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Old 10-12-2005, 03:42 PM
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I saw on here awhile back that you were explaining to someone how to take the throttle body off and clean it. I have a 1999 S80 T6, I know that I will need a gasket, but can you tell where and how to get to the throttle body for cleaning. Thanks in advance.
 
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Old 10-12-2005, 09:32 PM
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Follow the instructions in the link.
https://volvoforums.com/m_5690/mpage...g/tm.htm#13733
The only other thing that you might have to do is remove the pipes on the top of the engine.
 
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Thanks Tech, I will try this probably this weekend. If I have any more questions, I will let you know.
 
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OK sounds good.
 
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I was able to get the throttle body off and cleaned but that didnt seem to fix my problem. So after a trip to the dealership and $900.00 later, I hopefully have no more problems. It still ended up being the throttle body, but it was something that cleaning couldnt help. Thanks again for your help.
 
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What was the original problem?
 
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familyman, I was having a problem with it idleing right. Some time while stopping, the car would idle down too low and cut off. If I sat in gear at idle, it would flucuate between about 700 & 1500 RPM at idle then sometimes cut off.
 
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Glad it's fixed.

I have a 2000 T6 and bought it with 100K. I had to have the "O" rings done, $800 but that's it. Mine will sometimes feel like it's throttle is not rock solid. It's hard to describe but when around 2000 rpm and not accelerating but just moving a long slowly it feels it's not staying at a constant rpm, likes it's soupy or sloppy. I told you hard to describe. I figure it's just a characteristic of the T6 ETM and turbo's. The car runs great and I like it.
 
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Glad it's fixed.

I have a 2000 T6 and bought it with 100K. I had to have the "O" rings done, $800 but that's it. Mine will sometimes feel like it's throttle is not rock solid. It's hard to describe but when around 2000 rpm and not accelerating but just moving a long slowly it feels it's not staying at a constant rpm, likes it's soupy or sloppy. I told you hard to describe. I figure it's just a characteristic of the T6 ETM and turbo's. The car runs great and I like it.
Still try to have the throttle body cleaned.
 
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Between the kids and work I just don't have time to do this myself, so when I ask the dealership about cleaning the ETM they aren't going to give this blank stare, like what are you talking about.
 
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Old 10-18-2005, 09:21 PM
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They should know exactly what you are talking about.
 
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