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  • Pull off wheel bearings

    Moin municipality, now I am at my V70 year 1999 so far for the wheel bearing change front. Here in the forum stood, you need a 36 key Got the actually not needed or does that still come? Did yesterday the disc , saddle… taken out, now I have to remove somehow d. wheel bearing pot, but first push out the drive shaft, the question is: – do you need a puller or do you only do this with knocking? – you need later for the shaft still metal glue, can I take an x-anything? Thank you

  • Urgent question about the timing belt installation !!!

    Hi, I had the timing belt renewed with my elk and now it makes shrill roaring noises. I was already in the workshop, which has disassembled everything again. The workshop was quite sure that it is due to the timing belt covering. After they have disassembled everything again to look at the coils and water pump, they didn’t know anything further, they all built up again and now the shrill roaring sound is still there, but probably less. Now they push it on the timing belt themselves. Can anyone explain how a timing belt alone can make noises? My other question would still be whether my Volvo is setting itself hydraulically, so the timing belt or if it has to be adjusted, someone knows that? Data about the Volvo in “My vehicles”. Thank you and greeting

  • Maintenance-friendliness V70 III

    I’ve been driving my Volvo V70 II for 2.5 years now. Overall, I’m super satisfied with the car, because there were only a few repairs and they were always done very well by myself. Reperature-friendliness is very important to me. With the V70 II, screws have never been totally screwed and I have rarely broken away any plastic part. I like many solutions such as the fixing of the door panels by means of reusable push pins. But what bothers me very much about the car is the huge turning circle as well as the high seating position or the low front window. So I don’t hit the sky with my 1.9m head for a long time, but the view outside is very limited, so I always have to bow down to traffic lights. Therefore I wanted to look at the successor V70 III times. I’ve already read a lot about this, but I could hardly find any estimates about the maintenance-friendliness. How does it look like, can anyone tell me here whether he is as nicely maintenance-friendly as the V70 II or even difficult to repair?

  • Snow chains on the Phaeton

    Need some advice again. I’m going on a ski holiday soon and there is also a snow chain obligation, because you could not reach the hotel without snow chains. On my Phaeton 19 inch Champion rims are mounted. I bought winter tyres for this now, because these rims should become my winter bikes and I would like to buy a few other rims than summer bikes in the summer next year. Now I’ve been looking everywhere and asked, but it was only told me for this wheel size there are no snow chains because chains are not allowed with this wheel size because there is too little space in the wheel housing. Does anyone have any idea about the topic? Can’t buy extra smaller rims and new winter tires now just in order to be able to pull the snow chains on them for 1 holiday a year. In addition, there is still enough space in the bike box with me…. Besides, I still noticed that only 17 inch rims are registered in my vehicle license. But the 19 inch Champion were already standard as a special equipment. Will not necessarily get problems there if I am stopped. Thanks for all advice.

  • New ACC error???

    Good evening, I have a 2008 V8 and I’m actually very satisfied (laughing after only my old V10). However, I have recently the problem that my ACC fails after 1 minute. In the display ACC error. Was already in the workshop to read out the error memory. Entry (similar wording): Electromagnetic interference. The employee at the friendly was also surprised and didn’t know what it was. Now I have an appointment soon, because the error occurs again and again. What still occurred to me, and he did not do that before. Every time I restart the car and leave as soon as I meet a vehicle, the display “ACC off” shows even though it is turned off. Does anyone have an idea what that can be? Greeting Markus

  • The clock to the G!

    Hello, there are G – lovers and watch lovers, and sometimes both in one person. For the latter, of course, the question arises, which watch to wear to the G? All the others please click away now! So, now we are watch lovers among us! Here is my suggestion for a nice G compatible watch: The GRAHAM Chronofighter Diver 1000 ft. Like my G completely in black, large, hard, well readable and equipped with sufficient watt depth. The stop watch is also to be operated with gloves, if it should be a bit more robust again. And the rubber band also does not take the following laundry with the high pressure cleaner crooked. Dear watch and G – friends, shows nevertheless also which watch, of course depending on the situation – outdoor or opera – you wear so to the G. OpenAirFan

  • XC70 just ordered!!!

    Hello together, I just ordered a new XC 70 (still in time for the price increase:-) And that’s: XC70 D5 185 PS summum (have much to and fro) manual gearbox saphierblack-metallic glass sliding roof RTI integrated phone side panes darkened switchable airbag front passenger side smoker package speed-dependent power steering What else is missing: trailer clutch winter wheels 4-c I saved myself, because during the test drive the XC did not “waggle like a cow ash” as written. Compared to my current car I could not see any negative sides on the chassis. Well, as satisfied as our BMW with sports suspension it is not on the road, but that is also another category of car. The BMW stuck last week in a snowweed and can only be “removed” with a trecker. I hope that I can play the trecker in the future:-) But I also have questions to you. How does it look like with the average consumption of fuel for my winter time?

  • Subwoofer box in trunk V 40

    Hello, I have something to install in the subwoofer box at the back right of the case room, the question is of course what is possible. both in the loud speaker boxes in the case room as well as in the subwoofer box there are no speakers installed….in the loud speaker boxes in the case room, however, there are cables laid. Have there successfully installed speakers. But what about the subwoofer box…How do I get the cables installed there at all? For what is this supposed to be. Have read there two sockets for 13cm speakers??? subwoofer installation is not possible??? should I take a subwoofer, first install an end stage, I still need a connection from the battery..is the one already installed…. Do I need an active subwoofer, i.e. subwoofer with built-in end stage, also an extra connection from the battery?

  • Blowers and climate strikes …

    … in advance, I have already searched, found a lot and done a lot of things. First of all, I put it together: First failure blower, I read a lot about the resistance from the blower and changed it to another “used” (belonging to the fact that my fan was standing here for about 14 days – without a connected battery – because the turning roller was stuck and I waited for the right part. After the battery was turned on again (and during the same time the blower resistance was changed), my fan purred again as usual. After a few days unfortunately again same suffering, fan dead on all stages, climate and air switch after start again friendly at the blinking. I then drove a strong cross channel out of carelessness quite violently over, though certainly hurt my car, but fans ran again – for 2 days, then old suffering :-(Short time later then again I will be looking again for a few hours – oh joy, blower and again away. After further reading, I have checked “again again” and then again Frust again without the whole C.

  • Stronger alternator for the Phaeton?

    Hello, after I have forced my comfort battery into my knees again this week, I am looking for a better permanent solution in the form of a stronger alternator. Why? Because I like to listen to music and my extended system unfortunately also has extended power requirements. If I drive a longer distance with elevated volume, then I have to pamper my comfort battery again after that. If I do not do this, then all possible ECUs – as at present again – collapse. After I have had good experience with the construction of a stronger alternator at my golf times (at that time from 90A to 120A), I am now looking for a stronger alternator for my Phaeton. There is a 190A LM in there from the factory. As far as I have seen this, there are also stronger variants with 220A and 230A at Touareg. Now the question to the specialists: Does one fit in the Phaeton? The motors are essentially the same. MfG