Reduced Performance
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05-02-2016, 09:51 PM
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Reduced Performance
Hey all, I have a HUGE issue. I am not sure whether it is time to cut my losses or what.
2001 S60 Base sedan 5 speed. Clutch went, it actually turned out to be the slave cylinder. A friend owns a "buy here, pay here" lot. I was considering junking the car because I got a quote of 1600 dollars to fix the clutch and the car isn't worth that much AND that wasn't all that was wrong with it.
It did, however, run PERFECTLY. I got the parts for the clutch, and he was going to charge me 200 dollars labor to have his mechanic do it. So, I bought the lower control arms, cause I had bad bushings, and complete strut assmeblies. Figured do it all at once.
He charged me 500 dollars service, which I thought was great. But told me the car would be ready later that day, it was still running a little rough.
Well, it actually shakes the car it runs so rough, and the reduced performance light is on. He has kind of given up. It has been 5 weks now. he wants to send it to a Volvo dealer to have it looked at.
I can't afford that. It's the reason I took it to him in the first place. But I don't want to junk a car I just put 500 dollars in service and almost a thousand in parts into. I also would like to not go all A**hole on him and lose a friendship.
He has replaced the MAF sensor. I don't know what else.
Any suggestions. PLEASE.
jIMM
2001 S60 Base sedan 5 speed. Clutch went, it actually turned out to be the slave cylinder. A friend owns a "buy here, pay here" lot. I was considering junking the car because I got a quote of 1600 dollars to fix the clutch and the car isn't worth that much AND that wasn't all that was wrong with it.
It did, however, run PERFECTLY. I got the parts for the clutch, and he was going to charge me 200 dollars labor to have his mechanic do it. So, I bought the lower control arms, cause I had bad bushings, and complete strut assmeblies. Figured do it all at once.
He charged me 500 dollars service, which I thought was great. But told me the car would be ready later that day, it was still running a little rough.
Well, it actually shakes the car it runs so rough, and the reduced performance light is on. He has kind of given up. It has been 5 weks now. he wants to send it to a Volvo dealer to have it looked at.
I can't afford that. It's the reason I took it to him in the first place. But I don't want to junk a car I just put 500 dollars in service and almost a thousand in parts into. I also would like to not go all A**hole on him and lose a friendship.
He has replaced the MAF sensor. I don't know what else.
Any suggestions. PLEASE.
jIMM
#3
05-03-2016, 10:39 AM
Was it running good or bad before the MAF was swapped out? Not all after market MAFs are Volvo friendly. That said, when mechanical work is done, its quite possible a vacuum line/intake tubing or electrical connects can be accidentally wacked - and the CEL codes can help point to possible causes.
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