Hello,

my mechanic cleaned out the throttle body a few months ago becuase the car was shaking a lot, and the shakiness went away, but now its back, what might be wrong?

 

When was the Last tune up? (If we talked about this before sorry I forget easy To much info to remember)
Are the engine mounts good?

 

Tune up? hmm what exactly is that? how can i check if the engine mounts are good? also im taking the car for a diagnostic tomorrow

 

Thell them you want a REALLY GOOD LOOK OVER. They should check them.

Heck I check all that out when I do an Oil change on a car.

 

Well, people here are just lazy and they suck..im so pissed that every time i go there they dont know anything

 

Most Dealers are out to make money they should do a good job looking it over.
Remember we are all here to help.

 

I hope that the volvo dealership will answer my questions

 

Ask alot of quiestions. Talk to the Tech if you can.

 

ok, i will do that, thanks

 

And any word yet?????????

 

Hello


I have made a decision, i will be chaning the strut bases, but thats about all im going to do to the car right now, because we will be getting a 2003 audi a6 in 4 years, i mean, i know it seems a long time, but im a 20 year old college student, and in 1 year and a half i will be leaving my country to go to the states to FSU(currently in FSU Panama) and when i leave, we are going to sell the volvo, and in 2 years when i come back i will be getting the Audi a6, so right now to spend more than 600 dollars(remember student) on fixing a car that is 11 years old, i dont think its worth it, its not like those things are going to be critical, but the strut base i will change. So thats why i didnt post anything new, maybe in 1 month i will think different and go fix my car, who knows, but for now, i wont be making any diagnosticsor anything like that.

One thing i notices since they took out my alternator to get it fixed, is a kind of oscillating sound, coming from the engine itself, its like a Humming sound, this morning was loud, and it comes and goes, what could this possibly be?

 

Possibly bad New Bearing.

 

bad new bearing? huh

because its been like that ever since they took out the alternator and put it back

 

What did they do to the Alt.?

 

they changed the wiring(maybe), and some other part, and after that they changed a line going from the alternator to the battery, the mechanic(different one) didnt explain himself really well, but it wasnt charging the battery

 

Did they replace any parts in the Alt.?

 

yes they did, but not with new parts, with used parts, and i didnt know that until later and i got mad at the technician for being irresponsible and not telling me that

 

OK if they replaced parts in the Alt they might have installed a bearing that was going bad. They might not of know it at the time.

 

so, what should i do to fix this?

 

New or used Good Alt.

If you are sure thats where it is coming from.