Volvo 480 Club Europe

Looking forward to meeting folks on Saturday. Safe journeys everyone.

Thanks Jeff.

Got some tinkering time in this afternoon to try and find the source of my coolant leak. I'd picked up some ramps off FB marketplace for a tenner so after checking they were ok got the front of the car in the air and removed the under tray. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51319915148_9b11cf0386_...

Thanks for the clear explanation and photos Brinkie, I'll check my alternator connections before I start taking the dash apart.

Thanks James, Jeff and David. I've a busy week coming up but I'll try out your suggestions when I get a chance next weekend.

Not had much time to devote to the 480 recently but I did get a chance to do the "sniff" test today and I'm relieved that there appears to be no problems with the gasket, head or block - still not sure where the coolant leak is though. I'm losing between 1/4 and 1/2 litre per hour when running so I ...

No worries James, I'm a base model kind of a guy! Had a 40 mile run out along the A5 to meet up with a friend who has a 740 this afternoon. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51289964646_0a5e51dae9_o.jpg During the trip I kept an eye on temps and levels and although the temp gauge didn't raise too ...

Come to think of it even after I brimmed the tank the fuel gauge was only showing about three quarters. Could that and an under reading temp gauge suggest a volt drop to the gauges?

That sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the advice.

I finally got round to fitting the CEM that a fellow member here had kindly sent me yesterday. The instructions I'd read talked about removing the two screws and "dropping the unit down" which I was struggling to do. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51287175908_b8b96c7f6b_o.jpg I ended up removin...

Hi Mr H, good to see you here and good luck with the Audi - I guess it all depends on how much the vendor wants to sell. The guy I bought the car off had had it for sale for at least 17 weeks that I'm aware of so I was in a fairly strong position. Thanks for the tip about the windows David, I know t...

Thanks all. I will try the self-diagnose later today and have accepted a member's kind offer to send me a CEM to see if it fixes the problem. Does anyone have any ideas/leads for the DRL? I was considering swapping to LEDs as jifflemon suggested and perhaps trying to source a lens cover of similar d...

Thanks jifflemon and David! Unfortunately I don't have a wodge of Euros lying around but do agree with what you're saying about the French lights. Do you know what the lead time on them at the moment is? My step-sister has a place in France so depending on timings I could possibly get them delivered...

And replace the battery and track down a CEM3 in the hope that they'll cure the inoperative indicators, hazards, electric windows and central locking. Other than that it's gorgeous and very photogenic. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51271212479_0e1dfa3e62_o.jpg Hope the BX doesn't get jealous a...

Decide what to do about damage rear lights and rear centre panel - attempt repair, buy secondhand or splash out on the French repos https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51270805713_224a6b942b_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51270665868_1c83a2f32f_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51...

My initial look over the car produced the following to do list: 4 new shocks - rears 'slightly corroded', fronts 'lightly misted' 2 new front tyres New Battery Sort exhaust blow and investigate rusty cat Rear of sills where it meets rear arch doesn't look too bad but I want to sort it before it gets...

Hi, I'm Jim a newbie from North Wales encouraged to join up by jifflemon after he kindly answered my plethora of questions on Facebook. Having had a poke about I recognise a few usernames from the beige and look forward to putting more faces and cars to names at the FoTU next month. I have a thing a...

Hi all, Jim a newbie from North Wales here. I booked to attend the FoTU in my '88 Citroen BX estate before acquiring my 480S - being a petrol rather than a diesel it's something of a rarity so I'll probably go in that rather than the 480. Look forward to meeting you there. Oh, and I learnt to drive ...

Nice work! Are you getting the whole car resprayed or are they blending the repairs in?