rbodor3

nice loking bandit man

didn't work. The AC never turned on, the rear heater defrost, rear seat headrest release, valet lock, none of them worked. The blower would work, and the air directional buttons and everything lit up but that's it.

The blue sticker on the one I bought it 8682932
The blue sticker on my original is 9452369

Anybody know if I can just get it recal'd at the dealership?

Back in the US finally again.

Waiting to do the leakdown this week, but check it, yo:

oil leak = too much blowby on the head. Had a new IPD Viton cap seal replaced, less oil getting thru, but with my increased boost believe this is the root cause still. Will be welding an aluminum 3/4" NPTF bung on the head to add additional crank venting.

smoke = believe this is condensation. It only occurs in reverse because water buildup in reverse pushes back in the exhaust to a hot spot and burns off more. It's stopped smoking now that the weather is warm.

I have built my custom 3" exhaust with straight-thru cat and straight-thru mufflers (all magnaflow). There's a bad low-poitn in the exhaust where I previously used a band-clamp (not air-tight seal). In November I replaced the clamp by welding in v-bands (now that I have the $ to afford), but this also means that the condensation that previously escaped thru the badly sealing band-clamp joint is tight with the v-band joint. I'm drilling a small hole at the low point today to allow condensation to exit; however, don't expect to be able to make sure this is the problem until it gets cold. Will still proceed with the leakdown because I didn't like my compression #s.

I DIY on my S60, which is fairly similar to the S80s. Took me about 4-6 hours, but I was in the rain outside with limited tools, light, etc. I would say if you prepare appropriately (with tools, parts, research) you could do in 2 hours first time. I bought a used radiator on ebay $130 shpped.

Perfect, same boat for me (no heated seats) and I just purchased one that does have heated seats.

I actually also removed the front fascia of the CCM and saw that the buttons for the heated seats are still installed on the non-winter CCM's, just covered with a hard plastic cover. So I would imagine you could retune with DiCE and VIDA, install heated seats, and voila have winter package haha!