Galexie64's 1998 V70 AWD "R"

[galexie64]

Pulled from another site: "I am now the owner of a 1998 Volvo V70 AWD Pewter Silver/Light Taupe with 191k miles on it. This will be an ongoing project with plans to this becoming a daily driver. I purchased the car on Saturday January 21, 2017 for a whopping $250. The car will need a head gasket (milk shake oil), timing belt kit with water pump, PCV breather system, accessory belt, all coolant hoses, plugs, wires, and cap/rotor. Once I have the head removed I will be able to see if the car needs a head rebuild. The car also need some serious interior cleaning and a left front fender. The car came with good records that ended in about 2011. I'll be contacting the shop that did the more recent work and see if they can give me more info on the car. I'm wondering if the PCV and timing belt were actually done. The car has new brakes and shocks, no oil leaks, no rust, and a fairly clean looking motor. I do need to get an electric fan and replace all the vacuum lines."

I also picked up a set of ABM headlights with HID conversion for $100 from the guy.

 

I'm sitting at a total investment of $420 including the rental trailer. This should be a good project car.

My first project was the interior. I started by vacuuming the carpets only to find out I had to pull the seats. After pulling the seats I found the center console needed to be pulled. After that I found I needed to pull the carpet to clean the pad. After that I found I needed to clean the metal pan. I don't know how anyone could keep their car this dirty. I'm not going to be able to save the carpet and I'm going to need to source a clean used carpet.

Under the rear seats:


Rear floor:


Under the driver's seat:


What the car looks like after:

 

After a whole ton of work and pulling stuff from the junk yard. I have a really nice clean interior.

[galexie64]

In May 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.
 

List on codes:
GAL-610
ECC-322
ECC-414
CI-113
CI-211
ABS-433
AT-232
EFI-121
EFI-666

That basically brings us up to last week. I ended up working on some of my other cars this year and didn't have much time for the Volvo. I've been working on my 1970 Ford F250 which has been consuming most of my time.

[galexie64]

I'm now the proud owner of a 1998 saffron v70r with front end damage. I will be taking the heart out of it and making one good car. It's a sad sight to see a wrecked Saffron but I get some really good parts. The car was purchased by the previous owner as a project with a blown motor. He installed a motor out of a wrecked 1998 V70R at 152k miles and went completely through it. Timing belt, drive belt, PCV, cam seals, main seals, oil pan seal, rebuild turbo, intake seal, exhaust seal, etc. The car now has 180k miles. He also was in the process of changing the interior from beige to black, all he had left was the head liner and the dash. Other than the headliner, I would give the interior a 9 out of 10. He also did a bunch of upgrades, 302mm front brakes, vented rear discs, IPD sway bars (not verified yet), and LED lights in the interior including gauges. I'm sure there is more I haven't found yet. The previous owner is the owner of an independent Volvo shop in Denver.

He let his son drive the car, he pulled out into traffic at a red light, and was hit.

[Commander Riker]

That's a pretty good score for your silver car.  Has the same AWD parts too, which you should hang onto if you can, especially the prop shaft.  

[galexie64]

17 minutes ago, Commander Riker said:

That's a pretty good score for your silver car.  Has the same AWD parts too, which you should hang onto if you can, especially the prop shaft.  

He did tell me that the prop shaft was rebuilt but I haven't gotten under the car to inspect.

 

Anyone know the how to tell if the car actually has iPD sway bars? They look black to me so I'm not sure.

[sventastic]

3 hours ago, galexie64 said:

Anyone know the how to tell if the car actually has iPD sway bars? They look black to me so I'm not sure.

You could measure their diameters? IPD's bars will be 25mm front and 22mm or 25mm rear. I believe stock sway bars are between 20-22mm for the front and rear

[Brad850]

For the front you can tell by looking at the two mounts on either side of the subframe. If you still aren't sure, unhook the endlinks and try to rotate the bar. If it's an IPD bar it will (should) rotate freely, because unlike the stock bar it isn't fused to the rubber.

The stock rear bar passenger side mounting point looks like this

Vs IPD

On second thought I'm not sure if this applies to AWD v70s so you might have to disregard this one. My advice for the front still stands thought.

[galexie64]

Thanks for the info, all.

[andyb5]

Yup, rear bars are completely different on the AWD cars. A set of calipers and a measurement of the diameter would be the easiest way to tell if the sway bars have been upgraded. 

[tuner4life]

Sad to see a Saffron so banged up, but it would make quite the parts box for yours!

[galexie64]

Once I get everything swapped that I need and and anything extra I want to keep, I'll be parting off the extras.

[galexie64]

I did son more investigating of the saffron. It has a k&n air filter and ss brake lines.

The front sway bar is about 22mm so it's stock. The rear sway bar is about 23mm vs my awd being about 20mm. Ipd lists their bars at 25mm front and 23mm rear.

[galexie64]

I'm prepping for the motor swap. I'll take lots of pictures. I will be getting the cars moved around tomorrow and stat the work next week.

I have the intake and exhaust gaskets as well as filters. I need to pick up oil and coolant tomorrow.

My plan is to get the car on the road so I can get miles on it and test it out. Once I'm sure it is looking good, I'll worry about swapping the plugs, and changing the fluid in the tranny, angle gear and rear end.

Depending on how long it takes to swap the motors, I may have the time to swap the rear sway bar and brake system with brake fluid flush.

[galexie64]

I moved the cars so I can get started o the swap.

I started to pull stuff off the saffron car. It was a real pain to pull the radiator because it was smashed between the frame rails. I has to pry metal back to remove it.

[JaredR1]

sounds like you need a sawzall for this swap