Volvo 850R

[leeds_182]

Keep the grey wheels, they look great!

I agree. Others are on eBay now.

 

[cat171]

Good man!

 

[S-JM]

Looking great. Still going with the 340? Or that project slowing down now you have this to play with?

 

[bashracing]

Makes me miss my 850 😞, nice ones on eBay are too expensive for my taste now

 

[182_steve]

100% keep the grey wheels on it when back from the re-furbers :up:

Looks like the red should come back ok!

 

[leeds_182]

Managed to get half the bonnet done.

 

[leeds_182]

Red again! 3hrs on the bonnet alone.

 

[charltjr]

The red is such a b**ch of a colour to bring back, good effort :up:

 

[leeds_182]

Now playing hunt the oil leak.

 

[Mr R.]

Now playing hunt the oil leak.

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Slave labour, right there. [emoji23]

 

[Daz...]

Nice turnaround on that.

 

[charltjr]

I'll put money on it being the turbo return oil seal, they always go on these.

Not a lot of money mind, because at this age they tend to piss it out from the cam seals, the bottom of the dipstick, the filler cap if the seal's gone, even the bloody sump gasket likes a good weep

 

[Daz...]

At least with the oil leaks it won't rust.

 

[leeds_182]

Was underneath today and cleaned it all up with a rag and some brake cleaner. @craigyt came around in his gul and neither of us could spot where a leak was. Had the car up to temperature and still no obvious sign of any leaks! Certainly nothing obvious coming from the oil return.

So, while the car was on the ramps we decided to do the oil and filter and air filter. Still got the plugs to change as I only bought four like a nob.

 

[bashracing]

f**king four plugs, lol

 

[leeds_182]

f**king four plugs, lol

School boy error!

 

[charltjr]

Hah, genius You're not the first to do that and you won't be the last.

Oil could just be from a previous leak I guess, or did it look fresh?

@craigyt Nice gul there

 

[leeds_182]

Well, looks like my wheels have gone from the refurbers! f***s sake!!!

 

[Clio_fool]

No f**king way! I hope they had some sort of insurance.

 

[leeds_182]

No f**king way! I hope they had some sort of insurance.

You and me both!

 

[bashracing]

That's really taking the piss.

 

[Ricardos]

Proper gutting! The sad thing is they won't know the true value and just flog em for scrap or enough to jack up on one shot.... Wasters! I can't imagine they're easy to replace

 

[McGherkin]

Saw this on Facebook :/

As above hope they're insured.

 

[MarkCup]

Soles. LOL.

 

[leeds_182]

Soles. LOL.

Cas lad innit.

 

[leeds_182]

Three of my four have been blagged. A total of over 100 wheels. The place is insured.

 

[182_steve]

Ram raided!!? FFS obviously been playing too much grand theft auto, thank goodness they were insured. But they took 3 and not all 4 :unamused:

 

[craigyt]

Absolute scum of the earth, nothing but oxygen thieves!

 

[Clio_fool]

Absolute scum of the earth, nothing but oxygen thieves!

And wheel thieves apparently. [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji35]

 

[leeds_182]

Volvo life.

 

[cat171]

Lol, I bet your neighbours love you! Oh look, Jim's f**king around with his bloody Volvo's again!!

 

[Clio_fool]

Volvo life.

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Do you have a shed just for axle stands etc? [emoji1] That's a pretty cool fleet you have now though.

 

[leeds_182]

Still chasing the oil leak.

Ball ache.

 

[McGherkin]

Makes it all the more satisfying when you find it and fix the fucker

 

[cat171]

Volvo life, wtf ?

 

[bashracing]

If I were the driver I would have to aim for the Jockey wheel into a pothole to pull him out of the boot and onto the tarmac like a dead badger

 

[leeds_182]

 

[Nick_Leeds]

Yes yes yes.

 

[leeds_182]

New grill.

 

[S-JM]

Just needs a MOOSE!