My first Ovlov
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Well after a comparatively exciting morning drive whereby the fuel needle settled off the bottom of the gauge, I had to fill 'er up.
Managed to squeeze in 68.33 litres, which I make to be about 15.03 gallons.
Total mileage in the end? 754.1, so about 50.1mpg whilst the OBC was still promising me I had averaged 59.1
Once it gets below the halfway mark the gauge does drop very quickly. Around an indicated half a tank I had done 470 miles with 450 left to go apparently, as opposed to the probably about 300 that I had left if I'd run it empty.
Still, after 13 months of ownership I've managed to complete a full tank of fuel
Managed to squeeze in 68.33 litres, which I make to be about 15.03 gallons.
Total mileage in the end? 754.1, so about 50.1mpg whilst the OBC was still promising me I had averaged 59.1
Once it gets below the halfway mark the gauge does drop very quickly. Around an indicated half a tank I had done 470 miles with 450 left to go apparently, as opposed to the probably about 300 that I had left if I'd run it empty.
Still, after 13 months of ownership I've managed to complete a full tank of fuel
Good work. I'm watching my distance till empty fall off a cliff as I blart around town...
Aw, what the heck. Gearbox is occasionally a bit notchy and it's a bit slow to start in the mornings (leaky injector/fuel pump I reckon) but for just over a grand this car is fricking brilliant. I love it. May bestow a gearbox fluid change though...
Any idea why the volume via the aux lead is so low?
Aw, what the heck. Gearbox is occasionally a bit notchy and it's a bit slow to start in the mornings (leaky injector/fuel pump I reckon) but for just over a grand this car is fricking brilliant. I love it. May bestow a gearbox fluid change though...
Any idea why the volume via the aux lead is so low?
I did the back brakes on mine today. Lubed and freed off the pivot mechanism from the cable to the shoes inside the rear 'drum' assembly on each side. It has a habit of siezing if not given some love every six months. That causes all manner of headaches longer term so worth getting on it. Handbrake could now stop the Queen Mary on max revs.
They get a reputation for bad handbrakes these cars but I'm of the opinion its neglect. I've done a few for people that were terrible when they drove in but drove out like a different car. Didn't take much.
As for the low sound level that seems to be common. Not sure what causes it, anything I came up with would be guesswork.
They get a reputation for bad handbrakes these cars but I'm of the opinion its neglect. I've done a few for people that were terrible when they drove in but drove out like a different car. Didn't take much.
As for the low sound level that seems to be common. Not sure what causes it, anything I came up with would be guesswork.
Just a general observation as to why the aux input level is so low - phones and other mobile devices generally have a pretty low output level when compared with CD players. Volvo most likely designed the stereo to accept a CD or MD changer as the 'aux' which will output a stronger signal. - Just google 'Line Level' for more info.
carreauchompeur said:
Not a deal breaker, just annoying- I don't think it's a setting as such.
Handbrake got done on mine last year but is still a bit floppy, need to get into the habit of not using it all the time
You can fit adjusters from (I think) an XC90. I stuck some on mine when I did the rear brakes last year and it tightens it right up.Handbrake got done on mine last year but is still a bit floppy, need to get into the habit of not using it all the time
http://forums.t5d5.org/topic/18857-adding-rear-adj...
Edited by smn159 on Wednesday 26th April 20:49
smn159 said:
carreauchompeur said:
Not a deal breaker, just annoying- I don't think it's a setting as such.
Handbrake got done on mine last year but is still a bit floppy, need to get into the habit of not using it all the time
You can fit adjusters from (I think) an XC90. I stuck some on mine when I did the rear brakes last year and it tightens it right up.Handbrake got done on mine last year but is still a bit floppy, need to get into the habit of not using it all the time
If your pivots are kept good though you dont need them.
The Ovlov has kept on trucking, just got back from Le Mans where it really settled in to its own, carrying a load of stuff and 2 blokes at ~130km/h in comfort for hours on end with good aircon and a good stereo.
Total mileage for the trip was about 880 door to door. I'd had an ambition to do it on one tank, but very quickly gave up on that as motorway boredom set in! In the end we averaged about 42mpg, although this did include about 3 hours spent stationary with the air con on at various points over the weekend as it was 30*+ and we didn't have much shade...
So, enough text, some pictures... A relatively uneventful drive down, uneventful except for the eaglehawkfalconkestrel that was munching on a central reservation mouse about 30 minutes in to France.
Given their exceptional eyesight, he clearly saw the Volvo coming, and I can only imagine assumed we'd be towing a caravan and doing 70km/h (km/h, he was french after all). Alas, we were going a bit quicker than that, so he had to bid a hasty retreat vertically. Upon reaching bonnet height, he clearly realised he wasn't going to make it unless he jettisoned some weight, and so released his prey and, from the looks of things, voided his bowels, in order to gain just enough height to make it over the roofline in one piece.
Alas, Mickey was not so lucky, and lodged himself in the passenger side windscreen wiper, whilst said buzzardkitevulturealbatross' bowels sprayed up the windscreen. Naturally one had to engage the wiper to clean this off, so we had a clean screen except for the smear from Mickey's organs.
We had the great joy of watching Mickey's intestine slowly cook on the drive down, going from a vibrant red to a mildly putrid purple, and ultimately to a succulent medium rare brown.
At camp we removed medium well Mickey and attempted to sling him over the concrete barriers onto the dual carriageway next door. Alas he got caught on the barbed wire, and I presume is still rather unceremoniously hanging there by his innards.
First time on Tertre Rouge and I have to say it's a great camp site, such good access to everything compared to the arse end of Maison Blanche we're used to, and being in the Volvo, we didn't need the use of MB's skid pan this year
Naturally the Volvo did its job looking after our precious nectar.
A successful trip.
Final toilet stop waiting to board the Chunnel, slightly more bug splattered than when we left!
Next up will be an oil/filters service, I think Ovlov has earned that much
Total mileage for the trip was about 880 door to door. I'd had an ambition to do it on one tank, but very quickly gave up on that as motorway boredom set in! In the end we averaged about 42mpg, although this did include about 3 hours spent stationary with the air con on at various points over the weekend as it was 30*+ and we didn't have much shade...
So, enough text, some pictures... A relatively uneventful drive down, uneventful except for the eaglehawkfalconkestrel that was munching on a central reservation mouse about 30 minutes in to France.
Given their exceptional eyesight, he clearly saw the Volvo coming, and I can only imagine assumed we'd be towing a caravan and doing 70km/h (km/h, he was french after all). Alas, we were going a bit quicker than that, so he had to bid a hasty retreat vertically. Upon reaching bonnet height, he clearly realised he wasn't going to make it unless he jettisoned some weight, and so released his prey and, from the looks of things, voided his bowels, in order to gain just enough height to make it over the roofline in one piece.
Alas, Mickey was not so lucky, and lodged himself in the passenger side windscreen wiper, whilst said buzzardkitevulturealbatross' bowels sprayed up the windscreen. Naturally one had to engage the wiper to clean this off, so we had a clean screen except for the smear from Mickey's organs.
We had the great joy of watching Mickey's intestine slowly cook on the drive down, going from a vibrant red to a mildly putrid purple, and ultimately to a succulent medium rare brown.
At camp we removed medium well Mickey and attempted to sling him over the concrete barriers onto the dual carriageway next door. Alas he got caught on the barbed wire, and I presume is still rather unceremoniously hanging there by his innards.
First time on Tertre Rouge and I have to say it's a great camp site, such good access to everything compared to the arse end of Maison Blanche we're used to, and being in the Volvo, we didn't need the use of MB's skid pan this year
Naturally the Volvo did its job looking after our precious nectar.
A successful trip.
Final toilet stop waiting to board the Chunnel, slightly more bug splattered than when we left!
Next up will be an oil/filters service, I think Ovlov has earned that much
By way of an update as it's been a while, Ovlov relentlessly continues with great success.
I must confess over the winter my rather hands-off cleaning regime meant the wheels (and rest of the car) had become a touch messy.
A mid spray shot for contrast...
Alongside my friends new to him C30 post bath:
Around that time the passenger front wheel bearing had endured one pot hole too many and started making a reasonable din. The replacement process didn't require any special tools or a press, so I opted to undertake this and an oil / filters change on what turned out to be the weekend before the snow fall, which was nice.
Wheel bearing replacement went really well, all of the bits that might have been difficult were very easy, and then the simple task of tapping the old bearing assembly out with a hammer took 2 hours and much swearing.
This is the rather smug shot I took a mere 50 minutes in at what should have been the half way point, oil already drained, everything apart, bolts undone ready to tap out...
Needless to say after finding a big / heavy enough hammer the old one came out and as Haynes would say, assembly is the reverse of disassembly, all buttoned up and back on its wheels as it started to get dark.
We're approaching 152,000 miles now, the only other drama being a rather surprising departure from the driver's side rear tyre. Every now and then the pressure has dropped a little and I suspect it'd been through some sidewall wear as a result. Alas, on the first day back at work it decided enough was enough and attempted to make good its escape, the entire barrel of the tyre separating from the sidewall.
I took that opportunity to replace both rears as the surviving rear was an old Pirelli that would have needed replacement soon anyway, so I'm now finally on Pilot Sport 4s all around.
The intention is to swap the new tyres on to the front at some point as although fine when cornering the fronts are starting to scrabble a bit under power, so I'd rather they saw out their days keeping the exhaust off the floor whilst the good tyres handle the majority of my braking. Even with the best will in the world I can't see comparatively worn rears turning the V70 into a tail happy skid monster...
So there we have it, coming up for 2 years and 30,000 miles and fortunately I've managed to complete many full tanks of fuel now after the initial comedy. One other pleasantry is that the wing mirrors are also heated, so that's one less thing to scrape of a frosty morning.
I must confess over the winter my rather hands-off cleaning regime meant the wheels (and rest of the car) had become a touch messy.
A mid spray shot for contrast...
Alongside my friends new to him C30 post bath:
Around that time the passenger front wheel bearing had endured one pot hole too many and started making a reasonable din. The replacement process didn't require any special tools or a press, so I opted to undertake this and an oil / filters change on what turned out to be the weekend before the snow fall, which was nice.
Wheel bearing replacement went really well, all of the bits that might have been difficult were very easy, and then the simple task of tapping the old bearing assembly out with a hammer took 2 hours and much swearing.
This is the rather smug shot I took a mere 50 minutes in at what should have been the half way point, oil already drained, everything apart, bolts undone ready to tap out...
Needless to say after finding a big / heavy enough hammer the old one came out and as Haynes would say, assembly is the reverse of disassembly, all buttoned up and back on its wheels as it started to get dark.
We're approaching 152,000 miles now, the only other drama being a rather surprising departure from the driver's side rear tyre. Every now and then the pressure has dropped a little and I suspect it'd been through some sidewall wear as a result. Alas, on the first day back at work it decided enough was enough and attempted to make good its escape, the entire barrel of the tyre separating from the sidewall.
I took that opportunity to replace both rears as the surviving rear was an old Pirelli that would have needed replacement soon anyway, so I'm now finally on Pilot Sport 4s all around.
The intention is to swap the new tyres on to the front at some point as although fine when cornering the fronts are starting to scrabble a bit under power, so I'd rather they saw out their days keeping the exhaust off the floor whilst the good tyres handle the majority of my braking. Even with the best will in the world I can't see comparatively worn rears turning the V70 into a tail happy skid monster...
So there we have it, coming up for 2 years and 30,000 miles and fortunately I've managed to complete many full tanks of fuel now after the initial comedy. One other pleasantry is that the wing mirrors are also heated, so that's one less thing to scrape of a frosty morning.
Good reader car topic!
I have a friend who has taken an ex-police T5 one from around 120k to 240k now. Although it has had a gearbox and turbo and suspension bits are wearing in places, but hey it (largely) has worked okay and has not had an easy life.
By the way, at Le Mans you weren't the guys who had the fortune of being next to the motorised bath tub were you?
I have a friend who has taken an ex-police T5 one from around 120k to 240k now. Although it has had a gearbox and turbo and suspension bits are wearing in places, but hey it (largely) has worked okay and has not had an easy life.
By the way, at Le Mans you weren't the guys who had the fortune of being next to the motorised bath tub were you?
DickP said:
Good reader car topic!
I have a friend who has taken an ex-police T5 one from around 120k to 240k now. Although it has had a gearbox and turbo and suspension bits are wearing in places, but hey it (largely) has worked okay and has not had an easy life.
By the way, at Le Mans you weren't the guys who had the fortune of being next to the motorised bath tub were you?
This one? I have a friend who has taken an ex-police T5 one from around 120k to 240k now. Although it has had a gearbox and turbo and suspension bits are wearing in places, but hey it (largely) has worked okay and has not had an easy life.
By the way, at Le Mans you weren't the guys who had the fortune of being next to the motorised bath tub were you?
No, but we did spot it out and about
Back in March I stayed over at a friend's house in MK of a Friday, came out in the morning to find Ovlov's number plates had been taken. Bit odd.
Logged it with the police, the rear left tyre had gone flat as expected so swapped on the space saver and trundled down the M1 looking particularly suspicious
This also lined up exactly with the MOT being due (poor preparation on my part!) so Ovlov was parked at home for a bit whilst I organised some new number plates and also got that wheel repaired. Alas the sun was now out so it was time to get the Monaro on the road, and with the Alfa / Monaro combo making for a far more entertaining commute, the big Swede languished on the drive for a bit.
Eventually the fuel cost started to get a bit silly (despite managing 30mpg from the GTV V6
) so it was time to replace the Ovlov's front tyres and get an MOT.
All that needed doing was passenger side rear brake pads and a clip for the passenger CV boot had come off. All in all, £20 worth of parts and an hour or so of my time saw the near 155,000 mile barge ready for commute duty once again.
Put the battery on a recondition cycle as it's been sat for a bit, oil level still good, all in all as it turns out I've done 21,000 miles since the last MOT I'm actually quite impressed
Logged it with the police, the rear left tyre had gone flat as expected so swapped on the space saver and trundled down the M1 looking particularly suspicious
This also lined up exactly with the MOT being due (poor preparation on my part!) so Ovlov was parked at home for a bit whilst I organised some new number plates and also got that wheel repaired. Alas the sun was now out so it was time to get the Monaro on the road, and with the Alfa / Monaro combo making for a far more entertaining commute, the big Swede languished on the drive for a bit.
Eventually the fuel cost started to get a bit silly (despite managing 30mpg from the GTV V6
) so it was time to replace the Ovlov's front tyres and get an MOT.All that needed doing was passenger side rear brake pads and a clip for the passenger CV boot had come off. All in all, £20 worth of parts and an hour or so of my time saw the near 155,000 mile barge ready for commute duty once again.
Put the battery on a recondition cycle as it's been sat for a bit, oil level still good, all in all as it turns out I've done 21,000 miles since the last MOT I'm actually quite impressed
Great read.
Very similar to mine... quite possibly the same colour and spec although mine is on 17" wheels and doesn't have the swanky spaceball gearshift, though it too is a facelift but with the outgoing 163bhp engine which is pretty much the ideal combination I believe.
Like you, I found mine to be superb... few niggles to sort upon purchases including a seized alternator pulley, worn front drop links and the alarm siren developed a fault but it's been unplugged and has given up vainly reminding me of it's demise by way of pathetic chirping noises. It's had a service and was all the better for it, regular fuel filter changes really do make a world of difference and so does cleaning the EGR... the latter on my list.
I'm finding the same sort of MPG figures... last full to the brim tank returned a shade over 650 miles, so fag packet calculations suggest high 40's which is fine as most was pretty much around the doors and my OBC also likes to lull me in to a false sense of joy by saying it's averaging mid 50's and also suggested my range was 1100 miles upon filling. Granted, yet to do a full tank at vicar speeds but on a steady, non-stop run over a couple of hundred miles it was cheerily telling me I was averaging 78mpg. I admire its optimism.
I have a few jobs to take care of but nothing pressing... four new Dunlops transformed how it drives but it probably really needs the alignment checked and tweaked but that open it up to the woes of seized trailing arm bushes , worn suspension parts and expense.
Great cars and looks great on the Nebulas however there roads are just too crap up here to warrant a set sadly... they'd be like 50p pieces before the next full tank was out.
Very similar to mine... quite possibly the same colour and spec although mine is on 17" wheels and doesn't have the swanky spaceball gearshift, though it too is a facelift but with the outgoing 163bhp engine which is pretty much the ideal combination I believe.
Like you, I found mine to be superb... few niggles to sort upon purchases including a seized alternator pulley, worn front drop links and the alarm siren developed a fault but it's been unplugged and has given up vainly reminding me of it's demise by way of pathetic chirping noises. It's had a service and was all the better for it, regular fuel filter changes really do make a world of difference and so does cleaning the EGR... the latter on my list.
I'm finding the same sort of MPG figures... last full to the brim tank returned a shade over 650 miles, so fag packet calculations suggest high 40's which is fine as most was pretty much around the doors and my OBC also likes to lull me in to a false sense of joy by saying it's averaging mid 50's and also suggested my range was 1100 miles upon filling. Granted, yet to do a full tank at vicar speeds but on a steady, non-stop run over a couple of hundred miles it was cheerily telling me I was averaging 78mpg. I admire its optimism.
I have a few jobs to take care of but nothing pressing... four new Dunlops transformed how it drives but it probably really needs the alignment checked and tweaked but that open it up to the woes of seized trailing arm bushes , worn suspension parts and expense.
Great cars and looks great on the Nebulas however there roads are just too crap up here to warrant a set sadly... they'd be like 50p pieces before the next full tank was out.
Ovlov is ticking along, around 167,000 miles now, was reminded to post as I changed the front discs / pads at the weekend, swapped the tyres front to back and bought some more Castrol and a filter (although didn't get around to the oil change in the end, a job for this weekend...)
Not a great deal else to report, the rear wiper has stopped (common apparently) and the brake heat shield on the passenger side has finally given up and come off, but otherwise it's been largely plain sailing. Poor thing hasn't had a clean for a while, no excuses there to be honest.
Not a great deal else to report, the rear wiper has stopped (common apparently) and the brake heat shield on the passenger side has finally given up and come off, but otherwise it's been largely plain sailing. Poor thing hasn't had a clean for a while, no excuses there to be honest.
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