Well, it is a Volvo afterall. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
(token apologies to male Volvo drivers)

My parents drove a '72 Volvo 242 (?) for 19 years - thing ran like a top when they sold it. But then again Dad spent every weekend he was home under the hood whether it needed it or not. You could eat off that engine and you'd know exactly what part you were eating on (and the specs for that part) because he labeled the hell out of it so when he was overseas the local mechanic wouldn't screw it up. The new ones just ain't the same - yuppie-mommy-boxes. They switched to Yotas when they sold the Volvo.

I remember a Click and Clack jab at Volvo owners - "Every Volvo owners believe three things - Volvos are fuel efficient, Volvos are reliable, and mine is the only one that ain't!"

Grandmother used to have an old late-70's 240 diesel (very 1st one I ever worked on)... Damn thing ran for 300k miles without batting an eye. All she ever did to that thing was general maintenance (oil changes, belts, hoses, etc...) & replace the clutch once. Sold it for $50 less than she paid. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I replaced mine about 3 months ago.

Whatever you do make sure you have the special wrenches for pipe fittings or you'll spin the corners off.

Soak them on and off for a week with some good penetrating oil and then use the fitting wrenches on both the filter and the tube fitting and you should be good.

I lost about 1/4 gallon of gas when I did mine.. I open the tank to bleed off pressure then twist it down to keep the air pressure in and slow down the gas!!! I wouldn't leave it open...

Good luck
Spot