can i help you make your engine work again? renovareuk.co.uk would like to help with: renovareuk.co.uk/product/ultimate-engine-fix/ Joel can you call me? i have fixed 25k engines since 2016 and i love to see super high mileage cars come back to better than new. i think it would make a good video! your car and choice, here is my ebay shop but its always cheaper direct on website! 4.4k buyer feedback and 99.2% happy: my last car i bought had 263k and i had it for 4 years and it only cost me £28 in loss of money after scrap: www.ebay.co.uk/fdbk/feedback_profile/renovare.uk.renew.improve.repair
frankly, i think when you take on an older car with the intent to renew it, then you're on the hook to do so. bringing it back to a relative higher standard is the reason some of us watch channels like yours. we aren't attracted to just buying an older car only to find the solutions too daunting, we want to see you overcome the challenges and make it like new again. just my 2 cents :)
Joel, you need to keep this car. It's not only a car; it's your car education. From the work you have done so far, you have learned a lot. You will look at things differently. E.g. the 800 quid you spent on brakes is something that is very, very doable yourself. So keep the car, buy a multimeter and trace the wiring for the stereo and make sure it's sound. Then fix the angle spline sleeve Haldex thing - basically the splines wear out and the prop shaft turns freely without gripping the splines: therefore no AWD. Keep it! And the more work you do, the more you will value this car and you will reassess other cars you come across. Most of us here have had a similar 'project car' that was the making of us: mine was an old Saab convertible. Until that car I thought I was a 'car guy'. I wasn't. I was nothing! That car made me! This XC90 is making you!
I think this could be an ongoing project for years, gradually restoring the car to its former glory. All the time you make watchable content with it, it’s paying for itself. You could end up with a classic car in years to come.
Hey Joel, love the channel. Those ABS rings swell as they corrode which increases the outside diameter, so they start kissing the ABS sensor. An easy fix, and I’ve done this before with my BMW, is to unscrew the ABS sensor put a little washer underneath it and then mount it back onto the bracket so that with the washer underneath the ABS sensor is sitting back by 1 mm no longer kissing the rings it’s a simple job for a couple of pence.
The AWD will be the coupling (spline) where the prop goes in...Park it up and get under it and if the rear prop shaft spins by hand then its your issue.
Joel, Iv really enjoyed the series but the "take away" is DO NOT DO IT. It appears that the guy who decided to get rid of the vehicle in the first instance did the best thing (ie avoided spending 2K in order to get an MOT on an £800 car)
What a joke of a garage. Falsifying an MOT by deleting the error code which they know full well will come back on in 30 miles. Genuine discs, pads, shoes and adjusters are around about £200. Those prices are ludicrous. Glad it's got a ticket, although a dodgy one
Fraudulent behaviour , knowing it will come back and its not just the light you could see the abs ring was cracked so that is a fail in itself. So it's a bent mot it's as simple as. That.
The car you have , you know what is needed, to change it to another is to start all over again. You can always get a set of drive shafts with hubs from the junkyard for the ABS ring change. Then it is pop out the drive shafts from the inner cv’s and replace shafts and hubs, no need to try split the hubs from the outer cv’s.
With a high mileage diesel like the Volvo I’d recommend getting a Terraclean of the engine. It’s not the cheapest but I’ve done it on several cars with excellent results. It may well fix your rough running. I recently got my diesel Jag done and the performance difference was amazing with a massive drop in emissions. Do try it. Would make a good episode.
Probably you should get an award for sustainable motoring for showing that yes you can fix up a 20 year old car, but that you need to be realistic how hard it might be and what can happen. If more people did this instead of buying new electric cars on tick then the world would be a better place.
AdrianScoffham Not if a foscil fueled vehicle is driven within an inner city area its not. Electric vehicles in a built up area are far better, their emisions are comparible to that of a pedal cycle
@@sickbozzer Where electricy is sourced is a different issue. EV's are better in town due to zero tailpipe emmsions. I live on a High Street and the smell of fumes from ICE vehicle is really bad.
@@sickbozzerI wish we could get away from the argument that goes “I bet the emission from the power station are just as bad”. TLDR - they are not, not even close. Around 60% of electricity in the UK is low carbon. Also ICEs have an at best efficiency (including end to end for energy distribution) of 35% and EVs have an energy efficiency of around 70% (including all generation and distribution losses). Hence ICEs emit less than half the carbon and pollution (worst case) and there are multiple source that indicate it’s actually closer to four times less. Also given the relative cleanliness of using gas to generate electricity (which is the primary carbon source for UK generation) the air pollution is orders of magnitude lower. And before we finish up let’s just not talk e-fuels which are a complete disaster with an (at best) 17% end to end efficiency. I am a petrol-head, but I also recognize that their days are numbered and for a good reason.
Everyone seems to believe that, but it's completely wrong. Every additional mile an ICE vehicle drives is more damage, scrapping it and buying an EV would be the best thing for the environment every single time.
Keep it lad! even for like 6 months and reconsider then enjoy it now you've put time and effort in. Great video like always tho glad its back on the road
Great content. The lads at Salvage Rebuilds UK are experts with a wealth of experience and skills - who for the most part make very clever buys from copart and I enjoy watching professionals make money from honest hard work. This on the other hand is a have a go hero making a disastrous buy from copart, who has little idea what he is doing or why. He's thrown good money after bad and the car was a heap of shit at the start and is a heap of shit now (albeit with an M.O.T.). and I love him for it - outstanding!
@@greenmurphy most people can wash cars and collect parts from breakers. Not everyone can do what Chris can do. He's the brains there, the other guy must be laughing every night when he gets home, 50% split of the profits but he uses Chris's equipment and yard. What a deal 😂
I have a 2010 XC, with 178k on the clock, and have spent plenty on it so far, including £600 on paint repairs in the last few weeks. However, I wouldn't want another car, this does everything so well, and feels super safe on the road. Good job with yours, keep going, it will be worth it in the end.
Check the vacuum out of the vacuum pump to the turbo wastegate / engine mounts is working. There tiny rubber seal in the one-way valve in the lid of the vacuum pump. The valves often fails. And rough idling is injectors. And maybe the whole inlet manifold is filled with gunk (sticky oily mess) caused by the EGR. In the A pillars are drain pipes from the sunroof, these pipes crumble and fail, causing water ingress in the front footwell and drowning the stability control unit. Check the alternator brushes (and bearings).
Nope. AWD Volvos are normally 90% drive to the fronts, 10% to the rear unless wheel slip, then the electronics manage the traction. Because the front wheels do 90% of the work, - steer, brake and drive, that is where you want the new rubber. The rears only hold the back corners up.
Love your XC90, just out of curiosity, there must be history with the passenger door/wing. You have a dodgy repeater on the passenger wing, when it’s meant to be in the trim on the passenger door? Great series though, I’m look at XC90’s too
I bought my xc90 for £800 aswell, it has a abs light oil leak engine mounts where shot, no mot and a horrible misfire that I changed a injector for a brand new one, just over 2k for all the work to be done, and I wouldn’t change it, the thing is brilliant, the injector fault turned out the be the connector, I’d probably suggest checking those, I had to close the connectors up slightly to make good contact
Nice to see it back on the Rd, as for keeping it, we’ll that depends on how deep your pocket is and it will always be a 307k XC90! Personally I’d move it on. But 10/10 for perseverance
Keep it and start fixing the issues yourself. Great fun, says a man who owns a V70 Classic from 1997 and 430.000 km on the clock ;) And no MOT difficulties, car is goi9ng strong. Thanks for the update!
Finally an update. 👍😃 This would make good future episodes how to fix old car and as others commented it is about going all in and fixing this old girl. Maybe you can join some other more mechanically minded youtuber and fix the abs using the big hammer or something. 😂 But I think if you give it away it is sort of half cooked. You can do quick check on AWD system. Go under the car and try to spin the prop shaft as car is in Park. If it spins, then your angle gear sleeve splines are gone. Will need new angle gear and sleeve. If it doesnt, then the issue is in broken or clogged Haldex pump. Otherwise I love the high mileage rescue. Keep up. 👍
This has been an interseting series Joel, massive props to you for taking it on 'in public' like you have. Was it worth it (financially)? Probably not, especially since you weren't able to do all the work yourself. However it has taught you lots and it's made great content. Would I keep a 20 year old XC90? Not a chance - it still has some significant and potentially expensive faults. And that's coming from someone who runs a Rover 75 as a daily. Get it gone and on to the next one. 👍
Cheapest option you can try is taking a blowtorch and heating the surface of where she shaft goes into the hub, then use a bronze shaft to smash it out. It's helped me out a dozen of times on the crusty musty's. Never a guarantee that it'll work, but it'll save you the damages of them using a press.
Maybe because of Volvo's spare parts prices? Also all car insurance has increased significantly in cost over the past few months, as I found out at renewal time a few weeks ago
cmartin_ok It definetly will not be because of the price of volvo parts. A vehicle can be "written off" once the cost of repairs exceeds 75% of the value of the vehicle and this vehicle was only brought for £800
Parts for a 20 year old Xc90 are fairly cheap, lots around on different sites from scrapped cars to brand new parts. Love my 19 year old Xc90 wouldn't part with her.
Ever heard of 'Bangernomics'? It's an older theory of purchasing a 'banger' and keeping it running for as long as is physically and mechanically possible - which is basically what you're doing so keep it up!
There's a car lot a few miles from my house here in Kentucky selling an absolute mint 2008 XC90 with a V8 for $8k. If I had a need for a vehicle right now I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat.
Great to see the xc90 to be on the road, however… After so much efforts i really think this was a mistake to take such a shortcut with the ABS. Do have a question though - does it has 4wheel drive now, that the abs in not functional (as usually the haldex kicks the back end in only when slip is detected, and car needs abs sensors for that)? If not - back to my point: so many efforts and it’s not even a good winter car with the abs light shortcut…
Great series of video’s Joel, seems like the garage has maybe took you for a ride and the tyre fitter needs reporting he sounds like he should get another job where he won’t put anyone in danger!
I'm a fan of the XC90, and i'm on my second now, a 2009 V8 (and paying waaaaaaaay less in insurance than Joel, but i'm older!) However, with that car, you'll never get back the money spent if you were to sell it, and really, unless you can do everything yourself to keep the costs down, it was never going to make sense. As you don't have a family or dogs to carry round, maybe sell it quick making the most of the fresh MOT to re-coup as much as you can, and consider it a learning experience ?
06 320cd here. Had it 14 years and has been well maintained. no intention of getting rid. ( in 10 yrs it will probably be worth more than a new Ev 😂😂😂😂😂) new subscriber bye the way 👍👍👍
I love the original XC90 - I had one from new (2007) until 2017 and did about 120k miles in it. The wife clobbered the driveway gate with it and we decided to trade it in at that point and I still miss it. However (there’s always a but!) they are a complex machine with some very annoying design “quirks” that make things that should be relatively straightforward to fix extremely hard. A small oil leak from the gearbox? Take the whole engine out - 20 hours of labour. Issues with the fiber-optics can often write the car off. The rear wheel drive part of the AWD often fails as the splines strip on the spline sleeve (and it happens again and again). Forget to change the auxiliary belt? Watch out because it will destroy the engine if it fails and wraps around the cogs. These cars are stupidly complex and expensive to maintain (even more so than Range Rovers). I would move it on and quickly!
That's the thing with these AWD, cause they don't go off road the rear diff doesn't detect any slip in the wheel so doesn't engage. Over time they seize and don't work. Evidently, just remove the prob shaft and you'll be fine 👍 - Mechanic by day - over 10yrs in volvo
I think a lot of us novice mechanics were hoping to gain inspiration from you fumbling through the repairs. To see you just paying experts to fix it, well, a poor guy like me can't relate to that very well since I can't afford to do so. What I can relate to is buying a cheap car and fumbling through the repairs.
You need to get that ABS sorted pronto, or it will cause more problems. Even the wrong profile tyres will affect it and cost mega bucks, plus you want legal and safe braking.
Have to ask yourself An old 4x4 volvo which is only 2 wd, a knocking engine, no radio etc or anything fibre optic and a sagging headliner. Is it worth spending anything onit.
Great news Joel! I would say it’s time the Xc90 moved on, no sense in throwing good $$ after it. Then maybe you can get alittle nicer Cayman? Cheers Kirk
Joel , they done u over man , I'm a mot tester , you shouldn't clear a light and wack a mot on it , that is fraudulent behaviour, the tester is knowingly passing a failure item. Its not just about the light being off. He should of failed the abs ring cracked or damaged. You and him have missed the point. Could probably just a 2nd hand hug and driveshaft and be done with it. Basically u paid for a dodgy mot and rear discs and pads and shoes and a couple cables . Joel come on you know aswell. Because there's nothing new except new rear brakes lol 😆 but great vid anyway bud be lucky on next one.
So the brakes were £800 and the total bill was £1,200, did they charge £400 to fit a number plate bulb and swap the tyres over? Sounds like a great garage.
They are terrible for the driveshafts seizing, volvo have a hydraulic press that bolts to the hub. But even that sometimes doesn't budge them. Sometimes only option is to replace driveshaft and knuckle
Have also been online looking at part prices and it does look like the SCC has stitched you up a bit. Won't be going there.. not just because I don't have a Swedish car
You did a great job. Fantastic series of videos. But I think you should cut your losses and get shot of it. Defray from the financial loss the great content in 6 videos which got so many people hooked - plus the personal knowledge gained from doing it. If you could get the 4WD fixed maybe it could find a home on a farm. Anyway, well done you and thanks for taking us on the journey.
The 4W drive system doesn't work probable because the splines on the axle between gearbox and transfer box (angled gear for rear wheel drive) are gone/worn away. There are only two solutions: new transfer box, which is prohibitive expensive or the engineering options. This involve drilling holes in the sleeve that connects the transferbox to the gearbox which slides over the transferbox axle. Then drill a big hole in the transferbox casing so the sleeve can be welded through the transferbox housing hole using the holes in the sleeve to the axle. The alignment of the sleeve must be perfect. Close the hole in the transferbox with liquid metal. This last solution means the transferbox can never be disassembled anymore. So maybe put in new bearings before the welding. And put two oil seals in the gearbox (where the sleeve fits in), they tend to leak there. I did that 6 years ago to my XC90. 50k km later it still holds. If the splines are gone can easily be tested; can the propshaft to the rear wheels be turned with the engine off (safety) and gearbox in park? If yes, then transferbox problem.
Hello, the AWD doesn't work probably due to the lack of haldex fluid change, check if there's a filter also. After changing it should engage. My V8 XC90 is still being worked on. The engine will get a second life, the steering is being changed and every bushing im the rear suspension. It cost me about $9000 to but and about $15000 to to keep it in excellent technical health. Hope to her it before Chrostmas 😂
i think you should make a Trading Up series of videos where you trade up from the Volvo XC90 for something else thats Cat S/N with some work needing doing to it
Had my xc90 2003 for 5 years it had done 233,000 miles, and the oil seal went between engine and clutch, just after I did a service on it, (it’s common to go after a service due to the higher oil pressure I was told, it would of cost a £1,000 to put right, I decided to get a c70 mkll, instead, my mate has it now had the work done and his still driving it about 6 months later. On the subject of insurance I was paying about £1,300 and then the magic 10 years came along and it dropped to £400 Will get another one next year maybe 😊
I hope DVSA don’t see this otherwise they’ll be straight round to the specialist asking why they just cleared a code they know will come back on and passed it anyway.
@@alancobbin got think though worst case scenario the car ends up in an accident where someone dies because the abs wasn’t working correctly (or at all!) it’s literally documented on video that a garage turned the light out and passed it.
Clearing the ABS fault without fixing the problem is a cop out. Frankly the ABS is still faulty which should be an MOT failure so you are driving a car that is potentially unsafe. If it was me I would source the drive shafts and the hubs second hand and swap them out fixing the rings at the same time. It’s not a big job given you have had most of the nuts off already. But I guess that’s the difference between a car fixing channel and a driving channel.
Keep it and have another go at fixing it's outstanding faults yourself, it'll be entertaining and you'll learn a lot. Also, I'm baffled by the cost of your insurance, I own one and it costs me less than £400 a year.
There'd be viewers of this channel if they live in US or Australia who'd laugh at it having 300k on the clock and you were thinking of scrap it and that mileage in those countries is the norm. Just shows that high milers can still have life left in them.
Loving thr content Sell and get your money back ....... move on to thr nxt thing and keep things fresh 👌 ...... maybe a V12 Jag anti establishment ....... I know 😂
Getting the steering wheel set straight should be no more than £30 at a small local tyre garage. They'll set steering wheel straight and adjust the tracking it takes about 15 mins. Enjoy
Vice grip garage does long road trips in far ropier cars than that XC90. I say take it to Sweden. It will be an adventure. I've slept in the back of my XC90 on a self inflating mattress. Plenty of room with the rear 2 rows of seats down and flat enough too.
Keep it and continue the adventure! Those handbrakes are something you see more on these cars. Had mine replaced as well. That insurance is ridiculousely high, why is that, your age? Accident free years low because 2nd car? In the Netherlands I pay 47 euros a month for all risk insurance! But I do know road taxes in uk are much better, I pay 120 euros a month on road tax. So maybe together it is about the same. Do have to mention mine is a petrol, diesel road tax is even a lot higher.
Finally! 😅😊
I have been arround a lot of those D5 engines, and yours doesn t sound right....
keep it! or you could get an m3 from 08-11 with the v8
can i help you make your engine work again? renovareuk.co.uk would like to help with: renovareuk.co.uk/product/ultimate-engine-fix/ Joel can you call me? i have fixed 25k engines since 2016 and i love to see super high mileage cars come back to better than new. i think it would make a good video! your car and choice, here is my ebay shop but its always cheaper direct on website! 4.4k buyer feedback and 99.2% happy: my last car i bought had 263k and i had it for 4 years and it only cost me £28 in loss of money after scrap: www.ebay.co.uk/fdbk/feedback_profile/renovare.uk.renew.improve.repair
Well done mate
frankly, i think when you take on an older car with the intent to renew it, then you're on the hook to do so. bringing it back to a relative higher standard is the reason some of us watch channels like yours. we aren't attracted to just buying an older car only to find the solutions too daunting, we want to see you overcome the challenges and make it like new again. just my 2 cents :)
Got a feeling the Swedish Car Clinic will be getting a visit from the DVSA fairly soon... 🤣
Joel, you need to keep this car. It's not only a car; it's your car education. From the work you have done so far, you have learned a lot. You will look at things differently. E.g. the 800 quid you spent on brakes is something that is very, very doable yourself. So keep the car, buy a multimeter and trace the wiring for the stereo and make sure it's sound. Then fix the angle spline sleeve Haldex thing - basically the splines wear out and the prop shaft turns freely without gripping the splines: therefore no AWD. Keep it! And the more work you do, the more you will value this car and you will reassess other cars you come across. Most of us here have had a similar 'project car' that was the making of us: mine was an old Saab convertible. Until that car I thought I was a 'car guy'. I wasn't. I was nothing! That car made me! This XC90 is making you!
Wow, Swedish car clinic is a rip of. 1200 quid to do the rear brakes and mot 😮
I think this could be an ongoing project for years, gradually restoring the car to its former glory. All the time you make watchable content with it, it’s paying for itself. You could end up with a classic car in years to come.
Hey Joel, love the channel. Those ABS rings swell as they corrode which increases the outside diameter, so they start kissing the ABS sensor.
An easy fix, and I’ve done this before with my BMW, is to unscrew the ABS sensor put a little washer underneath it and then mount it back onto the bracket so that with the washer underneath the ABS sensor is sitting back by 1 mm no longer kissing the rings it’s a simple job for a couple of pence.
But not so much (easy) on this car as the drive shafts are seized in lol
The AWD will be the coupling (spline) where the prop goes in...Park it up and get under it and if the rear prop shaft spins by hand then its your issue.
Joel, Iv really enjoyed the series but the "take away" is DO NOT DO IT.
It appears that the guy who decided to get rid of the vehicle in the first instance did the best thing (ie avoided spending 2K in order to get an MOT on an £800 car)
What a joke of a garage. Falsifying an MOT by deleting the error code which they know full well will come back on in 30 miles. Genuine discs, pads, shoes and adjusters are around about £200. Those prices are ludicrous. Glad it's got a ticket, although a dodgy one
Fraudulent behaviour , knowing it will come back and its not just the light you could see the abs ring was cracked so that is a fail in itself. So it's a bent mot it's as simple as. That.
Had all that handbrake work done on my Mk 1 S 80. Bought the bits from PFS and a local mechanic fitted them. Change out of £200.
The car you have , you know what is needed, to change it to another is to start all over again.
You can always get a set of drive shafts with hubs from the junkyard for the ABS ring change.
Then it is pop out the drive shafts from the inner cv’s and replace shafts and hubs, no need to try split the hubs from the outer cv’s.
Joel i'm glad you haven't made the XC90 just disappear and forgotten i look forward to watching later 👍
With a high mileage diesel like the Volvo I’d recommend getting a Terraclean of the engine. It’s not the cheapest but I’ve done it on several cars with excellent results. It may well fix your rough running. I recently got my diesel Jag done and the performance difference was amazing with a massive drop in emissions. Do try it. Would make a good episode.
Probably you should get an award for sustainable motoring for showing that yes you can fix up a 20 year old car, but that you need to be realistic how hard it might be and what can happen. If more people did this instead of buying new electric cars on tick then the world would be a better place.
AdrianScoffham
Not if a foscil fueled vehicle is driven within an inner city area its not.
Electric vehicles in a built up area are far better, their emisions are comparible to that of a pedal cycle
@@andypicken7848 what about the battery and the horrendously unregulated source? Where is the electricity sourced in charging?
@@sickbozzer Where electricy is sourced is a different issue. EV's are better in town due to zero tailpipe emmsions. I live on a High Street and the smell of fumes from ICE vehicle is really bad.
@@sickbozzerI wish we could get away from the argument that goes “I bet the emission from the power station are just as bad”. TLDR - they are not, not even close. Around 60% of electricity in the UK is low carbon. Also ICEs have an at best efficiency (including end to end for energy distribution) of 35% and EVs have an energy efficiency of around 70% (including all generation and distribution losses). Hence ICEs emit less than half the carbon and pollution (worst case) and there are multiple source that indicate it’s actually closer to four times less. Also given the relative cleanliness of using gas to generate electricity (which is the primary carbon source for UK generation) the air pollution is orders of magnitude lower. And before we finish up let’s just not talk e-fuels which are a complete disaster with an (at best) 17% end to end efficiency. I am a petrol-head, but I also recognize that their days are numbered and for a good reason.
Everyone seems to believe that, but it's completely wrong. Every additional mile an ICE vehicle drives is more damage, scrapping it and buying an EV would be the best thing for the environment every single time.
love your videos Joel, very honest with everything and a true gent. keep em coming.
Big fan of keeping cars going, nice work bruv
Keep it lad! even for like 6 months and reconsider then enjoy it now you've put time and effort in.
Great video like always tho glad its back on the road
Would love to see you keep working on this. Great series on this car!
Great video! Well done for getting it through the MOT!
Wahey! Joel great to see another video with the volvo. I did actually check yesterday infact to see if I had missed an upload on it 😂
Great news! Glad to see it back on the road
Saving iconic cars, what an important job that we need more people doing!
Great content. The lads at Salvage Rebuilds UK are experts with a wealth of experience and skills - who for the most part make very clever buys from copart and I enjoy watching professionals make money from honest hard work. This on the other hand is a have a go hero making a disastrous buy from copart, who has little idea what he is doing or why. He's thrown good money after bad and the car was a heap of shit at the start and is a heap of shit now (albeit with an M.O.T.).
and I love him for it - outstanding!
With a bent mot lol clear the light and pass hahahahah fuck sake.
When you say "the lads at salvage rebuilds are experts".....maybe it's more correct to say "one of the lads at salvage rebuilds is an expert" 😬😅
@@waynelewis5656I know what you mean but they both crack on with it - although Chris has a lot of skills for real.
@@greenmurphy most people can wash cars and collect parts from breakers. Not everyone can do what Chris can do. He's the brains there, the other guy must be laughing every night when he gets home, 50% split of the profits but he uses Chris's equipment and yard. What a deal 😂
We are all still watching though!
Great result Joel. I find it very satisfying to keep older cars on the road. I have three, with an average age of 22 years. Thank you..
Bravo Joel. Excellent series.
I have a 2010 XC, with 178k on the clock, and have spent plenty on it so far, including £600 on paint repairs in the last few weeks. However, I wouldn't want another car, this does everything so well, and feels super safe on the road. Good job with yours, keep going, it will be worth it in the end.
Check the vacuum out of the vacuum pump to the turbo wastegate / engine mounts is working. There tiny rubber seal in the one-way valve in the lid of the vacuum pump. The valves often fails.
And rough idling is injectors.
And maybe the whole inlet manifold is filled with gunk (sticky oily mess) caused by the EGR.
In the A pillars are drain pipes from the sunroof, these pipes crumble and fail, causing water ingress in the front footwell and drowning the stability control unit.
Check the alternator brushes (and bearings).
Glad you've saved it... redex dpf in the tank and VPower fuel would probably help the engine run better.
Great up see it saved! I'd maybe sort the headliner if you're going to move it on, or even if you're not, it would make such a difference.
Great story, I'd keep it till something very expensive went on it. Merry Christmas to you and your family Joel.
New wheels always go in the back. Great that you got it back in the road. Cheers from Argentina!
Nope. AWD Volvos are normally 90% drive to the fronts, 10% to the rear unless wheel slip, then the electronics manage the traction. Because the front wheels do 90% of the work, - steer, brake and drive, that is where you want the new rubber. The rears only hold the back corners up.
Love your XC90, just out of curiosity, there must be history with the passenger door/wing. You have a dodgy repeater on the passenger wing, when it’s meant to be in the trim on the passenger door? Great series though, I’m look at XC90’s too
What a result! Great to see her MOT'd. Now you have options, and with the work you did yourself, she has a greater value.
Congrats Joel, clean it, lol what abt a long trip test , range etc look forward to the next installment
I bought my xc90 for £800 aswell, it has a abs light oil leak engine mounts where shot, no mot and a horrible misfire that I changed a injector for a brand new one, just over 2k for all the work to be done, and I wouldn’t change it, the thing is brilliant, the injector fault turned out the be the connector, I’d probably suggest checking those, I had to close the connectors up slightly to make good contact
Hi Joel. Great update. Does the ABS function at all?? X
Try the headlining that will be fun!
Outstanding effort Joel. Sell as spares or repair?
Joel, I think you should get an Audi A6 Allroad as a winter rubber
Nice to see it back on the Rd, as for keeping it, we’ll that depends on how deep your pocket is and it will always be a 307k XC90! Personally I’d move it on. But 10/10 for perseverance
Have you thought about using lanogaurd under the rear to protect the rusty areas?😊
Keep it and start fixing the issues yourself. Great fun, says a man who owns a V70 Classic from 1997 and 430.000 km on the clock ;) And no MOT difficulties, car is goi9ng strong. Thanks for the update!
Also you could buy a pair of part worn tyres for the rear.👍
Worth a like mate! Sleep well!
Finally an update. 👍😃 This would make good future episodes how to fix old car and as others commented it is about going all in and fixing this old girl. Maybe you can join some other more mechanically minded youtuber and fix the abs using the big hammer or something. 😂 But I think if you give it away it is sort of half cooked. You can do quick check on AWD system. Go under the car and try to spin the prop shaft as car is in Park. If it spins, then your angle gear sleeve splines are gone. Will need new angle gear and sleeve. If it doesnt, then the issue is in broken or clogged Haldex pump. Otherwise I love the high mileage rescue. Keep up. 👍
This has been an interseting series Joel, massive props to you for taking it on 'in public' like you have. Was it worth it (financially)? Probably not, especially since you weren't able to do all the work yourself. However it has taught you lots and it's made great content. Would I keep a 20 year old XC90? Not a chance - it still has some significant and potentially expensive faults. And that's coming from someone who runs a Rover 75 as a daily. Get it gone and on to the next one. 👍
Cheapest option you can try is taking a blowtorch and heating the surface of where she shaft goes into the hub, then use a bronze shaft to smash it out. It's helped me out a dozen of times on the crusty musty's. Never a guarantee that it'll work, but it'll save you the damages of them using a press.
I have enjoyed this series so far and fair play mate for getting that MOT. What I don’t understand is why the insurance is so much.
Snap seems like a hell of a slug of money for an old car
Maybe because of Volvo's spare parts prices? Also all car insurance has increased significantly in cost over the past few months, as I found out at renewal time a few weeks ago
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It definetly will not be because of the price of volvo parts. A vehicle can be "written off" once the cost of repairs exceeds 75% of the value of the vehicle and this vehicle was only brought for £800
Parts for a 20 year old Xc90 are fairly cheap, lots around on different sites from scrapped cars to brand new parts. Love my 19 year old Xc90 wouldn't part with her.
Looking forward to the 24H in the Volvo Joel!
Although the car may not make financial sense to keep on the road the work you've done in the episodes was brilliant✌️
Best series ever 🚜
Most understanding wife in the history of mankind 👆🏻
Ever heard of 'Bangernomics'? It's an older theory of purchasing a 'banger' and keeping it running for as long as is physically and mechanically possible - which is basically what you're doing so keep it up!
The answer is yes, you can get a double mattress in the back. As to 4X4 it's the haldex unit on rear axle. It's an etremely common fault.
There's a car lot a few miles from my house here in Kentucky selling an absolute mint 2008 XC90 with a V8 for $8k. If I had a need for a vehicle right now I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat.
Great to see the xc90 to be on the road, however… After so much efforts i really think this was a mistake to take such a shortcut with the ABS. Do have a question though - does it has 4wheel drive now, that the abs in not functional (as usually the haldex kicks the back end in only when slip is detected, and car needs abs sensors for that)? If not - back to my point: so many efforts and it’s not even a good winter car with the abs light shortcut…
Well done with your success.
Great series of video’s Joel, seems like the garage has maybe took you for a ride and the tyre fitter needs reporting he sounds like he should get another job where he won’t put anyone in danger!
I'm a fan of the XC90, and i'm on my second now, a 2009 V8 (and paying waaaaaaaay less in insurance than Joel, but i'm older!)
However, with that car, you'll never get back the money spent if you were to sell it, and really, unless you can do everything yourself to keep the costs down, it was never going to make sense.
As you don't have a family or dogs to carry round, maybe sell it quick making the most of the fresh MOT to re-coup as much as you can, and consider it a learning experience ?
06 320cd here. Had it 14 years and has been well maintained. no intention of getting rid. ( in 10 yrs it will probably be worth more than a new Ev 😂😂😂😂😂) new subscriber bye the way 👍👍👍
I love the original XC90 - I had one from new (2007) until 2017 and did about 120k miles in it. The wife clobbered the driveway gate with it and we decided to trade it in at that point and I still miss it. However (there’s always a but!) they are a complex machine with some very annoying design “quirks” that make things that should be relatively straightforward to fix extremely hard. A small oil leak from the gearbox? Take the whole engine out - 20 hours of labour. Issues with the fiber-optics can often write the car off. The rear wheel drive part of the AWD often fails as the splines strip on the spline sleeve (and it happens again and again). Forget to change the auxiliary belt? Watch out because it will destroy the engine if it fails and wraps around the cogs. These cars are stupidly complex and expensive to maintain (even more so than Range Rovers). I would move it on and quickly!
That's the thing with these AWD, cause they don't go off road the rear diff doesn't detect any slip in the wheel so doesn't engage. Over time they seize and don't work. Evidently, just remove the prob shaft and you'll be fine 👍 - Mechanic by day - over 10yrs in volvo
Bangernomics works, but only in the long term. It is very satisfying to keep a car going.
I think a lot of us novice mechanics were hoping to gain inspiration from you fumbling through the repairs. To see you just paying experts to fix it, well, a poor guy like me can't relate to that very well since I can't afford to do so. What I can relate to is buying a cheap car and fumbling through the repairs.
You need to get that ABS sorted pronto, or it will cause more problems. Even the wrong profile tyres will affect it and cost mega bucks, plus you want legal and safe braking.
Big road trip to sweden now 👍👍
Have to ask yourself
An old 4x4 volvo which is only 2 wd, a knocking engine, no radio etc or anything fibre optic and a sagging headliner.
Is it worth spending anything onit.
Great news Joel! I would say it’s time the Xc90 moved on, no sense in throwing good $$ after it. Then maybe you can get alittle nicer Cayman? Cheers Kirk
Joel , they done u over man , I'm a mot tester , you shouldn't clear a light and wack a mot on it , that is fraudulent behaviour, the tester is knowingly passing a failure item. Its not just about the light being off. He should of failed the abs ring cracked or damaged. You and him have missed the point. Could probably just a 2nd hand hug and driveshaft and be done with it. Basically u paid for a dodgy mot and rear discs and pads and shoes and a couple cables . Joel come on you know aswell. Because there's nothing new except new rear brakes lol 😆 but great vid anyway bud be lucky on next one.
My xc90 2009 was 450quid from admiral 10 years driving too. Have a shop around.
So the brakes were £800 and the total bill was £1,200, did they charge £400 to fit a number plate bulb and swap the tyres over? Sounds like a great garage.
I would watch “ pine valley auto diagnostics “ to get ideas on the fibre bus and electronics
Great news about the mot
you have a mot now how come as the abs light is still lt up which is a failure ???
They are terrible for the driveshafts seizing, volvo have a hydraulic press that bolts to the hub. But even that sometimes doesn't budge them. Sometimes only option is to replace driveshaft and knuckle
Congratulations 🎉
Try it out for a while, but not to Sweden perhaps. Your decision and well done great video👍👍👍👍
Keep going with it
Have also been online looking at part prices and it does look like the SCC has stitched you up a bit. Won't be going there.. not just because I don't have a Swedish car
oooh congrats!!!
Double bed or double mattress ?
You did a great job. Fantastic series of videos. But I think you should cut your losses and get shot of it. Defray from the financial loss the great content in 6 videos which got so many people hooked - plus the personal knowledge gained from doing it. If you could get the 4WD fixed maybe it could find a home on a farm. Anyway, well done you and thanks for taking us on the journey.
The 4W drive system doesn't work probable because the splines on the axle between gearbox and transfer box (angled gear for rear wheel drive) are gone/worn away.
There are only two solutions: new transfer box, which is prohibitive expensive or the engineering options.
This involve drilling holes in the sleeve that connects the transferbox to the gearbox which slides over the transferbox axle.
Then drill a big hole in the transferbox casing so the sleeve can be welded through the transferbox housing hole using the holes in the sleeve to the axle. The alignment of the sleeve must be perfect.
Close the hole in the transferbox with liquid metal.
This last solution means the transferbox can never be disassembled anymore. So maybe put in new bearings before the welding.
And put two oil seals in the gearbox (where the sleeve fits in), they tend to leak there.
I did that 6 years ago to my XC90. 50k km later it still holds.
If the splines are gone can easily be tested; can the propshaft to the rear wheels be turned with the engine off (safety) and gearbox in park? If yes, then transferbox problem.
The transferbox can be taken out without taking the engine out. However there are some really hard to reach bolts/nuts.
Hello, the AWD doesn't work probably due to the lack of haldex fluid change, check if there's a filter also. After changing it should engage. My V8 XC90 is still being worked on. The engine will get a second life, the steering is being changed and every bushing im the rear suspension. It cost me about $9000 to but and about $15000 to to keep it in excellent technical health. Hope to her it before Chrostmas 😂
i think you should make a Trading Up series of videos where you trade up from the Volvo XC90 for something else thats Cat S/N with some work needing doing to it
Congratulations. Does that mean you’ll keep the XC90. Or sell it to fund another project!
Iv done all the same work to mine and my shaft was stuck in the hub and the AWD doesn't work due to the sleeve not to bad a job
Raffleshack it?
Had my xc90 2003 for 5 years it had done 233,000 miles, and the oil seal went between engine and clutch, just after I did a service on it, (it’s common to go after a service due to the higher oil pressure I was told, it would of cost a £1,000 to put right, I decided to get a c70 mkll, instead, my mate has it now had the work done and his still driving it about 6 months later.
On the subject of insurance I was paying about £1,300 and then the magic 10 years came along and it dropped to £400
Will get another one next year maybe 😊
I hope DVSA don’t see this otherwise they’ll be straight round to the specialist asking why they just cleared a code they know will come back on and passed it anyway.
Ok at the time of test 🤷♂️
@@alancobbin got think though worst case scenario the car ends up in an accident where someone dies because the abs wasn’t working correctly (or at all!) it’s literally documented on video that a garage turned the light out and passed it.
yeah and i hope the DV"L"A dont check your typing skills
@@Jam555s Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency = DVSA 👍🏻
Big time I'm a dvsa tester and I want to know who this garage is.
It looks like the wheel alignment needs doing.
Clearing the ABS fault without fixing the problem is a cop out. Frankly the ABS is still faulty which should be an MOT failure so you are driving a car that is potentially unsafe. If it was me I would source the drive shafts and the hubs second hand and swap them out fixing the rings at the same time. It’s not a big job given you have had most of the nuts off already. But I guess that’s the difference between a car fixing channel and a driving channel.
For a car like that you benefit a lot from making some of the work yourself like you already done.
Keep it and have another go at fixing it's outstanding faults yourself, it'll be entertaining and you'll learn a lot.
Also, I'm baffled by the cost of your insurance, I own one and it costs me less than £400 a year.
Please be the video where it is finished
There'd be viewers of this channel if they live in US or Australia who'd laugh at it having 300k on the clock and you were thinking of scrap it and that mileage in those countries is the norm. Just shows that high milers can still have life left in them.
Loving thr content Sell and get your money back ....... move on to thr nxt thing and keep things fresh 👌 ...... maybe a V12 Jag anti establishment ....... I know 😂
Getting the steering wheel set straight should be no more than £30 at a small local tyre garage. They'll set steering wheel straight and adjust the tracking it takes about 15 mins. Enjoy
Vice grip garage does long road trips in far ropier cars than that XC90. I say take it to Sweden. It will be an adventure.
I've slept in the back of my XC90 on a self inflating mattress. Plenty of room with the rear 2 rows of seats down and flat enough too.
Keep it and continue the adventure! Those handbrakes are something you see more on these cars. Had mine replaced as well. That insurance is ridiculousely high, why is that, your age? Accident free years low because 2nd car? In the Netherlands I pay 47 euros a month for all risk insurance! But I do know road taxes in uk are much better, I pay 120 euros a month on road tax. So maybe together it is about the same. Do have to mention mine is a petrol, diesel road tax is even a lot higher.
2k 😮.... i know insurance has gone up, but jeez. My maserati 4200 is due in April, cant wait lol 😅
Nice one, GS, GD