Recent content by kboyd

220,000 miles. It had oil and water. I had changed the oil Saturday before the Friday of the failure. O'reliey (Warren, right?) oil and a Wix filter. The guy at the shop (who told me not to spend a dime on the car) surmised a bad head gasket. Anyway, one morning in November on the way to work...

*New Member Alert* Subject Volvo is mine, and I am mighty appreciative of this great input and this site. A sample kit is on the way from Blackstone and when it arrives, I'll change the oil and establish a baseline with the sample. I don't want this car to end up like the '95 850 that is in my...