94 Turbo Wagon Cleaned PTC!
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94 Turbo Wagon Cleaned PTC!
Well I cleaned my PTC today, yes that little vacuum was plugged! Yesterday I took my car to the Best Volvo shop here in Boise and had them replace the intake vaccum. It was broke cracked and leaking or sucking air. So today I finished the PTC job; used brake cleaner and replaced the small rubber vaccum hose at the PTC area. My smoking dipstick is reduced, and I will check tomorrow. Is it just me or is my Volvo running quicker? It now seems more effortless upon acceleration? Anybody have the same result? Quicker speed? Feels good thanks!
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Well I cleaned my PTC today, yes that little vacuum was plugged! Yesterday I took my car to the Best Volvo shop here in Boise and had them replace the intake vaccum. It was broke cracked and leaking or sucking air. So today I finished the PTC job; used brake cleaner and replaced the small rubber vaccum hose at the PTC area. My smoking dipstick is reduced, and I will check tomorrow. Is it just me or is my Volvo running quicker? It now seems more effortless upon acceleration? Anybody have the same result? Quicker speed? Feels good thanks!
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I wonder how many people miss some of these simple fixes that can have a large impact on our Volvos performance . I mean I just bought this car, but I doubt anybody else new about these things, thus trading in the vehicle because of a check engine light or faulty codes showing up because of simple things that need attention. Their loss my gain. I love this car, love the engineering of a Turbo 5 cylinder. All cars have their own idosecrenties, I'll take Volvos
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I was wondering the same thing. Easier to flip a phone to see but not a computer display. You would be amazed what the right mouse button would do.
Yes these are great cars. And yes the little things add up on people and they mistake little annoying things as aging problems that can't be fixed. It doesn't help that shops and the stealers over charge people to take care of those little things. It would be nothing for them to take care of little things like that when they have the car for a diagnosis check and charge for the part and keep moving but no, they have to blow things out of proportion and charge $90+ for a simple 5 - 10 minute fix.
Took me a while but I figured that most smoking dip sticks are due to the manifold line being broke or loose. Not saying that the rest of the system isn't trash by that time but I've seen the smoke clear up real fast after that is solved. I also had smoking tail pipe issues due to a torn elbow at the PTC.
Yes these are great cars. And yes the little things add up on people and they mistake little annoying things as aging problems that can't be fixed. It doesn't help that shops and the stealers over charge people to take care of those little things. It would be nothing for them to take care of little things like that when they have the car for a diagnosis check and charge for the part and keep moving but no, they have to blow things out of proportion and charge $90+ for a simple 5 - 10 minute fix.
Took me a while but I figured that most smoking dip sticks are due to the manifold line being broke or loose. Not saying that the rest of the system isn't trash by that time but I've seen the smoke clear up real fast after that is solved. I also had smoking tail pipe issues due to a torn elbow at the PTC.
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I was wondering the same thing. Easier to flip a phone to see but not a computer display. You would be amazed what the right mouse button would do.
Yes these are great cars. And yes the little things add up on people and they mistake little annoying things as aging problems that can't be fixed. It doesn't help that shops and the stealers over charge people to take care of those little things. It would be nothing for them to take care of little things like that when they have the car for a diagnosis check and charge for the part and keep moving but no, they have to blow things out of proportion and charge $90+ for a simple 5 - 10 minute fix.
Took me a while but I figured that most smoking dip sticks are due to the manifold line being broke or loose. Not saying that the rest of the system isn't trash by that time but I've seen the smoke clear up real fast after that is solved. I also had smoking tail pipe issues due to a torn elbow at the PTC.
Yes these are great cars. And yes the little things add up on people and they mistake little annoying things as aging problems that can't be fixed. It doesn't help that shops and the stealers over charge people to take care of those little things. It would be nothing for them to take care of little things like that when they have the car for a diagnosis check and charge for the part and keep moving but no, they have to blow things out of proportion and charge $90+ for a simple 5 - 10 minute fix.
Took me a while but I figured that most smoking dip sticks are due to the manifold line being broke or loose. Not saying that the rest of the system isn't trash by that time but I've seen the smoke clear up real fast after that is solved. I also had smoking tail pipe issues due to a torn elbow at the PTC.
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