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So I built an engine for my '76 245 rust bucket. I think it turned out pretty good. It's all stock stuff, I'll list that later. I balanced the rods end for end and the pistons (pins and rings) to be within .1 grams of each other meticulously. I had the crank and flywheel balanced by a local...

1989 Volvo 740 Turbo 242k miles. A long time ago, when I was in high school, I took the intake manifold off my car to clean the PCV system. Ever since then, the car has hunted for the right idle, when the engine is warm. It has no problems when cold. I started this thread years ago and tried...

I'm looking to decrease the drag on my old brick. A proper spoiler should do the trick, but information on a good wagon spoiler is scarce. I understand the 850 and V70 spoilers are functional, but I could be wrong. The Volvette has a spoiler, but it's really flat. I don't know if it does...

Less than 100k mi (but several years) ago I had a new turbo put into my 1989 740T car. The guy said that it was an upgrade from the old oil cooled one that also had water cooling. The turbo leaked from day one and wasn't that tight. Now its really sloppy and scraping the housing a little. I...

The turbo is throwing oil into the intake. But more that that, It's leaking out the top of the turbo charger where the feed line comes into the turbo from the oil pump. This turbo was replaced about 50K miles ago and has always leaked. I threw away the "hot air to air box" tube and have...

I have a 89 volvo 745 turbo (LH 2.2 +EZK117) I have been chasing a hunting idle problem for around a year and I really don't know where to go next. Here are the symptoms: When the car starts it idles fine. After some time the idle destabilizes and starts to hunt. It seems to be because the...