few people told me it is a bad head gasket and maybe worse.   Now being in this forum, I know I will be understood. I love this car, I searched for 10 years for a good example with no apparent problems for a low price, and this car was it. I am not about to give up on it so fast. I can't afford to pay $2,000 to fix it (which is what I paid for the car). Plus I have been told that once I fix the head gasket, I will probably have to do work on the heads, and/or the rest of the engine could go too, since it is almost impossible to get out all of the coolant once it has seeped in.   SO I need to know:   1) Are all of these things true?   2) Is there any way for me to know for sure how bad the damage is?   3) Is there any other solution other than replacing the engine?   4) Is it worth doing a compression test?   5) Has anyone here repaired this by themselves? Is it realistically possible for a home mechanic to do it?   Please help! Replies to this message: volvofamily (Aug 16, 2008 2:16 pm) jr714 (Nov 13, 2008 9:02 am) jr714 (Dec 03, 2008 1:07 am) volvofamily (Feb 23, 2009 5:03 pm)
#457 of 491 Re: '96 Volvo 850 Turbo - White Sludge in Dipstick [jr714] by volvofamily Aug 16, 2008 (2:16 pm)
Replying to: jr714 (Jul 28, 2008 10:20 am) Dear jr714, I have a 97 850 Turbo with about 98k and noticed the same thing. Thinking I had a bad head gasket, I had it towed to the dealer (I trust my dealer). The mechanic did all the testing and informed me there was nothing wrong with the motor. He did suggest that I replace the dip stick. I thought this was too easy, but did recall quite a bit of wet weather preceding the sludge on the stick. I was going to replace the o-rings only, but went for the new factory dipstick. Problem went away. 6 months later, no sludge. I did change the oil after replacing the dipstick as a precaution. Good luck, hope yours is as good as mine. Replies to this message: jr714 (Nov 13, 2008 9:02 am) jr714 (Dec 03, 2008 1:07 am) volvofamily (Feb 23, 2009 5:03 pm)
#458 of 491 '96 850GLT rear bumper bracket by 96850glt Oct 01, 2008 (10:52 am)
My rear bumper mounting brackets are totally rusted and crumbling. My bumper is sagging. I have bought two new brackets to install. Are there any "gotcha's" I need to look out for? One thing I'm not sure about is how to disconnect the bumper cover from the frame at the sides. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
#459 of 491 Re: '96 Volvo 850 Turbo - White Sludge in Dipstick [volvofamily] by jr714 Nov 13, 2008 (9:02 am)
Replying to: volvofamily (Aug 16, 2008 2:16 pm) Volvofamily,   Sorry for the delayed response. After reading your post I allowed myself to believe that my car would be the same as yours - and it was!   The delay was cleaning out my garage so I could set up a shop for myself. I fully intended to do whatever was necessary to fix the problem. I started by doing the oil change, checking very carefully for any coolant or more sludge in the oil. There was none. I added the new oil, and - voila! No more sludge. Problem gone! Now 3 months later, still clean as a whistle. I just told my mechanic (who I also trust) about it and he was speechless. He has been in the business 40 years, has worked on thousands of Volvos, and has never heard of it.   Thanks so much for saving my wallet and my car!
#460 of 491 1994 850 wagon by biscdog Nov 13, 2008 (4:35 pm)
Hello- I am considering buying this car with 210k. It's loaded so not sure if it's a GLT or not. Definitely not a turbo. It had its 150k service and timing belt. I know that they recommend the belts be changed every 75k. My question is: will the belt breaking during operation wreck the valves on this model? Also, I've heard that the tranny's on these could be problematic, as well as the headgaskets. It appears that these are still original but working fine. Should I worry about these two issues also? Thanks for writing back-

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