Originally Posted By: r34dy2fly
Anyone have any instructions on this? I know most european cars run their coolant via pressure and makes things harder to flush...
Is there perhaps a drain plug from the radiator that would push it out if i open up the cap?
It should be the same as my '02s - petcock on the bottom of the radiator by the lower radiator hose, and then a drain fitting in the steel coolant line on the rear of the block below the exhaust manifold - it's just to the right of the turbo (if you've got one...).
Drain it from both points, you'll get most of the coolant out. You can flush (sort of) by adding water to the expansion tank and when it runs out clear from both points, you're done. There won't be a lot of sediment - the coolant is too new. There will still be some old coolant in the heater core. The disconnect for that is on the firewall, but I wouldn't bother...the rear drain line will get some of the heater core drained.
I believe they hold 8Qts. So add one gallon of Volvo Blue green and then water to bring it up to level. There will be a lot of air trapped in it - I would loosen the upper radiator hose at the thermostat housing to get some of it out.
The Haynes manual on these isn't great, but describes it pretty well, and it's the only one I've found for the car, short of VIDA (the Volvo software). Your options on VIDA are to buy it for $800, or to download a pirated copy.
I have problems with both those options.
I can recommend one other site:
www.volvoxc.com - while you don't own an XC -it's the same chassis and you'll find a lot of common procedures posted on the "resources" section that are VADIS/VIDA downloads.
Cheers,