Hello dear Volvo friends, it’s enough for me now! Now I have only 3,700 km on the speedometer and come for the 4th time not from the spot!!! I was 3 times in the workshop because of the well-known “tack” problem when starting. Starters have been changed, cables have been checked, electronics checked. And now I’m standing again and I don’t get the engine to run!!! In my opinion this is pretty slowly unacceptable, I’ve been about all 3 weeks in the factory and the problem comes up again and again. a car is still there to drive, or am I wrong?! I don’t want to say here that the S40 is a bad car, by no means, but MEIN S40 has clearly serious problems! Does jmd have an idea what I could have left of my still changing so that I can finally start my car without worry in the early morning and can also make a quiet trip abroad? lg dominik
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More consumption by Super+ ?
Hi, I recently had the fun of testing the maximum range with a tank filling. Extremely economical driving, no short distances, no high motorway speed. Result was 960km and a consumption of 7.2l after BC (7.26l after tank receipt). I had super95. With the Ergeiz, once to crack the 1000km I then filled the V-Power, in the hope to push the consumption still around the missing 0.2l. That the lower consumption does not weigh up the extra price, was already clear to me, but since the engine is actually designed for Super+, I thought it should bring it a little bit. However, after the first 200km the BC already showed an average, which was 0.5l above that of the previous tank filling. Can this be that the engine with Super+ consumes more? Ride otherwise for 9 months only super. The only other explanation, would be the colder weather, i.e. the engine gets warm later, the air pressure goes down perhaps by 0.05bar. But then the air speed has to do the same, but then the radio has to do the same thing.
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Oil consumption for Bifuel, among others
Hello! Ride a V70 Bifuel CNG, 2003 Bj. Used the car with approx. 120 000 km and now already exceeded the 150 000 mark. Runs perfectly. However, about 1 times a month the engine control light lights up – always at warm start! disappears after some start operations again. Have read out errors: Ignition breakers First you have replaced ignition coil. At last service they informed me that it was probably on the fuel filter. Unfortunately was not so, because about 5 weeks after service the lamp was back again. Has maybe someone know what that could be. Need on 10000 km good 2 liter engine oil. At 140000 km service was filled fully synth. 5 W 40. Consumption has not really changed however. Is such a consumption for my elk (CNG) normal or I have to worry about. For helpful things I am grateful, KLV70 Bifuel
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Conversion Instrument Lighting V50, Arbitrary Deception by Volvo?
Hello dear ones, I am Wednesday now my V50 D5. He has green instrument lighting, that’s to break. I’ve been quite confused about Volvo. On the Volvo homepage in the configurator the ads are clearly white, also the friendly dealer said that the lighting was changed in the course of the MJ 07 to white (analog new S80 and XC90). Obviously that’s not so. Volvo seems to be deliberately deceiving the customers, who wants to have an unsightly and terrible green lighting with red pointers nowadays? Here’s my question, have you had the lighting changed before? If yes, where? How much is the fun? Who has experience? I will write a letter to Volvo on the weekend, in the USA a product liability would be enforceable, but here in Germany? I find this from Volvo outraged. That has something of a mischievous delusion. What do you think?
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Motor vehicle tax
Hello, I am a little irritated because of a car tax notice that I received today. I have paid 308 EUR car tax for my V50 2.0D with particle filter (Euro 4), first registration 05/2005 so far. Now the tax office wants to look at me retroactively on 01.04. a tax increase of 1.20 EUR per 100 cc. So I should pay in the future 332 EUR per year. However, after all that is known to me, this tax increase applies only to diesel vehicles without particle filter. Can it be that the tax office has been wrong with me? How is that with you? As I have just read, the tax increase applies also to Euro 4 vehicles, which do not comply with the future Euro 5 limit value of 5 mg carbon particles per kilometer. Can it be that our particle filter does not achieve this limit? I can honestly not imagine it. Then it would be meaningless – at least as far as the tax side is concerned. Maybe someone knows more about this topic. Greeting Schelm007
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Phase1 V40 TD switch to clear glass headlights need Help pls
Hello guys, would like to upgrade my elk V40 TD 1997 to clear glass headlights. Either in the phase2 look (unfortunately the side of MikeTDI down) or in some retrofit headlights possibly with integrated flasher ala Ebay or something like that. I know that there are already n pile of Freds on this topic, but either they refer to the side of Mike which is no longer On or are so old that the links to recommendations on Ebay are no longer valid. So my request to you: Did one of you find any guidance similar to that of Mike on the net? Or where can I buy qualitatively good and price acceptable sets, best in black and incl. Blinker… so what are your experiences or purchase recommendations? I thank you already for your help:-) grußen Tom
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Buying a car: Volvo V40 with 225tkm (BJ96) 2.0 136hp? What to consider?
Hi! Would you like to buy an “old” Volvo V40 2.0 100kw. Problem with the thing is that the car has already a good 225tkm down. From the outside it looks quite fine. I planned to try the car on the weekend. What should I pay special attention to, not to buy a “thinking moose”? – What are the changing intervals for the timing belt? – familiar problems with the model series/engine? – Is the engine already “finished” with 225000km? Thank you for your help!
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where vacation
moin moin we’ve always gone to Croatia the last years 2 adults 2 children with womo only last year not there we were only at the eastern lake (we didn’t like at all, places expensive and just last year the weather of this year we want to go back to Croatia premantura(about 1400km a ride will probably be at the diesel prices unfortunately the last year I think for next year go not quite so far were just at the plauer lake is very nice where you make your summer leaves because so? north or east lake I don’t necessarily want, I have before the door and was already 100 times there Denmark is the life I think very expensive because we have always gone to Croatia because you (still) what get for his money we were always about 3 weeks on the way with almost every day,with all diesel has always cost us the croatian holiday about 1500euro what I don’t find gruss michael from hamburg
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Summer holiday with WoWa
Hello to all Incarnate permanent campers, We want to go further this year for the first time with our new WoWa(Detleffs Camper Ralley 560SK),direction Lake Garda/Italy,or Croatia. I prefer Italy as a driver for the first big tour as a destination. Does someone have good places ready, we travel with 2 children v.10+12 years. As said ,have the WoWa since April 08 ,have made 2008 tours on the Baltic Sea,shall this year at the extended Woends also on the Baltic Sea,but I want the summer holiday in the Warm South. Where else do you make a rest on routes towards Italy ?? On the tank is probably not so appropriate or? Thanks for your tips. Greeting RH
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Sensus questions
Moin, my V60 is finally there – detailed report and pictures on the WE. have a few questions about the Sensus at first: – I have activated automatic locking of the doors, but when I finish the drive I assume that the doors will unlock again – nada, they stay locked. Is that what I wanted or am too stupid? – I have connected a Galaxy S via Bluetooth. Now it comes along: everything works perfectly, only when I get out of the car starts playing the mp3 player of the phone via the mobile phone speaker. This has something to do with the streaming function, but I don’t get it disabled. Does anyone know the Prob and know a solution? Otherwise a great car.