Volvo dealer used abrasive wheel to clean engine sump

[D60]

Just for Astro14.

Here is every bodys over rated top tech doing what he does best. Just observe his gasket cleaning techniques.
It will bring back some memories. Yeah just wow. I have a very difficult time watching some of the things he does.
Start at about the 5 minute area for the entertainment.

Interesting, I went thru some of the comments and only saw two mentioning the apparent use of a woven abrasive. edit: I didn't read every comment

Most people seem concerned about a missing bolt which he apparently DID replace (I didn't watch the entire vid).

I wonder if he's deleting comments? I can't believe there wasn't a string of warnings about the gasket surface cleaning???

Also I priced out DS 2025, but at ~$230 it's not something I'm gonna keep on hand "just in case"

 

[KrisZ]

Even this mechanic I follow on TikTok, I've thought very highly of him, right until I saw the green scrubbing pad on the cylinder head

I don’t think there is anything wrong with using a pad by hand. You still have to take precautions of course but being so judgmental based on a short TikTok or YouTube clip is rather irrational.

And that’s the thing about putting yourself out there on the social media. People will scrutinize your every move, forgetting it’s entertainment.
If a guy used a utility knife blade, I bet there would be someone saying why doesn’t he use a plastic one as steel razor blades can gouge aluminum.

 

[Astro14]

A bit of follow up. Changed the oil last week with the help of @wwillson - we forgot to pull a sample - oops - but this was 5,000 miles on HPL 0W40 supercar with an OEM Volvo filter.

The filter looked great. No “sparklies” or metal debris. No carbon bits. Nothing. Filter looked great. Engine runs great.

I am trying to learn to stop worrying…

 

[Pablo]

As predicted. Excellent.

Shadow is great!! Love it!!

 

[Astro14]

Interestingly - the air filter had a LOT of sand in it. The car has been in Colorado for about 2 years and about 8,000 miles. This filter was changed before I drove it out there, so, it’s a 10,000 mile air filter. Tops.

Take a look:

My suspicion on the cause: the air intake on this car is right behind the grille. The grille is low. The car gets driven a lot in the snow, or up to ski areas, where the roads are sanded.

Also, the previous owner added a “high performance” intake modification to the car from a well-known Volvo company called IPD. You can see the blue anodized ring with the IPD logo on the bottom of the airbox.

This modification was intended to allow more air flow to the filter and intake than the intake ducting behind the grille would allow. This modification picks up air right next to the left front fog light. That is really low, and I can see that thing picking up sand that is kicked up on sandy winter roads.

New air filter change interval is going to be 12 months/6,000 miles.

 

[wwillson]

Shadow is great!! Love it!!

Can you tell who was holding the filter?

 

[Pablo]

Can you tell who was holding the filter?

No - well I think after all these years we have found a great graphic icon for BITOG. Shadow or silhouette person holding up a filter element~~!!!

 

[burbguy82]

How many BITOG admins does it take to change the oil in a Volvo?

I am trying to learn to stop worrying

Yeah. That is a personality "flaw", good luck with learning your way out of that one!

New air filter change interval is going to be 12 months/6,000 miles.

I have always used mileage\inspection as a timer for air filters, not mileage, but that is me. Is there an intake to the box that you could maybe put a washable prefilter?

 

[wwillson]

How many BITOG admins does it take to change the oil in a Volvo?

The more applicable question would be how much time does it take two BITOG admins to change the oil in a car. You'd be surprised.

Is there an intake to the box that you could maybe put a washable prefilter?

You mean a rock catcher

 

[billt460]

Worrying will be cut by 75% after the next oil change. With the remaining 25% to disappear after the next one after that.

 

[burbguy82]

The more applicable question would be how much time does it take two BITOG admins to change the oil in a car. You'd be surprised.


You mean a rock catcher

I used a hvac return air filter one time. The blue reusable kind. it seemed to stop a bunch of larger rocks from getting into the main box. I dont think there is enough vacuum to stuck those little rocks, more like the blue material acted like deflector. Of course the itty bitty dust just goes right through.

Air filtration is very important, maybe even nore important than oil filtration imo.

 

[burbguy82]

Interestingly - the air filter had a LOT of sand in it. The car has been in Colorado for about 2 years and about 8,000 miles. This filter was changed before I drove it out there, so, it’s a 10,000 mile air filter. Tops.

Take a look:

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My suspicion on the cause: the air intake on this car is right behind the grille. The grille is low. The car gets driven a lot in the snow, or up to ski areas, where the roads are sanded.

Also, the previous owner added a “high performance” intake modification to the car from a well-known Volvo company called IPD. You can see the blue anodized ring with the IPD logo on the bottom of the airbox.

This modification was intended to allow more air flow to the filter and intake than the intake ducting behind the grille would allow. This modification picks up air right next to the left front fog light. That is really low, and I can see that thing picking up sand that is kicked up on sandy winter roads.

New air filter change interval is going to be 12 months/6,000 miles.

what is the blue ring and other devise in the center or the box. i assume main air is the grated larger hole?

 

[Astro14]

what is the blue ring and other devise in the center or the box. i assume main air is the grated larger hole?

Main airflow/intake is from the left. A large, flattened oval duct. This is part of it, from the IPD site:

https://www.ipdusa.com/products/164...xFFPBjwBYbSDAVTwFr1rXKP9eQ0sE_sNXOpke7BhK4WfP

The grated ring is the MAF. Air filter fits over that ring.

The blue ring is the terminus of the extra intake duct that was added by the PO. That extra duct takes in air adjacent to the left fog light. I suspect it is the source of most of that sand.

https://www.ipdusa.com/products/567...9Qv1AzCHcbC8kMuCmOQm86sbKEXHKnekRpYtOAIvoTSOL

At this point, though, it would take some plastic repair, or a new airbox, to eliminate that.

 

[burbguy82]

suspect it is the source of most of that sand.

I see....sprinklings from the good idea fairy.

 

[Pablo]

I see....sprinklings from the good idea fairy.

Oh shoot. That's good.

 

[burbguy82]

Oh shoot. That's good.

yeah usually when the good idea fairy shows up, it is not good.

not sure if the saying is military based or not, but that is where I first heard it.

 

[Astro14]

yeah usually whne the good idea fairy shows up, it is not good.

not sure if the saying is military based or not, but that is where I first heard it.

The good idea fairy is absolutely a military construct - and she is not your friend…

 

[Pablo]

The good idea fairy is absolutely a military construct - and she is not your friend…

I did not mean to imply her arrival is a good thing. I just liked his usage in those terms..........sprinkling and all the nice sand in your air box.

IPD has had a few. Remember the 850 AM rear sway bars snapping? Yeah mine snapped, that was like the Idea Fairy hitting me square in the back with a 1" OD steel bar. To their credit I got the redesigned bar two days later.

 

[GON]

Can you tell who was holding the filter?

 

[DuckRyder]

IPD is usually good.

Though i had one of their quiet exhaust on a 744T and it wasn't that quiet. My bride hated it and thankfully volvo supplied a factory exhaust kit for reasonable money at the time.

Any way, glad the subject car is apparently good...