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Tue 19 Apr 2016 12:54

2004 Volvo S80 saloon - Cooling system leak - Sawley bob

I have a slight leak from a steel tube at the rear of the engine. I haven't been able to identify the part in order to make a replacement. Does anyone have any advise on locating the part and also any likely problems I will incur when making the swap

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Tue 19 Apr 2016 22:22

2004 Volvo S80 saloon - Cooling system leak - hardway

Try find a garage equipped with a coolant pressure tester.

As it's name suggests you pump up the coolant via the header tank until a set pressure and well basically the coolant wizzes out from the weak spot.

Might even be possible to solder the leak point.

Edited by hardway on 19/04/2016 at 22:23

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