When we purchased the S40 it had a bad PCV system.  There was such a vacuum in the crankcase the vacuum would pull the dipstick out of your hand from one inch away.  This was a factory recall and Volvo fixed it free.  But, the damage was done.  All that vacuum for thousands of miles […]

The headlights on the S40 were very bad when we purchased the car.  I tried using several brands of polishing compounds to bring new life to the lights, it did help, but it was still really dangerous to drive at night.  It looked like the plastic had thousands of little cracks going all the way […]

The fuel pressure on the S40 was fluctuating like crazy, after much Googling I determined it was a one way check valve located on the pump that was bad.  A pump replacement was in order.  But wait, I bet I can fix this without replacing the pump.  I rigged up a one way check valve […]