PO 2187 thrown today
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PO 2187 thrown today
It is cold with a 18F temp and wind chill of 5F.
Went shopping with my wife and I noticed that the car was running a bit odd - rough at first. After about the third store, started the car, exited parking space and saw a CEL. Car wasn't showing any signs of rough running or anything that might worry me so we made two more stops and headed home.
Scan tool shows a PO 2187. I cleared the code and it didn't come back.
I haven't checked to see if the gas cap or oil cap are tight. If it is a PCV issue, I won't do the job, too cold and from what I read it is not a cheap job. As I have said on other occasions I am not a fan of the engineering on some Volvo PCV systems. To me it is over engineered. If 99% of the cars can run with the little valve going into the valve cover why did Volvo feel the need to create a nightmarish system of hoses and traps.
Oh well enough of complaining.
Is there anything else to look for?
Went shopping with my wife and I noticed that the car was running a bit odd - rough at first. After about the third store, started the car, exited parking space and saw a CEL. Car wasn't showing any signs of rough running or anything that might worry me so we made two more stops and headed home.
Scan tool shows a PO 2187. I cleared the code and it didn't come back.
I haven't checked to see if the gas cap or oil cap are tight. If it is a PCV issue, I won't do the job, too cold and from what I read it is not a cheap job. As I have said on other occasions I am not a fan of the engineering on some Volvo PCV systems. To me it is over engineered. If 99% of the cars can run with the little valve going into the valve cover why did Volvo feel the need to create a nightmarish system of hoses and traps.
Oh well enough of complaining.
Is there anything else to look for?
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code is saying you are lean at idle. could be a dirty MAF, temp sensor or air leak in the intake tubing/boots. Good thing is, your car won't feel the wind chill, just the temperature... :-)
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Yes it is a lean situation but I'm trying to find the #1 culprit and if not that.....start down the list. The car has been driven for about 100 miles and no codes but cars don't heal them self. Or was it a situation of the quality of gas and the cold?
Very cold outside so I wasn't into doing an in depth check but I checked the bigger stuff like intake air tubes, tubes to turbo and they seemed nice and tight.
Time will tell or should I say my wife will surely tell me if the CEL illuminates.
Very cold outside so I wasn't into doing an in depth check but I checked the bigger stuff like intake air tubes, tubes to turbo and they seemed nice and tight.
Time will tell or should I say my wife will surely tell me if the CEL illuminates.
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quality of gas is not a likely cause - cold can make parts stiff so its plausible that could expose an air leak. 18F is not overly cold to a car - particularly if you are running the proper weight oil (I assume you are running full synthetic - so even a 5-30 is good down below 0F). I'd just check the gas cap and keep an eye open for any new codes and see if anything else is stored.
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The car has gone for hundreds of commuting miles and no codes.
quality of gas is not a likely cause - cold can make parts stiff so its plausible that could expose an air leak. 18F is not overly cold to a car - particularly if you are running the proper weight oil (I assume you are running full synthetic - so even a 5-30 is good down below 0F). I'd just check the gas cap and keep an eye open for any new codes and see if anything else is stored.
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