I picked up some good finds at the pull and pay over the weekend.
Exhaust manifold and heat shield out of an ’04 S60R. It is a much better flowing exhaust manifold than what was stock. Apparently it will help with spool up. I only payed $25 for it and they sell for $150-200 on ebay.

I also picked up an SC-901 radio with a center channel speaker and Dolby processor. Also in the picture are side marker lights with wiring out of a ’99. I like the look of side markers instead of cheap plastic Volvo emblems that came on the US ’98s.

Driver’s side fog light was also purchased. It has clear vinyl that will need to go and it will need to be polished. The set of fog lights I purchased previously had a crack in the driver’s side light.

I got an NA throttle body to put on the car as well.The turbo TB is 55mm and NA TB is 65mm. The TB bolts right up but will require me to port the intake. I will need to modify the plate, replace with a 960 plate, or custom make one because the NA TB has a plastic wedge that will need to go.

I messed with the car on Friday. I installed the replacement tail lights and the roof rails. I didn’t want them to get broken sitting around my garage.

I also got the car running so I could move it and my pickup around. I pulled the plugs and gave them a quick clean. Two things were confirmed, the PCV system is clogged and the car is burning coolant. One thing that makes me happy is the motor is firing on all cylinders. I’m also happy that the car went into drive and reverse without a problem but I didn’t take the car above 5mph.

Things observed:
-There was quite a bit of oil under the spark plug cover including 3 of the plug holes filled with oil.
-Plugs were very oil fouled.
-PVC system very clogged, oil was spraying out the oil cap.
-Coolant cloud out exhaust.
-Coolant on ground when system pressurized, I didn’t have a chance to investigate. I’m sure it is related to the reason the head gasket blew.
-Turbo is spooling and boosting.
-Coolant was low and oil is chocolate milk. I already knew this.
-Car tries to stall at idle.
-Car has check engine light (obviously).
-ABS/ Trac lights are on.

One weird thing that I’ve never seen before is the hazard switch is jammed and making a horrible noise. At first I thought is was the tape deck because it sounded a little like that but louder. I’m going to try and pull it and see if I can clean it, if not I’ll pull one from the junk yard.

I have not checked the codes yet, I still need to get a cable for my laptop. Once I get that done, I’ll post the list of codes.