Fuel switching tanks 07 Volvo

[Waterloo]

Reporting back... My buddy finally figured this out, here is his text...

"Fuel tank should be good. Ball valve and suction tube plugged with algae and some foil....looks like off of a diesel treat bottle probably"

He has the 870, 3:55, 13 speed and is now reporting...

"My fuel was $850 less this week lol"

"Drove 291 more miles and spent $905.87 less in fuel!"

He is getting 9+ MPG on paper! He is not a member here, but I have drilled it into his head on how to drive the ISX. I told him to buy this truck, just seeing the low mileage, 540,000, and the fact that the sensors had been changed out along with other parts, parts that wear out in time, and so far this truck is a money maker. And he only paid $17,000 for it.

No clue who owned this truck previously, but they did take good care of it, you could tell from looking under the hood, it was not neglected. No oil leaks, dry as a bone underneath and the drive train looks good visually, no vibrations, all nice and smooth going down the road, tires wear is even across the board.

We will do the overhead on her when it warms up in a week or two, put the computer on her and see what we have. So far, the only issue is the algae and one bad bushing in one of the torque rods. We will replace both of those when he brings it over, along with a good coolant flush and hose/coolant line replacements. He also has an air leak, we are both thinking either a leveling valve or a brake chamber. We talked about that, he will be replacing the chambers, air lines and the air bags here real soon. If the neighbors stay away, and the road is clear enough to get the truck in to the house, maybe we can knock some of that stuff out here.

And the wheel bearings he will take care of himself, he already knows. Good shop here that can handle those, as we are both restricted as to where and when we can work on a truck.

I'm thinking we should inspect that heater core too while we have the coolant out... Along with a few other things, like the turbo oil return line, truck looks like it has run in the salt.

Any other odd bits we should look for on this 07 Volvo? I know my way around a ProStar, Volvo not so much.

His previous truck was an old 1987 B model KW, a true barn find he bought for $7000... The truck had 89,000 miles on it, he gave it away for the Volvo, had to finance $7000, they gave him $10,000 for the truck... The truck was gorgeous, the interior was like it rolled out of the factory yesterday. Problem is, it drank fuel like I drink beer. Never a good thing for the wallet.